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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:41 PM Oct 2020

John Kelly on Trump: "He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life."



Jake Tapper @jaketapper

Former WH COS John Kelly has told friends, about Trump: “The depths of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. The dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship, though it's more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life."

3:39 PM · Oct 16, 2020



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John Kelly on Trump: "He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2020 OP
Not flawed. EVIL. dalton99a Oct 2020 #1
+1 LuvNewcastle Oct 2020 #6
Much better Rebl2 Oct 2020 #32
John Kelly let Velveta Voldemort insult his son while standing in Arlington irisblue Oct 2020 #2
It is disappointing hearing Kelly speak about Trump now - however, he may 42bambi Oct 2020 #9
He hasn't really. Gore1FL Oct 2020 #24
Gore1FL Star-Thrower Oct 2020 #33
Not only that Kelly purposely lied about a Bev54 Oct 2020 #21
His rant against Rep. Frederica Wilson was unforgivable. BKDem Oct 2020 #29
He should know, he has a ton of flaws himself. BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #30
This! happy feet Oct 2020 #22
He needs to hold a press conference. cyndensco Oct 2020 #3
Yet he coddled and aided the flawed person for months and months on end. That is not honor SoonerPride Oct 2020 #4
also slandered and lied about barbtries Oct 2020 #18
And yet he worked for him and defended him. cwydro Oct 2020 #5
Wait, you're saying Kelly is more flawed that Trump? Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #11
An enabler of a serial killer is as flawed as the serial killer. Blue_true Oct 2020 #42
Exactly Wraith20878 Oct 2020 #12
The whole ethos of the ruthless motherfuckers club is gratuitous Oct 2020 #20
You haven't seen anything yet malaise Oct 2020 #7
Kelly is a money driven corrupt racist asshole. DURHAM D Oct 2020 #8
Ha, I was looking for a reply here that I could jump on board with Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #45
Pot. Kettle. Black. Fuck him. He's ok w family separations, child cages, Nazi immigration policy Arazi Oct 2020 #10
Of course he's okay with it Leith Oct 2020 #14
It's not to late Kelly bluestarone Oct 2020 #13
NOW, Kelly? Me. Oct 2020 #15
He's the most profoundly insecure person I've ever seen in the public spotlight.. Salviati Oct 2020 #16
Say in public, John ... GeorgeGist Oct 2020 #17
Only took him four years. spanone Oct 2020 #19
Could add the word 'deeply', between most and flawed, John. rec, nt. Mc Mike Oct 2020 #23
But he stood by his son's grave while tRump ecstatic Oct 2020 #25
I'm a flawed human. Trump is warped. His entire being distorted. At his core, Trump is dysfunctional Solly Mack Oct 2020 #26
Most of all, he was raised in a rotten family. ShazzieB Oct 2020 #35
They elected the absolute worst of us.... paleotn Oct 2020 #27
Guess it takes evil to know evil. ananda Oct 2020 #28
Would like a little more courage here n/t hibbing Oct 2020 #31
Thanks for telling us in such a timely fashion, creep. dchill Oct 2020 #34
The time to act Star-Thrower Oct 2020 #37
Um... Mr. Kelly, you're a little late... calimary Oct 2020 #36
John Kelly could have come out and said this in an interview instead of leaking it to the press. ffr Oct 2020 #38
I'm gonna use that Martin Eden Oct 2020 #39
Deeply, deeply flawed Blue Owl Oct 2020 #40
It means nothing that he tells friends that. Blue_true Oct 2020 #41
It takes one to know one Blaukraut Oct 2020 #43
Kelly is right, DJT is a Total wreck and speaknow Oct 2020 #44

irisblue

(32,968 posts)
2. John Kelly let Velveta Voldemort insult his son while standing in Arlington
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:44 PM
Oct 2020

Kelly gets $$$$ to keep kids in cages
John Kelly can f off the globe into the sun

42bambi

(1,753 posts)
9. It is disappointing hearing Kelly speak about Trump now - however, he may
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:52 PM
Oct 2020

have intentionally waited until closer to the election - had he brought it up too soon, people would have moved on to another shiny object and this news would have lost it's impact.

Gore1FL

(21,128 posts)
24. He hasn't really.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:32 PM
Oct 2020

This is reports of what he told friends.

I doubt we will see him come forward at all. They are all cowards.

Star-Thrower

(309 posts)
33. Gore1FL
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:03 PM
Oct 2020

This has nothing to do with this thread. Just wanted you to know how many times when reading your posts that I have placed my thumb on what I thought was a bug on my laptop screen. LOL. Just sayin' keep on keeping on. Just adding a sense of humor.

Bev54

(10,047 posts)
21. Not only that Kelly purposely lied about a
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:18 PM
Oct 2020

sitting congresswoman, to please Trump. He gets no points from me, not coming out at the time of his departure.

BKDem

(1,733 posts)
29. His rant against Rep. Frederica Wilson was unforgivable.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:24 PM
Oct 2020

And his public silence on Trump has been pretty fucking cowardly for a manly so-called “warrior.”

Afraid of big, tough Cadet Bone Spurs, John?

