‘Lowlife with small brain and big mouth’: Trump hits out at ex-aide Kelly

Remarks made days after former chief of staff confirmed reports about Trump's derogatory attitude to members of US military

Donald Trump called his former chief of staff John Kelly a lowlife with a very small brain and a very big mouth" after the former marine general confirmed reports about the ex-president's derogatory attitude to members of the US armed forces.

In posts to his Truth Social platform, days after Kelly spoke to CNN, Trump said his former aide was by far the dumbest of my military people ... incapable of doing a good job" as chief of staff or, before that, homeland security secretary.