We have a president that instead of wanting to be truthful to the American people about what exactly is going on, cannot be trusted with regards to the truth.
Leon Panetta: “We have a president that instead of wanting to be truthful to the American people about what exactly is going on, cannot…”
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Panetta expresses concerns about the president's relationship with the truth and its implications for the presidency.
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I think it's pretty clear that that Mr. Trump has turned 80 years of U.S. foreign policy on its head.
He's in business with China as you mentioned, half of the Teslas that are made are made in China. His fate depends a great deal on what happens with China and his ability to gain access to that kind of information is the kind of thing that…
You know, Erin, as CIA director, I had an awful lot of intelligence on Putin and his background, and his trustworthiness. And the bottom line is that it was clear that we could never trust Putin's word.
What Trump is trying to do in order to convince Putin to come to the table is not going to work if Putin senses weakness on the part of the United States.





