'The projection runs deep': Trump adviser says 'gestapo' comment applies to ex-president

Donald Trump's recent comments about President Joe Biden's "Gestapo," made before a gathering of rich donors in Palm Beach, actually stem from "projection," a former Republican National Committee staffer who rose to advise the Trump White House on national security issues said.

Former Mike Pence Homeland Security staffer Olivia Troye appeared on CNN on Sunday, and was asked about Trump's recent statements in which he compared Biden's presidency to Nazi officials.

"He's now comparing the Biden and his administration to the Nazi secret police," the host said.

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"I think that comparison is completely abhorrent," Troye said. "I think there should be no room for that in political rhetoric. There's no comparing to what he's referring to."

Further, she said, "having worked in the Trump administration, the projection runs deep because I think that when he's talking about things like that, it's sort of how he would like to run things."

"And he's already talked about taking revenge on his opponents. He's already talked about taking revenge against those in the media that don't follow his narratives and support him. It makes me wonder what happens to people like me who have become critics of him because of his damaging rhetoric and I also think his dangerous rhetoric, that's divisive for the country, and I also think the damage that he's done to the Republican brand."

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