The people who know Trump best won’t support him.
Why should you?
A thread
Why should you?
A thread
Trump’s former Attorney General Bill Barr: Trump is a consummate narcissist who constantly engages in reckless conduct. He will always put his own interests and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country’s interest
Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton: Having been in the room with him, dictators think Trump is a laughing fool and they are prepared to take advantage of him
Trump’s former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on why she resigned on Jan 7, 2021: January 6 has deeply troubled me in a way I cannot set aside. I believe in the peaceful transfer of power, I believe in democracy
Fox host: Do you think Donald Trump is a threat to democracy?
Trump’s former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Given the events of January 6, how he undermined the election results, incited people to come to DC, and failed to call them off. To me, that threatens our democracy
Trump’s former Defense Secretary Mark Esper: Given the events of January 6, how he undermined the election results, incited people to come to DC, and failed to call them off. To me, that threatens our democracy
Trump’s former Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah Griffin: We worked with him, we knew him, and we are telling you, America, this man is unfit to be president
Trump’s former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham: I am terrified of Trump running for president in 2024. I don’t think he is fit for the job
Trump’s former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley: Trump said that he wouldn’t defend NATO, he'd encourage Putin to invade NATO countries. He’s siding with a thug who kills his political opponents, arrests American journalists, who hates America. He puts our allies and military in danger
Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly: Trump has no idea what America stands for
He goes on to confirm Trump called American service members “suckers” and “losers,” and that he didn’t want to be seen with amputee veterans because “it doesn’t look good for me”
He goes on to confirm Trump called American service members “suckers” and “losers,” and that he didn’t want to be seen with amputee veterans because “it doesn’t look good for me”
Trump’s former Defense Secretary John Mattis: Never did I dream that troops would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander in chief, Donald Trump
Trump’s former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster: The foremost reason for the assault on the Capitol was Trump’s sustained disinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories. We saw the absence of leadership, really anti-leadership
Trump’s former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley: Trump had gone into a serious mental decline in the aftermath of the election, now all but manic, screaming at officials and constructing his own alternate reality about endless election conspiracies
Trump’s former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney: I quit because I think Trump failed at being the president when we needed him to be that
Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence: I have profound differences with Trump. Many think it’s just over January 6. It also has to do with the fact that he is walking away from fiscal responsibility and a commitment to America’s leadership in the world. I cannot endorse Trump
Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: It’s time to elect serious, thoughtful leaders who don’t denigrate America, spend all their time thinking about Twitter, and throw out whoppers. It’s not the moment for celebrity
Trump’s former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci: Trump is the domestic terrorist of the 21st century
Trump's former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer: Trump has very little understanding of what it means to be in the military, to fight ethically or to be governed by a uniform set of rules and practices
Trump’s former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: Trump’s understanding of global events and history was really limited. It’s really hard to have a conversation with someone who doesn’t even understand the concept for why we’re talking about this
Trump’s former Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews on January 6: It took hours for Trump to condemn the violence... He was enjoying what was happening, he wanted to do everything to stay in power. That's why I resigned that day
Trump’s former White House lawyer Ty Cobb: I think you have to take Trump seriously because he poses the gravest threat to democracy that we’ve ever seen
Trump’s former WH aide Cassidy Hutchinson: I know how Trump messages, everything he says is extremely dangerous, he says things that have gotten people killed. I truly believe that if he gets reelected, there is a high likelihood this is the last election under the Constitution
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