Former Acting CIA Director Openly Questions Trump's Credibility

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Source: crooksandliars.com




5/11/17 1:00pm


John McLaughlin, the former Acting Director of the CIA under George Bush told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell that Trump's big problem is a lack of an established "moral authority because he is so frequently into falsehoods that he can't be believed."

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Kori Schake responded to the constant tweets by the White House trying to shut down the Russia probe and the leadership void and said that the career agents probably would take umbridge to Trump's detriment and hopefully protect their work.

Mitchell then turned to the topic of an "unusual tweet" sent by US Ambassador to Qatar Dana Shell Smith, who criticized what she's been witnessing.
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Mitchell said, "That's an issue for our people in the embassies and we don't have ambassadors in most embassies as a matter of fact right now."

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Read more: http://crooksandliars.com/2017/05/former-acting-cia-director-trump-so

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Here is the tweet mentioned in the article:

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Joe Mandese? @jmandese May 10
Replying to @AmbDana

Just tell them America is a democracy where the majority of people (in electoral states) are stupid.
161 replies 37 retweets 489 likes


Aleksandr Cyplakov? @acyplakov May 10

Too bad that adds fuel to the argument against democracy around the world.
8 replies 6 retweets 74 likes

Joe Mandese? @jmandese 24h24 hours ago

Yup, America not exactly the best role model right now.
68 replies 14 retweets 209 likes


Deplorable American? @DeplorableAmer3 24h24 hours ago

Half of the country is throwing a temper tantrum because they lost an election. It's embarrassing.
42 replies 37 retweets 370 likes


Joe Mandese? @jmandese 24h24 hours ago

Tantrum? Nah, more like concern.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. No tantrum & Democrats won Presidential election. Putin stole the Electoral College w Rs & tRump

A majority of American voters voted for Hillary Clinton. Decisively. That's democratic (small 'd'). In all Presidential democracies, except this one, that's a democratic win.

tRump had to treasonously connive with Putin and hackers and Assange and various Republicons and Russian oligarchs to steal the Electoral College.

[zentrum]

2. Heard a BBC show

...where people, especially young people, from Egypt and the middle east, and Brazil and South Africa, were calling in, very disillusioned with America. They talked about how much they revered America before and now they see "it's just like our country". Not a democracy.

One said that what Trump did to Comey is like what Mubarak did in Egypt.

It was very disturbing to hear them. The loss of the idea of America will be terrible.

What's to enter the void? Authoritarian governments like Russia and China?

France and the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries are the new light of the world. Especially France because it's diverse, as is Holland. And Canada!

[furtheradu]

4. Please KNOW: WE WILL NOT stand for this abomination.

Please continue to stand with US. To BELIEVE in the PROMISE that IS AMERICA.
We WILL overcome the crazy. Send US Your POSITIVE ENERGY, YOUR LOVE, YOUR HOPE.
We can, & WILL, do this. BELIEVE IT.

& Thank YOU.💖

[zentrum]

5. Hope you're right!

[NewJeffCT]

3. that's what you get when you demand all the ambassadors out on January 21

instead of the bipartisan tradition of letting them stay until their replacement is named and also to allow them to wrap up any personal business (i.e., kids finishing up the school year, etc)

[yurbud]

6. He's being too kind. Trump lacks the intellect, experience, and maturity the job requires as well.

[Dustlawyer]

7. When you allow propaganda to manipulate the electorate and legal bribes to

politician's campaigns you no longer have a Democracy. We are blowing it!!!

That is how you get a Trump as President.