Former CIA Director John Brennan criticized former President Donald Trump in an interview with Belgian state television published Sunday, saying Trump was unqualified to handle national security issues.
“I don’t think he believed what we were telling him,” Brennan said. said in an interview In an interview with RTBF, he mentioned the national security talks he had with President Trump before he took office in 2017.
“And he was specifically trying to find out how he knew what we know about Russian election interference,” Brennan continued.
“According to me, he was not qualified then and he is not qualified now. In particular, I found that he did not understand the importance of the relationship between the United States and our foreign allies and partners. He has little awareness of transatlantic relations or NATO.
In the interview, Brennan also expressed concern that the former president would not support Ukraine in its war against Russia.
He said Trump could undermine Kiev in a variety of ways, such as by instructing U.S. intelligence not to support the Ukrainian side or cutting off financial and military aid. Ta.
“And that would give President Vladimir Putin the green light to try to pretty much swallow Ukraine,” Brennan said. “And unfortunately, I think that’s encouraging.” [Russian President Vladimir Putin] It is to greedily look to other parts of Europe. ”
Brennan served as CIA director under former President Barack Obama and has frequently criticized his former boss’s successor. Following the 2020 presidential election, Brennan said he intended to “ignore Trump” and “leave his fate to our judicial system and his notoriety to history.” [and] His legacy is on the garbage heap. ”
In November 2020, Brennan wrote in a series of posts on Twitter at the time: “For four years, I have stood by Donald Trump’s relentless dishonesty, corrupt pursuit of personal gain, and trampling of democratic principles. “I have vigorously voiced my opposition to this,” he said in a series of posts on Twitter at the time. When it comes to national security, I felt compelled to condemn Trump’s corruption and incompetence. ”
The Hill has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment on Brennan’s recent comments.
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