Former President Donald TrumpTrump’s “worst instincts” are leading his supporters “into a very, very dark place,” according to former Trump administration official Elizabeth Neumann.

Neumann has held numerous senior positions. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of several former Trump officials who recently warned about this during Trump’s presidency. Republican Candidate trying to return to the White House by defeating the Vice President Kamala Harris In November.

Neumann said MSNBC Host Katy Tur said in an interview on Friday that she believes Trump supporters are giving him an unwarranted “pass” and rejecting authoritarian statements that should be taken seriously, adding that the former president’s behavior “behind closed doors” would “scare” many people. Americans.

“You have to take what he says seriously,” Neumann said. “That’s actually what he means when he says he wants to ‘be a dictator from day one.’ He says it in a somewhat playful way; he says it in a way that gets people to let him. Don’t let him pass.”

“Behind closed doors, their worst instincts would scare the average American,” he added. “He has no humanity, no kindness, no respect… Instead, he is willing to throw people aside to achieve his goals. Very dangerous indeed.”

Neumann argued that the election was about choosing a candidate fit for office rather than policy differences, saying Trump’s potential return to power poses a “threat” to freedom and the “American way of life.”

“This is about whether we put someone in office who has the character and competence to take the oath of office,” Neumann said. “He doesn’t care about the Constitution. He doesn’t care about upholding the rule of law. These are just restrictions to him, and he’s more than happy to shrug his shoulders.”

“In fact, Trump is very happy to bring out the worst instincts we’ve seen in history when we put people with these authoritarian tendencies into positions of power,” he said. “It leads to violence, it leads to destruction, and it certainly leads to loss of freedom.

news week He reached out to the Trump campaign via email for comment Friday evening.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps general John Kelly, who served as White House chief of staff and DHS secretary during Trump’s tenure, said earlier this week that he personally witnessed the former president suggest and claim that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler “did some good things.” he warned. Praise for “Hitler’s generals”.

Kelly, Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, also called Trump a “fascist” and confirmed the president’s previous statement that he called U.S. soldiers killed or injured in action “losers and suckers” while in office.

Embers Responded to Kelly’s allegations Calling a person who simply “fabricated” his memoirs “despicable” in a Truth Social post, diagnosing his former chief of staff with “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

More than a dozen former Trump administration officials, including Neumann, I signed a letter this week “We applaud General Kelly for highlighting in full detail the danger of a second Trump term,” he wrote, backing Kelly’s remarks about the former president.

Neumann, who was a senior adviser to Kelly during his time at DHS, said in an interview on MSNBC on Friday that it was “important” for Kelly and others to “warn” voters that Trump is “unfit to serve.”

“(Trump) is dangerous, unfit to serve, and I think he aspires to be authoritarian,” he said. “It’s dragging this country, a certain segment of this country, into a very, very dark place. That’s why it’s important to me and people like me.” john kelly and others are trying to make this warning.”