There is a large list of previous Trump supporters and advisors who are now opposed to or who are opposed to the former president.
There hasn’t been a politician or president in modern American history with such a long record of high-profile allies turned adversaries.
His longest-serving chief of staff, former Marine Gen. John Kelly, spoke out publicly against Trump’s character and management style in an interview with AWN’s Jake Tapper.
It’s possible that more people will speak out during the campaign and in court if Trump loses the GOP nomination for president in 2024 and is also facing multiple criminal cases.
This is by no means an all-inclusive list, but rather a selection of the most remarkable about-faces among Trump’s former White House staffers and cabinet members. Some are now conspiring to undermine his efforts. In the presidential primary, three others are challenging him. Other protesting employees have resigned and kept relatively quiet since then. For more information on each person, click on their name.
Mike Pence, his vice president, said, “The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution….” Nobody should ever be elected president of the United States who values himself more than the Constitution.
- Bill Barr, his second attorney general, said, “Someone who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and our self-government shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”
James Mattis, who served as Trump’s first secretary of defence, said, “Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people; does not even pretend to try.” Instead of uniting us, he works to drive a wedge between us.
Mark Esper, his second defence secretary, said, “I think he’s unfit for office….” He prioritises himself over the nation. It’s clear from his acts that he just cares about himself, not the country. I also think he has problems with his character and integrity.
- Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as his chairman of the joint chiefs, seemed to invoke Trump, saying, “We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.” We pledge our lives, honour, and fortune to defend the Constitution and the ideal of America.
“(Trump’s) understanding of global events, understanding of global history, understanding of US history was really limited,” said Rex Tillerson, Trump’s first secretary of state. It’s difficult to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t grasp the basic idea of what we’re discussing.
Nikki Haley, who served as his first ambassador to the United Nations, has said that while Trump “used to be good on foreign policy,” he has begun to “walk it back” and “get weak in the knees” when it comes to Ukraine. January 6th was a bad day, yet he said it was a lovely day.
Chris Christie, his vice-chairman of the presidential transition team, said, “Someone who I would argue now is just out for himself.”
In his second term as national security adviser, HR McMaster said, “We saw the absence of leadership, really anti-leadership, and what that can do to our country.”
As John Bolton, his third national security adviser, put it, “I believe (foreign leaders) think he is a laughing fool.”
John Kelly, his second chief of staff, was described as “a person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.” There are no more words to be said. Help us, God.
Mick Mulvaney, his former acting chief of staff, resigned as the United States’ special envoy to Ireland on January 6, 2021. “I left because I believe he failed to lead when the country needed him most as president.”
Anthony Scaramucci, one of Trump’s many communications directors, said of him, “He is the domestic terrorist of the 21st century.”
14 Former communications director Stephanie Grisham said, “I am terrified of him running in 2024.”
Betsy DeVos, his education secretary, resigned after January 6th. To paraphrase, “it was just obvious to me that I couldn’t continue when I saw what was happening on January 6 and the president didn’t step in and do what he could have done to turn it back or slow it down or really address the situation.”
Elaine Chao, his transportation secretary, resigned after January 6th. 16. “At a certain point in time, facts unfolded that made it morally and philosophically untenable for me to carry on.
The president doesn’t know what it’s like to serve in the military, fight morally, or be regulated by a standard set of rules and practises, according to Richard Spencer, his first secretary of the Navy.
Tom Bossert, his first homeland security adviser, said, “The President destroyed American democracy baselessly for months.” This siege is on him, and he is a complete and total shame because of it.
Michael Cohen, who used to be Trump’s fixer and lawyer, said, “Donald’s an idiot.”
A representative for the White House, Ty Cobb, said, “Trump relentlessly puts forth claims that are not true.”
Alyssa Farah Gryphon, formerly the director of strategic communications and now a political commentator for AWN, has said, “We can stand by the policies, but at this point we cannot stand by the man.”
Omarosa Manigault Newman, a top aide in charge of his outreach to African Americans, said, “Donald Trump, who would attack civil rights icons and professional athletes, who would go after grieving black widows, who would say there were good people on both sides, who endorsed an accused child molester; Donald Trump, and his decisions and behaviour, was harming the country.” No longer could I play a role
insanity of this”
After January 6th, Sarah Matthews, the deputy press secretary, resigned. In my opinion, he accomplished a lot in his four years there. I believe that he is completely unsuited to occupy office ever again as a result of his acts on January 6 and the days leading up to it, his behaviour in the days following, and his persistence in pushing this falsehood that the election is stolen.
Last member of his main staff, Cassidy Hutchinson, said, “I think that Donald Trump is the most grave threat we will face to our democracy in our lifetime, and potentially in American history.”
