Former US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director John Brennan (2013-2017) said Wednesday that, with his “convictions”, President Donald Trump will cause “lasting damage” to US society and Position of the country in the world.
Brennan referred to Trump’s reaction to what happened this Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., Where a neo-Nazi had his anti-racist rally killing a woman and wounding a score.
The president blamed “both sides” and emphasized that leftist groups also attacked right-wing extremists.
“Trump’s words, and the convictions they reflect, are a national misfortune, and all Americans of conscience have to repudiate these horrible and dangerous comments,” Brennan said in a letter to German-born CNN presenter Wolf Blitzer. Who explained on the air that the Nazis killed their four grandparents.
“If you are allowed to continue on this nonsensical path, Trump will cause lasting damage to American society and our reputation in the world.” In his words and actions, Trump puts our national security and our collective future at grave risk, “added Brennan .
Trump’s equidistant reaction to the racist violence unleashed in Charlottesville and the murder of a woman by a neo-Nazi has generated an avalanche of criticism from all walks of life.
In fact, Trump eliminated two White House economic advisory councils made up of business leaders following the resignation of several of its members in the last hours precisely because of its reaction to the Charlottesville events.
