{"id":52071,"date":"2016-08-08T16:31:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T15:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=52071"},"modified":"2016-08-08T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T21:33:38","slug":"50-gop-national-security-experts-reject-trump-say-cant-president-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/50-gop-national-security-experts-reject-trump-say-cant-president-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"50 GOP National Security experts reject Trump say &#8216; he can&#8217;t be President, he is dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"main\">\n<div id=\"paneshell\">\n<div id=\"shellcontent\" class=\" no-tabs\">\n<div id=\"shellinner\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12084\" class=\"tab-content\" data-tid=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12001\" data-title=\"topnews\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12116\" class=\"messagepane basepane \" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12112\" class=\"message content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12169\" class=\"base-card \">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12264\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12219\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12263\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv5830096302\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12262\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_12274\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifty prominent Republican foreign policy and national security experts \u2014 many veterans of George W. Bush\u2019s administration \u2014 have signed a letter denouncing Donald Trump\u2019s presidential candidacy and pledging not to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_13528\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter, first reported by The New York Times Monday, warns: \u201cWe are convinced that in the Oval Office, he would be the most reckless President in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_13529\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its signatories include former CIA and National Security Agency Director Michael Hayden, former Director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Eric Edelman, who was Vice President Dick Cheney\u2019s national security adviser and has worked closely with Michele Flournoy \u2014 a candidate for secretary of defense in a prospective Clinton administration \u2014 to forge a centrist group of defense experts on key military issues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also includes two Homeland Security secretaries under Bush, Tom Ridge and Michael Chertoff, and Robert Zoellick, a former World Bank president, U.S. trade representative and deputy secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of the same leaders wrote an open letter in March during the Republican primaries condemning Trump and pledging to oppose his candidacy, at a time when other GOP candidates remained in the race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter acknowledges that many Americans \u201chave doubts about Hillary Clinton, as do many of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut Donald Trump is not the answer to America\u2019s daunting challenges and to this crucial election,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the new letter, the group warns Trump \u201clacks the temperament to be President.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1470689962141_13531\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe is unable or unwilling to separate truth from falsehood. He does not encourage conflicting views. He lacks self-control and acts impetuously. He cannot tolerate personal criticism. He has alarmed our closest allies with his erratic behavior,\u201d the letter claims. \u201cAll of these are dangerous qualities in an individual who aspires to be President and Commander-in-Chief, with command of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump has met with other GOP foreign policy bigwigs, including former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and James Baker. 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