And right now, two of the world’s foremost former spymasters are sending uncoded messages about what it will mean for America and the Western alliance if Donald Trump is elected president. But Trump, Gates added, has gone places with Putin no would-be American president should: “Mr. Trump’s expressions of admiration for the man and his authoritarian regime are naïve and irresponsible.”Yes, Clinton has her own credibility issues on national security, Gates explained, but “Donald Trump is in a league of his own. As for Trump, he said, “on national security, I believe [he] is beyond repair. Not enough attention has been paid to the national security implications of a Trump presidency.

Source: New York Times September 21, 2016 07:18 UTC