Gen.Milley and Gen.Kelly aren't kidding " Trump's a fascist updated 10/25/24

 Gen. John Kelly, 4 stars, retired, and Gen. Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, retired. Both were quoted in the media, and Kelly had his comments on tape this week. Both agreed that Trump fit the definition of a fascist. The reaction has been varied, including "You gotta be kidding," "No kidding, those kinds of guys do not kid," "They were fired, disgruntled employees," and, unspecified, " Harris is worse.""John Kelly is "low life"and "Hitler did some good things",  replied Trump. Harris on 10/24 joined in with also calling Trump a fascist. Harris says Trump 'is a fascist' after official said he praised Adolf Hitler | AP News     A group of those also former staff for Trump in the White House signed a letter in support of Kelly's audio and reported statements. ‘This is who Donald Trump is’: Ex-Trump administration officials sign open letter backing John Kelly’s claims Both generals had up-close and first-hand experience in Trump's first term. (Milley was Trump's appointee as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and Kelly was Trump's longest-serving chief of staff.) Both served to put the brakes on Trump's worst illegal demands and attempt to defy the law and Constitution. Milley was ordered to use the military against US citizens. He told him, "No", you can't do that because it is against the law (oh? Don't forget he's got immunity now in 2024 from prosecution for breaking the law, remember?)Milley put it in writing in a draft letter of resignation he had sworn to uphold the Constitution, not a person. Milley, quoted in Bob Woodward's book WAR: Trump, was a "fascist to the core." Kelly, on the tape released this week, said Trump "fit the definition' of a fascist," and he was motivated to come out publicly last week because of Trump's repeated statements that he would use the military against his political enemies and opponents who Trump called" the enemy from within.."

 What part of the definition of fascists did  Trumpt try to match in the past and promises he will match if re-elected. John Kelly comes out swinging against Trump, says he fits 'fascist' definition   Per Kelly:" The former general held nothing back, arguing that Trump could fit the bill of a "fascist.""Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It's a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy," he told The Times". 

With Gen. Milley and Gen. John Kelly and Kamala Harris calling Trump a fascist, does that make MAGAs fascists, too? With Trump saying Hitler did some good things, does anyone care? Calling someone a fascist is no longer inflammatory? So take the Gen. Kelly test. You may be a fascist unawares. If you answer yes to what you want, look in the mirror. Kelly's definition: dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy (ie. one race or class is superior to others)

Trump fits all of them, and which part does Harris match (hint:0)?  The enabling document: Project 2025Once again, the definition of a fascist and is the kind of a country we will become if he succeeds follows.

Trump only wants yesmen to serve him and no constraints. If he wins the presidency again, neither one, Kelly or Milley, or anyone of their caliber and with loyalty to the Constitution will be around. If Trump wins the presidency again, he will also have immunity if he breaks the law, courtesy of his compliant Supreme Court ruling. If Trump wins the presidency again, he has the blueprint, a manual that shows him how to become a fascist ruler it is Project 2025 that shows the way to do it is by firing those who are not loyal to Trump and replacing them with those who will do as he orders, subverting the intent of the law, without Congress having to send him a piece of legislation to sign.

What part of the definition did  Trumpt try to match in the past and promises he will match if re-elected.? Trump fits all of them, and which part does Harris match (0)?  The enabling document: Project 2025

Bold print italics from the dictionary ( my comments in parentheses and not in bold)

 From Merriam-Webster:  

 "a movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascists) that exalts nation and often race (Extolling and preferring his own race is extremely evident and becoming more so. Examples of his devotion to white nationalists, neo Nazi's some fine  people, immigrants from Norway preferred,  disdain for "s..hole nations", immigrants brown and black with bad genes "poisoning our blood", ..and so much more. The "pride in country" part is not his as he is constantly putting down America which only he can fix.) ....... and advocates.  

 a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader ("dictator for a day," a government administered by those sworn to loyalty to the leader and not to the law or a constitution. wants generals like Hitler had). Harris pledges to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law).

