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.”
“I served 6 Presidents, 3 Rs & 3Ds. I directly supported Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama. While I didn’t agree with all their policy choices, I admired and respected all of them, as they put country above their personal interests. Not so with you, as your self adoration is disgraceful,” Brennan said.
I served 6 Presidents, 3 Rs & 3Ds. I directly supported Clinton, Bush 43, and Obama. While I didn’t agree with all their policy choices, I admired and respected all of them, as they put country above their personal interests. Not so with you, as your self adoration is disgraceful https://t.co/A1brb0HW3V
— John O. Brennan (@JohnBrennan) April 5, 2018
His tweet was a direct response to Trump sharing his latest poll numbers from Rasmussen, which historically leans more favorably to Republicans, showing him at a 51 percent approval rating nearly 15 months into his presidency.
Brennan began his career with the CIA in 1980, when Jimmy Carter was president, and worked there for 25 years. Among his other roles in government was serving as assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism and later CIA director under the Obama administration. Brennan left his role as CIA director on Jan. 20, 2017, the day Trump was inaugurated.
Since he became active on Twitter, Brennan has dedicated his social media account to issuing sharp rebukes of the president.
Among his jabs, Brennan said Trump comes off “small, petty, banal” by constantly tweeting, and more recently ripped Trump’s decision to nominate White House physician Ronny Jackson to be next secretary of Veterans Affairs as being “terribly misguided.”
