Obama offers Trump 'a good rule of thumb'

24 October 2024

Former President Barack Obama has made appearances at a number of Kamala Harris' campaign events in the final stretch before Election Day, and he has consistently taken aim at his successor — Donald Trump — in the process.

During the 2024 Democratic nominee's Atlanta rally Thursday night, the 44th president, according to Politico, offered the MAGA hopeful some advice: "A good rule of thumb is — don’t say you want to do anything like Hitler."

Obama then pointed out Trump's former chief of staff John Kelly's bombshell revelation reported by The New York Times earlier this week.

"He said that, in his opinion, Mr. Trump met the definition of a fascist, would govern like a dictator if allowed, and had no understanding of the Constitution or the concept of rule of law," the Times reported.

Politico reports:

Obama told the crowd that he’d served with Kelly and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, who has called Trump fascist, and noted they 'are not quote-unquote woke liberals.'

'The reason they’re speaking up is because they have seen that in Donald Trump’s mind, the military does not exist to serve the Constitution or the American people. He doesn’t see being commander-in-chief as a solemn, sacred responsibility, just like everything else, he thinks the military exists to do his bidding, to serve his interests,' Obama said. 'Unlike the first time, he won’t have people like John Kelly around to stop him. He’ll be surrounded by people who are just as looney as he is.'

The Democratic leader also mocked Trump's declining mental acuity.

"If your grandpa was acting like this, you’d call up your brother, call up your cousin, and you’d say, 'Hey, have you noticed, Grandpa, he’s acting kind of funny right now.'"

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