Former President Donald Trump’s former chief-of-staff John Kelly went on the record saying that Trump is a fascist, that he has expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, and that he repeatedly denigrated soldiers and the military. The story was not featured on the front pages of The New York Times – which published an online exclusive featuring many of Kelly’s comments – The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, or The Wall Street Journal.

The New York Times reported from multiple interviews with Kelly: “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."

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Kelly told the Times that Trump “prefers the dictator approach to government” and wanted the power “to do anything he wanted, anytime he wanted.” The Times wrote that Kelly “said Trump wanted personal loyalty to outweigh loyalty to the Constitution.” Kelly also confirmed previous reports that Trump called injured soldiers “losers and suckers," saying that the former president repeatedly denigrated soldiers who were injured at war and didn’t want "to be seen with amputees.”

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Despite these repeated and deeply concerning warnings from those previously close to Trump, Kelly’s comments did not appear on the front pages of The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, or The New York Times. Mainstream outlets have repeatedly failed to give sufficient coverage to news stories about Trump’s extremism and authoritarianism.

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