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My fellow Americans, it has been the privilege of my life to serve this nation for over 50 years. Nowhere else on Earth could a kid with a stutter from modest beginnings one day sit in the Oval Office as president of the United States. But the defense of democracy, which is at stake, is more important than any title. So I’ve decided the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation. In just a few months, the American people choose the course of America’s future. I made my choice. I would like to thank our great vice-president, Kamala Harris. She’s experienced. She’s tough, she’s capable. She’s been an incredible partner to me and the leader for our country. Now the choice is up to you, the American people. When you make that choice, remember the words of Benjamin Franklin. When asked whether the founders have given America a monarchy or republic, Franklin’s response was: "A republic...if you can keep it." Whether we keep our republic is now in your hands. --President Joe Biden
What They Think of Trump Now
The world has never before witnessed so many former top U.S. government officials warning about the president for whom they once worked. Not in these numbers and not with the same stark conclusion that President Trump in their view is unfit for the office he holds. The office he's asking you to return him to for a second term.
--Jake Tapper, CNN 10/18/20
Many of the following testimonials come from the CNN special
"The Insiders, A Warning from Former Trump Officials."
Click the button below for a transcript of the program
!["Donald Trump doesn't respect the Constitution!" -- "Trump hijacked the Republican Party!" -- "Trump doesn't care about this country!" -- "Trump is trying to be a king." -- "Trump is a narcissistic toddler!" __ "Trump's relationship with Putin bothers me." -- "I will support a Democrat over Trump any day of the week!"
https://www.youtube.com/@RepublicanVotersAgainstTrump/videos](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_91c5fe715aae4175bf2ed758746f38cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_163,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Republican Voters Against Trump
Former Trump voters who now refuse to support him for president again.
"Donald Trump doesn't respect the Constitution!" -- "Trump hijacked the Republican Party!" -- "Trump doesn't care about this country!" -- "Trump is trying to be a king." -- "Trump is a narcissistic toddler!" __ "Trump's relationship with Putin bothers me." -- "I will support a Democrat over Trump any day of the week!"
https://www.youtube.com/@RepublicanVotersAgainstTrump/videos
![Author of "Blowback, A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump."
Click the first link for a January 2024 interview with Alex Witt on MSNBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGte10OCwo
Click the second link for an April 2024 interview with Jim Lokay on Fox 5 Washington DC's "The Final 5"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G85Zdpno17E](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_9dc18e32809748db84139a334901adc6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_90,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Miles Taylor, Part 2
DHS Chief of Staff
Author of "Blowback, A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump."
Click the first link for a January 2024 interview with Alex Witt on MSNBC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGte10OCwo
Click the second link for an April 2024 interview with Jim Lokay on Fox 5 Washington DC's "The Final 5"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G85Zdpno17E
!["I think [Trump] is unfit for office. He puts himself before country. His actions are all about him and not about the country. And then, I believe he has integrity and character issues as well." --CNN November 2022](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_1c7afabf79c54e6ea9512cb66ff29f06~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Mark Esper
Sec'y of Defense (2nd of 3)
"I think [Trump] is unfit for office. He puts himself before country. His actions are all about him and not about the country. And then, I believe he has integrity and character issues as well." --CNN November 2022
!["I found a president who was uninterested in the challenges to U.S. national security, who was preoccupied with profit making and willing to betray the ideals of U.S. democracy and the rule of law in order to cozy up to dictators and sell weapons. This was an unserious leader who didn't understand the challenges and the opportunities that were before him.”
--CNN 10/18/20](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_1fedc11fae2b4462b00ba51793e96bcd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_158,h_181,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Kyle Murphy
Senior Analyst Defense Intelligence Agency
"I found a president who was uninterested in the challenges to U.S. national security, who was preoccupied with profit making and willing to betray the ideals of U.S. democracy and the rule of law in order to cozy up to dictators and sell weapons. This was an unserious leader who didn't understand the challenges and the opportunities that were before him.”
