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Ex-U.S. diplomat: Donny evokes memories of Mussolini
The U.S. should say bella ciao to him in November, Anthony Gardner says.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/0...ssolini-307398

In regard to officials like Mattis and former White House chief of staff John Kelly, who have criticized Trump's handling of the protests and his call for deploying troops, Gardner said it was too little, too late.

"You know I am glad that these people are speaking out, but I'll be very honest here, and undiplomatic: I don't welcome those statements in the sense that those people served this president," he said. "And to me quite bluntly they are accomplices ... So when you choose to work for this kind of administration, which showed its true colors very early on, at some point you abet the policies even if afterwards you decide that they're terrible, that the man you were serving is a terrible person. So while I am glad they are saying what they are saying, it comes too late."