Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly revealed in a bombshell interview The former president said this on Tuesday kind words about Adolf Hitler and that Trump met the “common definition of a fascist.” Despite all this, Kelly chose not to support either candidate in the 2024 presidential election, citing his status as a military officer.

“Okay…” responded Stephen Colbert on the news in his monologue on Wednesday. “This is some kind of approval, right?”

He compared Kelly’s choice to a parent pretending not to have a favorite child: “I would never choose a favorite child, but Kyle did lose our dog, drop out of school and accuse his parents of several of his arsons.” The thing is, I love both of my kids equally: my straight-A student Amanda, and Kyle, the flaming dog loser.

Colbert expressed his lack of surprise at the idea that Trump is a fascist, saying: “So this is less of a October surprise and more of an early autumn No S —.”

Still, Colbert acknowledged the significance of a president’s chief of staff saying such scathing things about him: “Kelly was the longest-serving chief of staff in the Trump White House. He was a key member of Trump’s team. We haven’t seen anyone attack a leader like that since Hootie was betrayed by the Blowfish.”

Colbert also highlighted Kelly’s claims that Trump wished he had “the kind of generals Hitler had.”

“That’s so disturbing that he doesn’t know why that’s terrible,” Colbert said, claiming it reminded him of a famous saying: “Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to say, ‘I have the kind of generals needed that Hitler had’. ,’ and yet somehow be statistically connected across all theaters of war.’