John Brennan: ‘Absurd’ and ‘Appalling that So Many Americans’ Support Trump

CABRERA: “... John Brennan, he’s also an MSNBC Senior National Security Analyst and Intel Analyst. Dr. Brennan, here is John Kelly in his own words, speaking to ‘The New York Times about Trump praising Hitler.’”
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Kelly: “He commented more than once that ‘You know, that Hitler did some good things, too.’ And of course, if you know history, again I think he’s lacking in that, but if you know what history, you know what Hitler was all about, you’d be pretty hard to make an argument that he did anything good.”
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CABRERA: “Director Brennan, your reaction?”
BRENNAN: “Well, John Kelly is one of the most accomplished, decorated and respected flag officers of his generation. And I worked very closely with John Kelly over the years — tremendously hardworking and dedicated American public servant and military officer. And I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that John Kelly was accurately recounting the comments that Donald Trump was making. As Congresswoman Edwards said, this is not surprising at all. We have seen this continuous pattern over the course of many years of Donald Trump endorsing individuals such as a Hitler, disparaging the U.S. Military, advocating for fascism, which is what John Kelly said, that he is fascist. And just like Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said that Donald Trump is fascist to the core. It just demonstrates that Donald Trump is not interested in promoting our democratic system and our values as Americans. And so therefore, again, it’s — I find it absurd and appalling that so many Americans are willing to just dismiss these comments and the undecided voters that are still out there, I think they really need to take this into account when you have individuals such as John Kelly and Mark Milley saying this about Donald Trump, is this the country that you want your children and grandchildren to grow up in? I certainly hope not.”