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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Lindsey Graham rips John Kelly’s ‘opinion’ about Trump praising Hitler

Lindsey Graham was faced with an account of John Kelly’s time as Donald Trump’s chief of staff on Sunday. The Senator said he rejected the general’s “opinion” about Trump’s alleged comments on Hitler - (ABC’s This Week/Screengrab)

Lindsey Graham was pressed on the description of Donald Trump offered by his former White House chief of staff, John Kelly, on Sunday, and argued that the ex-president was not “Hitler” as a line of defense as he ripped the general who reported the alleged comment.

It was a surreal moment that played out on ABC’s This Week as Jonathan Karl questioned Graham about Kelly’s comments this past week; Kelly, who served for months as Trump’s no. 2 in the West Wing, said that his former boss often said that Adolf Hitler did good things for Germany and praised the loyalty of Hitler’s generals.

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