Maddowblog-Trump's former Joint Chiefs chair: Trump is 'fascist to the core'

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“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” retired Gen. Mark Milley said. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist."

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Many of those who worked side-by-side with Trump keep warning Americans about how dangerous he was, is, and will be.

This seems like it should be a bigger part of the election-season conversation.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-former-joint-chiefs-chair-trump-fascist-core-rcna175248

When Gen. Mark Milley retired last year, following more than four decades of military service to the United States, he delivered a retirement speech that included some language that did not go unnoticed. “We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, to a tyrant or dictator — or wannabe dictator,” the retiring general said......

As The Washington Post reported, Milley apparently put subtlety aside when speaking to Bob Woodward for the longtime journalist’s new book.

Retired Gen. Mark A. Milley warned that former president Donald Trump is a “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country” in new comments voicing his mounting alarm at the prospect of the Republican nominee’s election to another term, according to a forthcoming book by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward.

Milley’s assessment of the Republican candidate is rooted in first-hand experience: Trump handpicked Milley to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the general worked alongside the then-president for more than a year.

“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” the general told Woodward. “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”....

Trump’s former defense secretary has described him as a “threat to democracy,” while Trump’s former director of national intelligence said he “doesn’t know the difference between the truth and a lie.” Trump’s former director of national intelligence also said he suspected that Russia had leverage over Trump — because nothing else could explain the Republican’s behavior.

As we’ve discussed, members of a presidential team have a unique perspective on an American presidency. After a president chooses them for their powerful positions, these cabinet officials routinely work closely with the person behind the desk in the Oval Office, learning first-hand how a president thinks, works, prioritizes, processes information and leads.

I’ve long wondered what might persuade voters inclined to support Trump to change their minds. Who, if anyone, will they listen to?

Clearly, these voters will not be persuaded by pundits. Or lawmakers. Or historians. Or prosecutors. Or committee reports. Or special counsel investigations.

But perhaps they’ll consider listening to those who worked closely with Trump, and who keep warning Americans about the dangers he poses as the Republican tries to regain power?

Woodward will be on Lawrence' show tonight. I will be watching this interview

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1. Thank the undemocratic Electoral College.

It's good to know but little relief that a comfortable majority of Americans knew better than to put this "fascist to the core" in the White House. IMO doing so likely also emboldened fascist movements around the globe, like Europe where far RW parties have recently been gaining power like they haven't seen since WWII.