Trump’s Depravity Will Not Cost Him This Election
Many Americans know exactly who Trump is, and they like it.
By Tom Nichols
Yesterday, The Atlantic published another astonishing story (shared) by editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg about Trump’s hatred of the military. The reporting included, among other things, the retired general and former Trump chief of staff John Kelly confirming on the record that “Trump used the terms suckers and losers to describe soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of our country,” a fact that Goldberg had first reported in September 2020. (Team Trump, unsurprisingly, continues to deny the story.) Not long after the publication of yesterday’s article, The New York Times published excerpts (shared) from interviews with Kelly in which Kelly said—on tape, no less—that Trump fits the definition of a fascist.