Trump continued to lash out Thursday at former John Kelly, his former chief of staff and a retired Marine Corps general, over his his claims that Trump was a fascist and had an affinity for Adolph Hitler's generals.
While he bashed Kelly with childish insults, Trump didn't respond directly to Harris calling him a fascist despite being given an explicit chance to do so during a call in interview with WABC's Cats&Cosby radio show.
“John Kelly was a stupid person," Trump said. "He had two things. He was tough, but ultimately became a marshmallow. At the end of his time, I fired him, he sat in his office and he was as weak as anybody I've ever seen."
Trump then attacked several high-profile military leaders who have denounced the former president, including former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and retired generals Mark Milley and Jim Mattis.
Later, Trump continued his defamatory rhetoric toward special counsel Jack Smith. As he discussed immigration, alluding to his plan of mass deportations on his first day in office if he's elected, Trump suggested that he should deport Jack Smith, too.
"Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged, and he should be thrown out of the country," Trump said.
Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, echoed the former president's comments at a rally at Waterford, Michigan, calling Kelly a "disgruntled ex-employee."
Vance questioned Kelly's truthfulness claiming that other Trump staffers had refuted his claims.
"Do we believe multiple eyewitnesses, or do we believe a disgruntled ex-employee?" he asked.
-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soo Rin Kim