Subject: Trump's top people say....
The people who were the closest to the orange rapist speak plainly to the issues in Atheist Shrewds recent threads.

" The attacks on the Capitol were an assault on our democracy and on the tradition of peaceful transitions of power that the United States of America first brought to the world.”
- Alex Azar, Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services

Sept. 29, 2023
"We don’t take an oath to a country. We don’t take an oath to a tribe. We don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen, or to a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator.” - Mark Milley, Trump's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Jan. 7, 2021
President Trump and other officials have repeatedly compromised our principles in pursuit of partisan advantage and personal gain.” - White House national security adviser


Oct. 1, 2023
I have a lot of concerns about Donald Trump. I have said that he’s a threat to democracy. I think the last year, certainly the last few months of Donald Trump’s presidency, will look like the first few months of the next one if that were to occur.”- Mark Esper Secretary of Defense


"A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution and the rule of law. " - John Kelly, White House chief of staff, retired four-star Marine Corps general