US President Donald Trump slammed former White House chief of staff John Kelly on Thursday for being disloyal after he defended an important impeachment witness. Trump sent an angry tweet after Kelly backed Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a US military expert on Ukraine who was among the White House officials who raised concerns about Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. During the phone call, Trump asked Zelenskiy to open an investigation into his political rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, and particularly Biden’s son’s association with a contentious energy company in Ukraine. The call triggered Trump’s impeachment trial, which ended in acquittal last week. “He misses the action and just can’t keep his mouth shut,” Trump said of Kelly, also claiming that the former Marine officer, who was no longer in the military when in Trump’s government, had a “military and legal obligation” to keep quiet. Kelly served as Trump’s chief of staff from July 2017 to January 2019. Read more: Opinion: Donald Trump’s impeachment is not a waste of time Kelly attacks Trump Speaking at a public forum on Wednesday in the northeastern state of New Jersey, Kelly sprang to the defense of Vindman. Trump had suggested… Read full this story
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