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James Clapper: “It shows once again not that we need proof of it, where the President's head really is and all this. And it's not on…”

On the recordDecember 21, 2020
It shows once again not that we need proof of it, where the President's head really is and all this. And it's not on national security, not on the pandemic, not on the massive Russian cyber espionage.
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James Clapper
District of Columbia

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Clapper comments on Trump's focus on pleasing his base rather than addressing national security issues.

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