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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumColin Powell Calls Trump A “National Disgrace” In Personal Emails
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/colin-powell-calls-trump-national-disgrace-in-personal-email?utm_term=.vyjZjgzrgp#.bubOePNEPdFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell, a retired four-star general who served under three Republican presidents, slammed GOP nominee Donald Trump as a a national disgrace and an international pariah, according to his personal emails seen by BuzzFeed News.
The remarks came in a June 17, 2016, email to Emily Miller, a journalist who was once Powells aide. In that same email Powell also said Trump is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him. [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.
And in an Aug. 21 email from Powell to Miller, he blasted Trump for embarking on a racist movement that believes President Obama was not born in the US.
The remarks came in a June 17, 2016, email to Emily Miller, a journalist who was once Powells aide. In that same email Powell also said Trump is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him. [Speaker of the House] Paul Ryan is calibrating his position again.
And in an Aug. 21 email from Powell to Miller, he blasted Trump for embarking on a racist movement that believes President Obama was not born in the US.
So how bad do you think the Trump response going to be?
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Colin Powell Calls Trump A “National Disgrace” In Personal Emails (Original Post)
SaschaHM
Sep 2016
OP
hey, colin, your lies and willingness to do anything for the pukes certainly helped bring this
niyad
Sep 2016
#1
I guess the dude who willingly worked for another "National Disgrace" would know. nt
Guy Whitey Corngood
Sep 2016
#5
niyad
(131,749 posts)1. hey, colin, your lies and willingness to do anything for the pukes certainly helped bring this
deplorable person to the stage as the head of your party.
MadBadger
(24,089 posts)2. Was he hacked?
Russian hackers per MSNBC.
Shoalbiz
(36 posts)3. Powell will always regret making the wmd case for W but
I always thought he was a stand-up guy, nonetheless. I'm sure he's not the only former SoS who thinks Trump is a national disgrace.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)6. Before WMD was My Lai
and the part he played in covering that up.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,848 posts)5. I guess the dude who willingly worked for another "National Disgrace" would know. nt