Mitch McConnell privately tore into Donald Trump, calling him a "despicable human being." The top Senate Republican made the comments during oral history interviews that he disclosed to his biographer. McConnell privately said Trump was a "despicable human being" and a "narcissist" whose character was antithetical to everything a president should be. Related storiesHe "has every characteristic you would not want a president to have," McConnell said in an oral history at the time. Privately, Vance mused to a friend that Trump was like Hitler.

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