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John Kelly has long been a mystery to me. His military career was stellar. His dedication to the United States cannot possibly be questioned. He's made sacrifices none of us should have to make.
He was interviewed back in 2019 on the Naval Institute Proceedings Podcast. It's very much worth the listen:
His work in Latin America on combatting the drug trade is particularly interesting in light of his service in the Trump Administration. John Kelly knows the truth about what's going on in Central and South America. He knows the sacrifices the militaries and police forces in those countries are dealing with, the risks they taken when they burn a field or mess with the cartels. He understands these things on a level most of us don't. Yet he stood by as Trump did what he did, ignorant of even the most basic facts.
I'm sure he was in the "if not me, then the next guy will be worse" camp and he was probably right about that. He's also, at his heart a US Marine, which means something, including when the President of the United States asks you to do something, you do it.
But now ... how? I don't know what the right answer is, but it seems to me John Kelly's got one more mission to complete and it's waking the MAGA horde up to the truth of what Donald Trump really is.