Ex-Top General Calls Donald Trump the ‘Most Dangerous Person Ever’

A former top general in Donald Trump ’s administration ”warned former colleagues” about the Republican presidential nominee’s temperament and called him a ”total fascist.”

Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley was quoted in Bob Woodward ’s upcoming book, War , as saying Trump is “the most dangerous person ever,” who could not control his authoritarian tendencies while in the White House.

“I had suspicions when I talked to you about his mental decline and so forth, but now I realize he’s a total fascist,” Milley told Woodward, reported The Guardian . “He is now the most dangerous person to this country.”

Milley told Woodward that Trump is a “walking, talking advertisement of what he’s going to try to do,” recalling a 2020 Oval Office meeting in which Trump “yelled” and “shouted” about wanting to court-martial former generals who criticized him in the press.

Milley was apparently able to cool Trump down, but fears others won’t be so lucky if Trump clinches a second White House term. Since his retirement last year, Milley said he has received “a non-stop barrage of death threats,” and fears he could become a target again.

“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country,” said Milley.

Milley similarly warned of Trump’s lack of restraint in a 2023 interview with The Atlantic , adding that Trump “will start throwing people in jail” if left unchecked. The magazine just endorsed Kamala Harris for president .

Still, Milley said he has “a lot of confidence in the general officer corps” and “confidence in the American people.”

He told The Atlantic , “The United States of America is an extraordinarily resilient country, agile and flexible, and the inherent goodness of the American people is there. I’ve always believed that, and I will go to my grave believing that.”

Woodward’s book will be published on Oct. 15.

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