John Brennan: Trump fails to put country over ‘self adoration,’ unlike predecessors

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Former CIA Director John Brennan condemned President Trump in a terse tweet late Wednesday, sharing an unfavorable comparison of the 45th president to some of his predecessors.

Reacting to Trump’s tweet boasting strong poll numbers, Brennan said unlike the likes of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, Trump has a “self adoration” that he finds “disgraceful.”

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