'Born with a very small brain': Trump trashes former chief of staff who called him 'scared' of jail

Taking time out from searching for another lawyer to join his legal team battling a 37-count federal indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith, Donald Trump went on the attack against John Kelly, who served as his White House chief of staff.

The former president is likely responding to an interview the retired general gave where he suggested his former boss is "scared s--tless" about his future and the possibility of jail time.

In an interview with the Washington Post earlier this week, Kelly stated, "This is the way he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance he doesn’t care by doing this. For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable. Up until this point in his life, it’s like, I’m not going to pay you; take me to court. He’s never been held accountable before.”

That was on Tuesday -- and on Friday morning the former president finally fired back in a Truth Social post with multiple references to Kelly in quotes.

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Responding to a supporter on Truth Social who had questions about Kelly, Trump wrote, "John Kelly pretended to be a 'tough guy,' but was actually weak and ineffective, born with a VERY small 'brain.'"

He then added, "He had a hard time functioning in a political world, and was truly an exhausted and beaten man when I fired him. In the end he was a 'mummy' who sat in his office and stared at the ceiling - he was 'shot.' I’ll never forget how his very nice wife told me that 'John loves you, and respects you more than anyone, he will always say the BEST things about you.' Oh well, so much for that!"