Author Michael Bender, a senior White House reporter, claims the former president had a 'stunning disregard for history.'
Kelly reportedly told Trump that even if his claims about Germany's economy were true"you cannot ever say anything supportive of Adolf Hitler. You just can't."
Bender also claims in his book that Kelly made an effort to deal with the former president's"stunning disregard for history." "Senior officials described his understanding of slavery, Jim Crow or the Black experience in general post-civil war as vague to nonexistent," Bender wrote."But Trump's indifference to Black history was similar to his disregard for the history of any race, religion or creed."
Trump's 2018 trip to Europe was controversial. He canceled a visit to an American military cemetery near Paris and was later alleged to have called the war dead"suckers" andreport in October 2020, Kelly had told friends Trump was"the most flawed person I have ever met in my life." "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," Kelly said., systematically murdering 6 million European Jews and millions of other people.White House chief of staff John Kelly listens as President Donald Trump speaks at a briefing with senior military leaders in the Cabinet Room on October 5, 2017.