Former CIA Director John Brennan Doesn't Mince Words About Trump
Former CIA Director John Brennan has penned a scathing criticism of Donald Trump’s presidency, calling out Trump's divisiveness, his tendency to lie and his disrespect for the institutions that serve the American people. In the piece, published by the Washington Post, Brennan notes that he expressed a deep admiration for Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama when he served under them while working for the CIA, but writes that his esteem for the presidency "was dealt a serious blow" when Trump took office.
Brennan, who served as CIA Director under President Obama from March 2013 to January 2017, has been an outspoken critic of President Trump since he took office. Following Trump's visit to the CIA the day after he was inaugurated, Brennan called the president's speech to the agency "a despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA's Memorial Wall of Agency heroes."
Brennan, who served as CIA Director under President Obama from March 2013 to January 2017, has been an outspoken critic of President Trump since he took office. Following Trump's visit to the CIA the day after he was inaugurated, Brennan called the president's speech to the agency "a despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA's Memorial Wall of Agency heroes."
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Trump responded the following day by tweeting a lengthy quote from Fox News talking head Dan Bongino about how Brennan is "panicking" and "worried about staying out of jail."
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Brennan’s op-ed in the Post is his harshest invective yet against the president. "Mr. Trump, however, has shown highly abnormal behavior by lying routinely to the American people without compunction, intentionally fueling divisions in our country and actively working to degrade the imperfect but critical institutions that serve us," Brennan wrote after expressing his respect for the four presidents under which he served.
"Mr. Trump charts his every move according to a calculus of how it will personally help or hurt him," he added. "His strategy is to undercut real, potential and perceived opponents; his focus is to win at all costs, irrespective of truth, ethics, decency and – many would argue – the law."
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/brennan-trump-op-ed-w520993
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