Trump on soldier Vanessa Guillen: “It doesn’t cost $60,000 to bury a f**king Mexican!”

() – An article from Atlantic published this week, citing statements by retired Marine General John Kelly, former Secretary General of the White House, has caused a stir with less than two weeks left until election day in the US.

Kelly said that the former president fits “the general definition of a fascist” and that he wanted the “type of generals that Hitler had,” although he also recounted Trump’s reaction to the death of soldier Vanessa Guillen, which went much more unnoticed.

Apparently, and always according to the same report, Trump became enraged when he was told how much the funeral of a fallen soldier cost after he had volunteered to pay for it.

The Atlantic said Trump told the family of Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, who was beaten to death with a hammer in the armory where she worked, that he would pay for her funeral expenses, but never did.

When he received the $60,000 bill, The Atlantic reported — citing two people present at the meeting and the notes of someone who attended it — Trump said: “It doesn’t cost $60,000 to bury a f**k.” Mexican trip!”

Trump reportedly told his then-secretary general, Mark Meadows, and ordered him not to pay the funeral bill. Later that day, Trump reportedly said: “Damn people, trying to scam me.”

The Trump campaign denied the exchange. “This is absolutely false,” said campaign adviser Alex Pfeiffer.

“President Donald Trump never said that. “This is an outrageous lie from The Atlantic two weeks before the election,” Pfeiffer said.

In addition to the fascist and racist comments about Mexicans, Kelly — who was Trump’s general secretary from 2017 to 2019 — told The New York Times that the former president “certainly prefers the government’s dictatorial approach.”

He also confirmed to The Atlantic that Trump had said he would like his military personnel to show him the same deference that Adolf Hitler’s Nazi generals showed the German dictator during World War II, and recounted the moment.

“‘Do you mean Bismarck’s generals?” Kelly told The Atlantic that he had asked Trump. He added: “I mean, I knew he didn’t know who Bismarck was, or about the Franco-Prussian War. I said, ‘You mean the Kaiser’s generals? Surely you don’t mean Hitler’s generals.’ And he said, ‘Yes, yes, Hitler’s generals.’ “I explained to him that Rommel had to commit suicide after participating in a plot against Hitler.”

This article was reported by ‘s Eric Bradner and Kate Sullivan.