Many of Donald Trump ’s most trusted former officials now believe that he is “too dangerous, too selfish and too extreme" to ever lead again, according to a Biden campaign spokesperson.
The ex-president, who is hoping to unseat current incumbent Joe Biden in the upcoming November elections, has struggled to gain support from a long list of his once loyal ex-colleagues. Among them is his former running mate and ex-US Vice President Mike Pence, who recently said that he could not “in good conscience” endorse Trump for the White House.
Others including former Defence Secretary Mark Esper have gone further - by branding the hotelier and ex-US TV star a “threat to democracy”. Responding to the raft of critical comments from many of Trump’s previously close advisers, Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said it was clear that he could not be trusted to lead the country ever again.
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President Donald Trump, left, speaks while Mark Esper listens during a speech (Bloomberg via Getty Images)She said: “Those who worked with Donald Trump at the most senior levels of his administration believe he is too dangerous, too selfish and too extreme to ever lead our country again — we agree.”
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Trump, who clinched the Republican nominee for president in March this year, has been doing well in the polls recently - with some showing him holding an advantage over Biden. But despite his strong performance in the court of public opinion, those who have worked closely with him during his chaotic four years in charge of the country seem especially reluctant to get behind him.
Among his harshest critics is ex-defence Secretary Mark Esper, who in a recent interview on HBO’s ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ admitted his fears about the former president taking the country’s highest office again. The Republican Party member even said he would be tempted to vote for Biden in the upcoming general election.
Ex-US Vice President Mike Pence fell out with Trump over the outcome of the last election. (AFP via Getty Images)He told the show’s presenter: “There’s no way I’ll vote for Trump, but every day that Trump does something crazy, the door to voting for Biden opens a little bit more, and that’s where I’m at.”
Others who have been reluctant to get behind the ex-president include Mike Pence, who said “profound differences” between the pair had made it impossible for him to support his re-election bid. The pair had a public falling out over the outcome of the 2020 election, where Trump allegedly put pressure on Pence to prevent Biden from assuming the role of President.
Ex- US vice President Mike Pence allegedly refused to bar Biden from taking office (AFP via Getty Images)Meanwhile, John Bolton, who served as the United States National Security Advisor in the Trump administration, stated in his book, ‘The Room Where it Happened’, that Trump was “unfit to be president”. He further laid into the ex-president, adding: “If his first four years were bad, a second four will be worse”.
Others who have shared their fears for a Trump second term include Sarah Matthews, an ex-White House aide, who said it was “mind-boggling” how many former staffers had turned against him. While the ex-White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin, who worked closely with Trump, told ABC News: “Fundamentally, a second Trump term could mean the end of American democracy as we know it, and I don’t say that lightly.”
Responding to these critical voices, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said: “The majority of the people who served in President Trump’s cabinet and in his administration, like the majority of Americans, have overwhelmingly endorsed his candidacy to beat Crooked Joe Biden and take back the White House."
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