 severe economic and social regimentation (replacing all appointees to cabinet and federal administrative positions with loyalists; continued opposition to a federal Row v Wade type of reproductive health care for women; ignoring and removing Constitutional civil rights protections; doing away with the Federal Reserve and Obamacare, among much more. Harris, in every instance pledging the opposite and a professional history of lifetime support)

and forcible suppression of opposition. (Trump's definition of "the enemy from within" is his political opponents such as Rep. Schiff and Nancy Pelosi. Milley and Kelly are cases in point above in opposing Trump's use of active military to put down opposition demonstrations, executing Milley, delicensing all opposition media, and prosecuting political opponents without any probable cause for wrongdoing but used as threats and harassment. Trump's use of violence, as in  January 6, and many prior years of approving of violence to suppress opposition is legendary. Harris is an experienced prosecutor sworn to uphold the rule of law and the rules and regulations governing her actions, a professional lifetime of doing it.) https://mufticforumblog.blogspot.com/2024/06/documented-history-of-trumps-call-to.html 

From the Cambridge Dictionary:

" a political system based on a very powerful leader (that one desire seems to be on every lips of a MAGA)

 state control of social and economic life (particularly of women; replacing all appointees to cabinet and federal administrative positions with loyalists to the white nationalist evangelical ideology as screened and vetted by Project 2025; continued opposition to a federal Row v Wade type of reproductive health care for women; ignoring civil rights; doing away with the Federal Reserve and Obamacare, keeping tax breaks for the very rich, among much more. Harris in every instance, pledging the opposite)

 and extreme pride in country and race. (Repeated from above that one extolling and preferring his own race is extremely evident and becoming more so.) . The "pride in the country" part is not his; he is constantly putting down America as a failing, weak nation, so only he can fix it. One of his fixes  stopping wars by appeasement of our enemies and adversaries, giving them "what the hell they want and destorying NATO and other defense alliances)  Harris, multiracial herself, is the opposite, in about every way'

 with no expression of political disagreement allowed. (Using military to put down civil demonstrations; delicensing all opposition media, as noted above).

Trump calls John Kelly a "lowlife" after Hitler praise revelations

Trump adds to his enemies list...the enemies from within..leaving no doubt what he meant in spite of JDVance's attempt to deflect and clean up. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-expands-his-list-of-enemies-from-within-at-madison-square-garden-rally/ar-AA1t27fK?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=824b5f481128417b85ef7c50f8234314&ei=15

Short form based on above of a fascist:

• a movement, or regime  that exalts nation and often race 
•  a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial,or very powerful leader
• and forcible suppression of opposition use of active military to put down opposition demonstrations
• delicensing all opposition media
•  prosecuting political opponents without any probable cause
•  state control of social and economic life (particularly of women.keeping tax breaks for the very rich, 

Trump needs an evaluation for mental health fitness, while Biden has to prove his cognitive fitness

Let's rephrase this comparison:.  who is more unfit; Trump or Biden? If not Biden, who else?  There is nothing wrong with Biden's brain (aging body is his problem). His years of experience and wisdom are in working order. His ability to express without stumbling in the disaster of the debate recently makes me wonder if, as former Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it, "was an episode or a condition. "  Only Biden can answer that with his performance in unscripted situations in the next week or so. On the other hand, we have this evaluation of Donald Trump by those who served closely with him.  He is so flawed a personality that he is unfit for office. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics/donald-trump-criticism-from-former-administration-officials/index.html  (copy, paste URLif it does not link) He needs a current psychiatric evaluation.  What name would lay people apply to his unfit condition if no such evaluation existed? So far, he has been tagged by professional psychologists as a narcissistic psychopath. For those who understand choices, understand the alternative and the consequences:.  a narcissistic sociopath with his finger on the nuclear bomb who can't tell a dangerous and aggressive adversary from his role models

 https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/11/trump-new-york-times-00167529 

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/moral-landscapes/202008/the-psychology-donald-trum

