Calling President Donald Trump “unfocused and undisciplined,” a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden’s …
Calling President Donald Trump “unfocused and undisciplined,” a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the presidency. “Given what I’ve experienced in the administration, I have to support Joe Biden for president,” former Trump administration official Miles Taylor said in a video posted and produced by the group Republican Voters Against Trump. “And even though I’m not a Democrat, even though I disagree on key issues, I’m confident that Joe Biden will protect the country, and I’m confident he won’t make the same mistakes as this president.” Taylor is a lifelong Republican who served as former DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s chief of staff. He said what he saw working day-to-day in the Trump administration “terrified” him, and accuses President Trump of repeatedly exploiting the department to serve his own political agenda. He also detailed what the president said were “magical authorities” even when top aides would say a particular policy was illegal. “[Trump] was one of the most unfocused and undisciplined senior executives I’ve ever encountered,” Taylor said in the video. “He wasn’t interested in those things,” Taylor said of trying to talk to the president about issues such as a cyberattack or a terrorism threat.
