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“No one has ever been as dangerous to this country as Donald Trump,” retired Army Gen. Mark A. Milley told Bob Woodward.

The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff appears in the legendary Washington Post associate editor’s new book “War,” released on Oct. 15. Milley described Trump as “fascist to the core” and added: “Now I realize he’s a total fascist. He is the most dangerous person to this country.”

Milley also declared in his September 2023 valedictory: “We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, to a tyrant or dictator or wannabe dictator.”

Milley warned voters about the dark days that a Trump victory would unleash. But it seemed like morning in America when Milley revisited this topic on Monday, about 11:45 a.m.

“I’ve heard people say, ‘Donald Trump is Hitler’ or Mussolini or whatever. No, he’s not. I know the guy. I know him very well. He’s not Adolf Hitler,” Milley addressed JPMC Talks, an internal forum for JPMorgan Chase personnel. Milley’s previously unreported remarks continued: “We are not Weimar Germany. We didn’t just lose World War I. We’re not going to walk off the edge here.”

Milley also said, “It’s incumbent upon everyone, and I’ll lean into that, to make sure that President Trump and the future government succeed. Why? Because 350 million people are depending on that. So, that’s important, and it’s time for people to come together, meet in the middle, come together, and whatever differences you may have had, you put them aside. That’s the nature of the political experiment that we call the United States of America.”

Mark Elliott interviews Hollyanne and Mark Milley on Monday morning. (Screenshot via Zoom)

Mark Elliott, JPMorgan Chase’s Global Head of Military and Veterans Affairs, interviewed Milley and his wife, Hollyanne. According to the program, she is “a trauma nurse and advocate for military families.” 

JPMC Talks presents dignitaries at employee-only appearances—in person and via Zoom. A confidential source furnished me a recording of this occasion.

“What we need to do is be mature, seasoned, and approach this thing with a high degree of rationality and go get into problem solving and put the divisiveness in the rear-view mirror,” Milley said. “So, breathe through your nose, lean together, shoulder to shoulder, one country, one flag, and one team. Period.”

Milley now commands the brand-new “Never Mind!” Brigade.

Its soldiers spent the last few months and years terrifying Americans about a potential Fourth Reich under Oranienführer Donald J. Trump. Trembling in their combat boots, they predicted that the military would speed Trump’s enemies to concentration camps—starting with the cast of ABC’s gabfest “The View.”

Trump’s ruthless, red-capped Storm Troopers would padlock newsrooms and smash printing presses. TV networks suddenly would shift from Trump-loathing broadcasts to test patterns. As for the Jews, who knows what a raving anti-Semite like Trump might have awaiting them?

Trump won 312 electoral votes and the popular vote. Republicans rescued the U.S. Senate and held the House. 

So, are Trump’s detractors begging Americans to run for their lives—before it’s too late?

Nope! Trump’s bitterest critics have made peace with Adolf, Jr. Who knew this dictator was so fun?

Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’ “Morning Joe” program, has said that the once and future president was “just going full-on Hitler, talking about vermin.” Scarborough also announced that “It’s time that fascism is called fascism, and Americans know exactly what they’re voting for.”

Scarborough’s wife and co-host, Mika Brzezinski, complained on Oct. 24 about Trump’s “cozying up to dictators, his obsession with Hitler.” She also raged: Trump “is killing us! I’m talking about us women. He’s killing us!”

Bygones were bygones by Nov.15. At Scarborough’s request, Trump invited “Psycho Joe” and “Crazy Mika” (as he previously branded them) to Mar-a-Lago for breakfast.

“It was the first time we have seen him in seven years,” Brzezinski chirped on-air Monday. “President Trump was cheerful. He was upbeat. He seemed interested in finding common ground with Democrats on some of the most divisive issues.”

While Joe said, “we didn’t see eye to eye on a lot of issues, and we told him so,” Mika seemed optimistic: “What we did agree on was to restart communications.”

Trump notified Fox News Digital: “The meeting ended in a very positive manner, and we agreed to speak in the future.”

Vice President Kamala Harris cautioned on CNN that Trump would be “a president who admires dictators and is a fascist.” Parroting Trump’s ex-chief of staff John Kelly’s accusations (which Trump fervently denies), Harris said on Oct. 23: “It is deeply troubling and incredibly dangerous that Donald Trump would invoke Adolf Hitler, the man who is responsible for the deaths of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of Americans.”

Just a fortnight later, Harris warmly conceded to Trump.

“Earlier today, I spoke with President-elect Trump and congratulated him on his victory,” Harris informed supporters at Washington, D.C.’s Howard University on Nov. 6. “I also told him that we will help him and his team with their transition and that we will engage in a peaceful transfer of power.”

“Yeah, this sucks,” Harris said the next day on a conference call with campaign aides: Conversely, “There’s also so much good that has come of this.”

Team Harris-Walz was not amused. 

“The message didn’t resonate with some Harris staffers,” Axios reported. “It was detached from the reality of what happened,” one participant explained. “We are told the fate of democracy is at stake, and then the message was, ‘We’ll get them next time.’”

“Next time” suggests that Trump will not ban elections after all. 

President Joe Biden relentlessly dubbed Trump “a threat to democracy.” He also said in August 2022 that Trump’s “extreme MAGA philosophy” is based on “semi-fascism.” Biden said that Trump & Co. “have made their choice to go backwards, full of anger, violence, hate, and division.”

President Joe Biden returns to the Oval Office with President-elect Donald Trump. (Official White House photo by Adam Schultz)

Nonetheless, Nov. 13 was a love-in.

Biden hosted the incoming autocrat in the Oval Office. 

Biden and Trump chatted amiably beside a fireplace that blazed like a foundry.

“Donald, congratulations,” Biden smiled at Trump. Biden offered a “smooth transition” and promised to “do everything we can to make sure you’re accommodated.” Biden added: “Welcome back.”

“Thank you very much,” Trump said. “Politics is tough. And it’s, in many cases, not a very nice world, but it is a nice world today. And I appreciate it very much — a transition that’s so smooth, it’ll be as smooth as it can get. And I very much appreciate that, Joe.”

Biden replied, “You’re welcome.”

The two presidents spoke of many things for two hours.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden greet President-re-elect Donald Trump at the White House. (Official Photo by Adam Schultz)

The president, first lady, and president-re-elect then took photos. All smiles and sunshine. Dr. Jill gave Trump a personal note to hand-deliver to former and future first lady Melania Trump.

What should the American people make of this?

Trump’s critics never believed their own Hitler talk. Equating the Republican standard bearer with the personification of evil was just another campaign tactic—like digital ads or robocalls.

Days ago, Democrats panicked over the end of the world as we know it. Now, they’ve got a peaceful, easy feeling.

In short, the Left lied to the American people.

So, Donald J. Trump is not Adolf Hitler. He is not even Hitler Lite. In fact, his harshest foes now concur with 76.8 million voters: Trump is no Hitler at all.

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