Masha Gessen, New Yorker: John Kelly and the Language of the Military Coup
Consider this nightmare scenario: a military coup. You don’t have to strain your imagination—all you have to do is watch Thursday’s White House press briefing, in which the chief of staff, John Kelly, defended President Trump’s phone call to a military widow, Myeshia Johnson. The press briefing could serve as a preview of what a military coup in this country would look like, for it was in the logic of such a coup that Kelly advanced his four arguments.
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WNU Editor: I read the 4 points that Masha Gessen outlines .... and I said to myself .... what does any of this have to do with a military coup? The answer is nothing. All that John Kelly talked about was the honor of the men and women in the military and the respect we should all have for their service, and why he was not happy with how this has all become politicized starting with the Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan appearing on the last day of the Democrat convention last year. And as expected .... the press is now piling on using the Khan family as their shield to go after John Kelly, a Gold Star father .... Gold Star father Khizr Khan says Trump's chief of staff needs to stop 'mopping up' the President's mess (The Independent). More piling on John Kelly from here .... General John Kelly's Credibility Takes A Hit (MSNBC).
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