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
30. He should know, he has a ton of flaws himself.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 05:41 PM
Oct 2020

I am still pissed off at him for lying about the FL congresswoman and the widow of the soldier. He showed his true colors...racist misogynist.

happy feet

(869 posts)
22. This!
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:21 PM
Oct 2020

No credit to rats who finally speakup as their ship is sinking. I still remember his disgusting lying on the black female Florida representative speaking on behalf of Gold Star wife about suspicious murder of her husband overseas.

cyndensco

(1,697 posts)
3. He needs to hold a press conference.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:45 PM
Oct 2020

Speaking to his friends is not enough. Of course, he wouldn't change m/any minds of trump supporters, but he would go on record. He should have done it long ago.

Love these so-called patriots.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. Yet he coddled and aided the flawed person for months and months on end. That is not honor
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:46 PM
Oct 2020

That is craven soul sucking venality.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
42. An enabler of a serial killer is as flawed as the serial killer.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 11:16 PM
Oct 2020

Kelly actively enabled Trump, right up until Trump started going around him and ignoring him. At best Kelly is a craven coward.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
20. The whole ethos of the ruthless motherfuckers club is
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:18 PM
Oct 2020

You're not supposed to fuck other members' mothers. It really takes something for one of these guys to come out against one of their brother clubbers.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
45. Ha, I was looking for a reply here that I could jump on board with
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 02:57 PM
Oct 2020

rather than figuring out exactly what to say myself. There were many good ones, but yours was best, imho. Straight to the point.

Arazi

(6,829 posts)
10. Pot. Kettle. Black. Fuck him. He's ok w family separations, child cages, Nazi immigration policy
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 03:54 PM
Oct 2020

He's an evil motherfucker too. Just fuck him for waiting till the literal last minute to speak up.

Fuck him

Leith

(7,809 posts)
14. Of course he's okay with it
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:04 PM
Oct 2020

Isn't he on the board of directors of a company that does precisely that? He's making money off it.

Salviati

(6,008 posts)
16. He's the most profoundly insecure person I've ever seen in the public spotlight..
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:06 PM
Oct 2020

... and the funny thing is, no matter how insecure he is, it really isn't enough given how spectacularly he fails to measure up.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
26. I'm a flawed human. Trump is warped. His entire being distorted. At his core, Trump is dysfunctional
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:40 PM
Oct 2020

His wiring was short circuited in the womb and has only gotten worse since birth. A rotten sperm introduced itself to a rotten egg and a rotten person was born. Nothing but rot since.

Rot. Rot. Rot. Rot.

ShazzieB

(16,370 posts)
35. Most of all, he was raised in a rotten family.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:12 PM
Oct 2020

I urge everyone to read Mary Trump's book, if you haven't already. It's a real eye opener.

paleotn

(17,911 posts)
27. They elected the absolute worst of us....
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 04:46 PM
Oct 2020

They....and i emphasize THEY....found the worst piece of shit in this country, perhaps the entire world, and elected him as pResident.

Star-Thrower

(309 posts)
37. The time to act
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:28 PM
Oct 2020

should have been while being the COS. Like exiting and standing up and telling tRump here's my resignation I quit. I've had a handful of really bad authoritarian bosses, cruel bosses, men and women. I would take it so far then, pissed, I'd approach and say I quit. I'd get in my car and leave. Freedom!

calimary

(81,220 posts)
36. Um... Mr. Kelly, you're a little late...
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:14 PM
Oct 2020

Backbone much?

I'm sorry. You're no profile in courage, sir.

Donna Edwards directed a similar critique toward Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) earlier today. "Let's not give Ben sase a Profile in Courage award" because he was caught telling supporters on the phone, I believe, that trump is this and trump is that and selling out our allies and mocking evangelicals and flirting with white supremacists and "kissing dictators' butts" and the way he treats women and spends money like a drunken sailor and didn't take COVID seriously. Blah-blah-blah. Talk is cheap, Sasse. Where were you up til a few hours ago (besides with your lips glued to trump's fill-in-the-body-part-here)?

If it were up to me, YOU'D be out on YOUR fill-in-the-body-part-here, too, Sasse. And RIGHT FREAKIN' NOW.

ffr

(22,669 posts)
38. John Kelly could have come out and said this in an interview instead of leaking it to the press.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 06:57 PM
Oct 2020

...We'll be seeing a *lot* more Republicans trying to rehab their images after sitting silent for nearly 4 years while Trump took this country through hell.


Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
41. It means nothing that he tells friends that.
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 11:06 PM
Oct 2020

He rose to Marine General and took several oaths of allegiance to this country. The country is under threat from Trump, if Kelly really meant what he promised in those oaths, then the October surprise will be him whole-heartedly endorsing Joe Biden and getting Mattis to join him.

Blaukraut

(5,693 posts)
43. It takes one to know one
Fri Oct 16, 2020, 11:21 PM
Oct 2020

Kelly is a piece of garbage, too. If he had any character at all, he would have spoken out in public long ago. He had enough clout to not just be mowed under by the Trump juggernaut for speaking out.

speaknow

(321 posts)
44. Kelly is right, DJT is a Total wreck and
Sat Oct 17, 2020, 10:47 AM
Oct 2020

he can thank his parents for that. Looks
like he handed down to his kids as well.
They appear to be all wlking screw balls.

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