According to CNN, Politico, and The New York Times, on October 23, local time, when a reporter asked Biden if he knew Kelly's statement that Trump "fits the definition of a fascist," Jean-Pierre said, "Yes," and the White House agreed with this statement. "You have heard the former president himself say that he will be a 'dictator' on the first day of his presidency. It's him, not us. Not only the White House said this, but also officials and former officials who worked for the former president said this." Jean-Pierre said, "Do we agree with that judgment? Yes, we agree."

The reporter further asked: "When you say 'we agree', do you mean Biden thinks Trump is a fascist?" "I mean, yes. We said it, and he said it himself, the former president said he would be a 'dictator' on day one. We can't ignore that," Jean-Pierre replied.

On the same day, Harris said that reports about Trump's praise of Nazi generals provided a "window into the real Trump." She said that Trump's reference to Hitler in his conversation with Kelly was "deeply disturbing." She warned that Trump has become "increasingly unhinged and unstable," and "it's clear from Kelly's words that Trump certainly meets the definition of a 'fascist'."

On October 23rd local time, Waltz expressed his gratitude to Kelly, "I thank him for bravely standing up and telling the world. Those who are closest to Trump know how dangerous he is."

Waltz told reporters that Trump made it very clear that this was an election about "Trump's total control of the military to deal with his political enemies, total control of the judiciary to prosecute those who disagree with him, and total control over what the media says and what it tells the American public."

He said he appreciated Kelly's revelation that Trump did not understand the Constitution or respect the rule of law. "If there was a red line, he had crossed it, and I appreciate Kelly standing up at this time."

Esper, who served as defense secretary during Trump's administration, said on October 23 local time that he had no reason to doubt Kelly's "honesty or integrity" in making remarks about Trump.

The report said he encouraged readers to look up definitions of fascism like Kelly did and ask Trump "whether he falls into those categories." "When you look at those definitions, it's hard to say he's not. He definitely has those tendencies," Esper pointed out. "I think that's something we should be wary of."

The Atlantic magazine reported in 2020 that Trump described those who sacrificed their lives for the United States on the battlefield as "losers" and "suckers" and expressed contempt for disabled veterans. In a message released by the New York Times on October 23, Kelly confirmed the above report.

Kelly said Trump did not want to be seen in public with people who had lost limbs on the battlefield, and that Trump would say, "Look, that makes me look bad." Kelly also said Trump told him on multiple occasions that Americans who were injured, captured or killed on the battlefield were "losers and fools." In addition, despite denials by Trump and his aides, Kelly said Trump called injured or dead U.S. military service members "suckers."

Although Esper said on the 23rd local time that he had not experienced the kind of incident described by Kelly and others, he recalled that Trump "was very upset about us letting injured American warriors appear in public, and he didn't like it."

Asked whether there were mechanisms to prevent Trump from using the military to target political opponents, Esper stressed his trust in the military.

Trump also responded angrily to the comment that "meets the definition of a fascist" on the 23rd local time. He called Kelly "stupid" and said that he made up negative stories because of "pure Trump hate derangement syndrome."

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Chang said in a statement that Kelly was "completely making a fool of himself with these stories."

In fact, this is not the first time that people in the United States have linked Trump to the Nazis.

Biden called Trump's "Make America Great Again (MAGA)" concept "like semi-fascism" in 2022. Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also compared Trump to Hitler and Trump's political rallies to "Nazi rallies."

Trump has also compared the Biden administration to the Nazis, accusing Biden of running a "Gestapo (Nazi Germany's secret police) government."