Harris criticizes Trump for dreaming of having Nazi generals

Vice President Kamala Harris has responded to new comments from former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly detailing Donald Trump's fascist ambitions.

In a televised address from the vice president's residence, Harris told reporters it was clear that her Republican opponent wants “a military that is loyal to him,” one that “will be loyal to him personally, one that will obey his orders.” will, even if he tells them to break the law.”

“Donald Trump has become increasingly unhinged and unstable,” Harris said. “In a second term, people like John Kelly wouldn’t be there to counter his tendencies and actions.”

“We know what Donald Trump wants. He wants uncontrolled power. The question in 13 days will be: “What do the American people want?” the vice president added.

On Tuesday, Kelly told The New York Times that the former president embodies the definition of a fascist. “Certainly the former president is on the far right, he is certainly an authoritarian leader, he admires people who are dictators – that's what he said. “So he certainly falls into the general definition of fascist,” Kelly said, adding that Trump “certainly prefers the dictatorial approach of government.”

Given in a separate interview The AtlanticKelly provided further details on his previous claims that Trump once told him he needed loyal generals like “the German generals in World War II.” Kelly told the publication that when he tried to clarify with Trump exactly which German generals he was referring to, the former president specifically stated he wanted “Hitler's generals.”

Two other sources reported The Atlantic that the former president once said he wanted “the kind of generals Hitler had,” that is, “people who were completely loyal to him and followed orders.”

Trump has made no secret of his autocratic ambitions. He has vowed to act as a “dictator for a day,” he has heaped praise on authoritarians, accused migrants of “poisoning the blood of our country,” announced mass arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants and threatened to use the military against American citizens to eradicate the “enemy from within”.

Despite the clear picture Trump is giving voters about his plans for the nation, his words do not appear to be actively influencing voters against him. Chris Sununu, the Republican governor of New Hampshire, told CNN on Wednesday that Trump praising Hitler was no big deal at this point.

“We heard a lot of extreme things from Donald Trump. With a guy like that, it somehow factored into the vote,” he said.