James Clapper, the former director of the office of national intelligence, said Tuesday that he is worried about President Trump’s access to nuclear codes.<\/b>
\nJames Clapper, the director of the office of national intelligence under President Obama, said Tuesday night that he is worried about President Trump\u2019s access to nuclear codes.
In an interview with CNN, Clapper also questioned Trump\u2019s fitness for office and wondered whether the Republican is \u201clooking for a way out\u201d of the presidency.
Clapper, a CNN contributor, made the comments after Trump\u2019s raucous campaign rally in Phoenix. As he did during last year\u2019s campaign, Trump went after the media, which he called \u201cdisturbed\u201d and \u201csick, \u201d as well as Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake.
The fiery and aggressive speech contrasted with Trump\u2019s scripted remarks on Monday night, when he addressed the nation about a plan to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan.
\u201cI don\u2019 t know when I\u2019 ve listened and watched something like this from a president that I found disturbing, \u201d Clapper told CNN\u2019s Don Lemon of Tuesday\u2019s speech, adding, \u201cI found this downright scary and disturbing.\u201d
Asked by Lemon whether he questions Trump\u2019s fitness to serve as president, Clapper said he does.
\u201cI really question his ability, his fitness to be in this office, and I also am beginning to wonder about his motivation for it. Maybe he is looking for a way out, \u201d said Clapper.
\u201cHow much longer does the country have to, to borrow a phrase, endure this nightmare?\u201d he asked.
Lemon pressed Clapper on whether he believes Trump is a threat to national security.
\u201cWell, he certainly could be. Again, having some understanding of the levers that a president can exercise, I worry about, frankly, you know, the access to nuclear codes, \u201d said Clapper, who noted that \u201cthere\u2019s actually very little to stop\u201d Trump from launching a nuclear weapon.
\u201cPretty damn scary, \u201d he said.
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