Biden believes Trump is a fascist, White House says
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President Joe Biden believes his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, is a fascist, the White House said Wednesday – the clearest sign yet of what Biden believes is at stake with the election less than two weeks away.
President Joe Biden believes his predecessor, former President Donald Trump, is a fascist, the White House said Wednesday – the clearest sign yet of what Biden believes is at stake with the election less than two weeks away. The comments from White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre came a day after a series of articles reported that Trump’s former chief of staff, retired Marine Gen. John Kelly, said the former president fits “into the general definition of fascist” and wanted the “kind of generals Hitler had.” Asked by CNN’s MJ Lee whether the White House agrees with Kelly’s reported assessment of his former boss, Jean-Pierre launched into a lengthy answer on the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol before ultimately saying that “yes,” the White House agrees with that assertion. “Look, you have heard from this president over and over again about the threats to democracy, and the president has spoken about that. You’ve heard from the former president himself saying that he is going to be a dictator on Day 1. This is him, not us. This is him,” she said. Jean-Pierre was referring to a Fox News town hall Trump participated in late last year. Fox News’ Sean Hannity tried giving Trump an opening to assure Americans he would not abuse the power of his office were he to win a second term, but the former president responded: “Except for Day 1. I want to close the border, and I want to drill, drill, drill.” Jean-Pierre later added on Wednesday: “I know that the vice president just spoke about this, to agree about that determination. Yes, we do. We do.”
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