Trump attacked the late Colin Powell, calling him a fake Republican

Trump attacked the late Colin Powell, calling him a fake Republican

Powell, a war hero turned America’s first black secretary of state, was a frequent critic of the former president and even asked him to resign after the Jan.6 assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters.

“It is wonderful to see Colin Powell, who made big mistakes in Iraq and the so-called weapons of mass destruction, being treated in death so beautifully by the fake news media. I hope that happens to me one day“Trump said in a statement.

Colin Powell, a retired four-star general, died Monday at age 84 of complications from Covid-19.

He was a classic RINO, if anything, always being the first to attack other Republicans.. He made a lot of mistakes, but anyway, may he rest in peace! “Trump wrote, using the acronym for” Republican in name only. “

Since 2008, Powell, a former member of the Republican government George W. Bush, backed the Democrats to the White House: twice a Barack Obama, and then to Hillary Clinton already Joe Biden.

Powell admitted that his February 2003 speech to the United Nations Security Council, in which he defended the alleged existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, was “a blemish” on his career, evidence that was later shown to be false. .

It is not the first time that Trump has reviled an illustrious deceased for the Republican Party. After the death of the senator John McCain In 2018, he continued to discredit the Arizona Republican, who was also among his fiercest detractors.

In a speech seven months later, Trump said he gave McCain “the funeral he wanted, and I didn’t get a ‘thank you.’ The then president was not invited to the funeral.

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