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Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta on President Trump (Der Spiegel)
In an interview six months after the election, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, discusses the night of his candidate's defeat, the mistakes made on the trail and Donald Trump, who he says is "unfit and unqualified" to serve as president.Interview Conducted by Klaus Brinkbäumer and Britta Sandberg
May 05, 2017 06:10 PM
John Podesta, 68, served as White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, as an adviser to Barack Obama and as the campaign chairman for Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. During his interview, he sits with a loose tie in the historical hall of the guest house of the Hamburg city government, having just arrived on a trans-Atlantic flight. The same evening, he is to give the opening address at the annual Hamburg Media Dialogue conference. Since Clinton's defeat in November, Podesta has focused on his work and granted few interviews. He sat down for one with DER SPIEGEL during his visit to Germany.
SPIEGEL: Mr. Podesta, the election took place only six months ago. For many, though, it seems like an eternity has passed since Barack Obama's presidency. Are you suffering?
Podesta: Yeah, Donald Trump has given a new meaning to dog years. The only constant seems to be his unpredictability. America lives in a state of constant turmoil. There were those who thought maybe that would calm down when he became president, but what has happened is that the pressures of the presidency have actually exaggerated those tendencies. So rather than trying to find some sense of normalcy, we get the 6 a.m. Saturday tweets that Obama ordered the bugging of Trump Tower without any evidence and with his entire intelligence community telling him that was not true and a lie.
SPIEGEL: Did it take long for you to get used to the fact that Donald Trump is now sitting in the White House?
Podesta: I have not gotten used to it. I think there's more of a danger now than at any time since I've been working in politics, and that's a long time.
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more: http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/clinton-campaign-chair-john-podesta-on-president-trump-a-1146317.html