So, after the Stephanopolis "interview",  more of an inquisition, after Biden rattled off a whole bunch of statistics without notes and a list of where and what he had been doing to keep America in leadership of the "free" world. Fact checkers could find no fault with the statistics he rolled off his tongue.  It took pages of enumerating Trump's lies in the debate.   Geroge asked him at least 5 times if he was Biden sure he was up to four more years and got the same answer five times, yes. It is important to ask two more questions, if not Biden, who (and frankly, there is no one) and who is more likely to win. The choice is between Trump and  Biden, whose judgment, wisdom, brains, character, and knowledge are intact but frail in body.  On the other hand, there is his opponent or a robust chest-thumping demagogue who is seriously lacking in character, a liar, a narcissistic sociopath, bordering on a megalomaniac, and those who served closely with him call him unfit. So who is the most unfit? Is this the choice? It is clearly the most unfit: Trump.  

Whether Trump has passed a mental health fitness test and profile has yet to be determined, at least from what we know. Until then, he can expect to be called, in very lay terms, "crazy" and a danger or, more kindly, more damning, "unfit", because this addresses how bad is his mental health that would DQ him from office.    This year, my son, a traveling international business consultant, was crossing a border in Europe. As the official was down looking at his American passport, he asked, "Which is it. The old guy or the crazy one".  That is a simplistic but valid question.

This reminds me of a conversation I recall when I was young, not long after the horrors of World War II.  I had asked my mother what was wrong with Hitler that resulted in starving kids in Europe (I married one of those later) and dead people.  She added a word to my vocabulary:  megalomaniac. In my 8 year old Oklahoma colloquialism, that meant "too big for his britches". Is Trump one of those? Many clinical psychologists have weighed in publicly, including his own clinical psychologist niece, calling him a narcissistic psychopath.   He has a me, me, mine focus.  He is not for you or me but for what benefits him and he channels all grievances through how they impact him.. However, is he as deranged as Hitler was to describe Trump as a megalomaniac too?  I searched for an answer and found one that drew the difference between a megalomaniac and a narcissistic psychopath, the most commonly used description by clinical psychologists (including his niece Mary) to describe his personality disorder.  This from the Cambridge English Language dictionary made reference to unjustified delusions of superiority and power. "Narcissism is an exaggerated sense of self-love while megalomania is an exaggerated sense of self-worth based on fantasies of power, attractiveness, and other physical or psychological attributes and, therefore, all megalomaniacs are narcissists, but not all narcissists are megalomaniacs. "  

Here is where I have a problem with calling Trump a megalomaniac, but he is a potential one. Trump, using fear and intimidation, has had enormous success in controlling the Supreme Court and fellow partisans in the legislature and in lower jurisdictions even when out of office and now may even get out of criminal prosecution due to "his" Supreme Court's supermajority.  He has reason to think his powerfulness is justified, not a delusion.  Hitler thought so at first, too.  He had reasons to think his power and control were successful until they were not, and he ended up dead in his Berlin bunker. In any case, too bad Trump has not had a psychiatric evaluation. 

By the way, Trump boasts about his cognitive test outcome.  As part of my regular yearly checkup, at least at an initial one when I was over 70, I was asked to draw a clock face and then put the current time on it in the form of the minute and hour hands. I was asked to remember 3 words and then, sometime later, to repeat them, and I was given a story about a person's life and then later asked a question related to the story. That was it. I passed. That is only an initial screening for Alzheimer's. These cognitive tests are given periodically in annual checkups. I have not heard the result of any recent tests from candidate.  Trump could not remember the name of this personal physician, so close to him, who is now a Trump loyal political candidate, and called him Johnson when his name was Jackson. Tump's lack of more than short-term focus and inability to comprehend the written word sounds much like some of my offspring's challenges with ADHD, yet the overcame them to succeed. Trump never overcame that, if that is one of his problems. However, his desire to use threats and fear of violence to get his way, to tell lies and manipulate followers at every opportunity, and to focus on me, me, and mine are about more serious mental health problems. Either way, these attributes contribute to his being unfit to be a president.   

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/sociopath-clown-7-unflattering-anecdotes-mary-trump-s-book-n1233107

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/nancy-pelosi-says-biden-trump-take-mental-fitness-tests-rcna159993