“He truly believed, when he brought us generals in, that we would be loyal—that we would do anything he wanted us to do.”.
Kelly suggested that Trump’s infatuation with dictators was due to his perception of himself.
“That’s who he is,” Kelly told Sciutto.
“He was shocked that he didn’t have dictatorial-type powers to send U.S. forces places or to move money around within the budget.
And he looked at Putin and Xi and that nutcase in North Korea as people who were like him in terms of being a tough guy.”.
“He’s not a tough guy by any means, but in fact quite the opposite,” Kelly said.
“But that’s how he envisions himself. »
