John Kelly doubles down on claims Donald Trump is a Hitler fan and thinks he 'did some good things'
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Donald Trump's longest-serving White House chief-of-staff has doubled down on claims that the former president was a fan of Adolf Hitler and warns he would 'govern like a dictator if allowed'.
John Kelly, who served on Trump's staff from 2017 to 2019, in a scathing new interview with the New York Times has accused the GOP nominee of being the 'definition of fascist' and claims he does not have an understanding of American history or the Constitution.
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