John Kelly rebuked the president in his strongest terms yet — which were not very strong
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images More than a year after leaving the White House, .
Vindman “did exactly” what he should have, Kelly said. The former Marine Corps general said Vindman was right to notify his superiors about the “illegal order” he heard during a July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. “We teach them, ‘Don’t follow an illegal order. And if you’re ever given one, you’ll raise it to whoever gives it to you that this is an illegal order, and then tell your boss’,” Kelly said, according to The Atlantic.
The most unconvincing part of Kelly’s speech was his attempt to whitewash his role in the administration’s immigration policy. Kelly said Trump’s fear-mongering about immigrants was unfair and inaccurate. “In fact, they’re overwhelmingly good people,” Kelly said.
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