--CNN 10/18/20
!["Donald Trump will never understand [military] service the way those who have actually served in uniform will, and it's one of the countless reasons he's unfit to be commander in chief." --CNN
Click the link for Aidan McLaughlin's interview with Griffin on Mediaite's "Press Club" 6/14/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84T7lz3fMA4](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_a7288860641f46e289a55c7f0289ae6d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Alyssa Farah Griffin
White House Communications Director
"Donald Trump will never understand [military] service the way those who have actually served in uniform will, and it's one of the countless reasons he's unfit to be commander in chief." --CNN
Click the link for Aidan McLaughlin's interview with Griffin on Mediaite's "Press Club" 6/14/24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84T7lz3fMA4
![“If the people don't have confidence in their government and how it works to serve them, then we're moving into dangerous places. If there's four more years of [Trump’s] self-centered, it's all about me and everything else is either part of a deep state or some sort of, you know, hoax, I worry about that confidence that's necessary for our democracy to continue.” --CNN 10/18/20](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_634f6044dd234ac48f8d63556a6a24c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_122,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Robert Cardillo
Director National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
“If the people don't have confidence in their government and how it works to serve them, then we're moving into dangerous places. If there's four more years of [Trump’s] self-centered, it's all about me and everything else is either part of a deep state or some sort of, you know, hoax, I worry about that confidence that's necessary for our democracy to continue.” --CNN 10/18/20
![“The president has not only disregarded this threat [of Russian interference in our elections], he has flagrantly disregarded this threat to the point that we were told by the White House not to raise issues about Russia with the president. We considered the threat from Russia and their interference in our democratic affairs to be one of the top three Homeland Security challenges facing the nation. ...You would be hard pressed to say that the president considered it anywhere in the top 25.”
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Miles Taylor
Chief of Staff Dept. Homeland Security
“The president has not only disregarded this threat [of Russian interference in our elections], he has flagrantly disregarded this threat to the point that we were told by the White House not to raise issues about Russia with the president. We considered the threat from Russia and their interference in our democratic affairs to be one of the top three Homeland Security challenges facing the nation. ...You would be hard pressed to say that the president considered it anywhere in the top 25.”
--CNN 10/18/20
!["President Trump refuses to admit that we have a problem [the pandemic]. He is in complete denial. And he forces everyone around him to buy in and repeat that narrative. [That's] what's causing more deaths today. He needs to admit the truth and be honest with Americans." --CNN 10/18/20](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_f7754662065f4a4ba1f288f32b0d6e44~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_106,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Rick Bright
Head of Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Authority
"President Trump refuses to admit that we have a problem [the pandemic]. He is in complete denial. And he forces everyone around him to buy in and repeat that narrative. [That's] what's causing more deaths today. He needs to admit the truth and be honest with Americans." --CNN 10/18/20
!["[Trump] took an oath to protect our country from all enemies foreign and domestic. And right now, his rhetoric [not condemning white supremacy] is actually...aiding and abetting our enemies. He is absolutely in violation of his oath. And I think it walks up to the line if not crosses the line of treason in terms of making our country less safe." --CNN 10/18/20
"This is what a second term would be: There would be no adults in the room to say 'No Mr. President, you can't do that. That's illegal or that's unconstitutional.' It would just be utter chaos."
"The mafia culture around Trump is real. I have people in my life that were threatened, both kind of implied physical threats, but also...financial threats: 'We'll make sure you never work again.'"
--The Bulwark podcast 5/7/24](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_35e19a34161c43a18938a89d0954b9c9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_91,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Elizabeth Neumann
Assistant Sec'y Homeland Security
"[Trump] took an oath to protect our country from all enemies foreign and domestic. And right now, his rhetoric [not condemning white supremacy] is actually...aiding and abetting our enemies. He is absolutely in violation of his oath. And I think it walks up to the line if not crosses the line of treason in terms of making our country less safe." --CNN 10/18/20
"This is what a second term would be: There would be no adults in the room to say 'No Mr. President, you can't do that. That's illegal or that's unconstitutional.' It would just be utter chaos."
"The mafia culture around Trump is real. I have people in my life that were threatened, both kind of implied physical threats, but also...financial threats: 'We'll make sure you never work again.'"
--The Bulwark podcast 5/7/24
!["[Trump] is a consummate narcissist. And he constantly engages in reckless conduct. He will always put his own interest and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country's interest. Our country can't be a therapy session for a troubled man like this."
--CBS June 2023
But Barr has since gone on to endorse Trump for President in 2024
"I feel it's my duty to pick the person who I think would do the least damage to the country and I think Trump would do less damage than Biden and I think all this stuff about a threat to democracy...I think the real threat to democracy is the progressive movement and the Biden administration." --CNN April 26, 2024](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_b63354a990184bb6857c6b77ed1a3d6a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
Bill Barr
Attorney General (2nd of 2)
"[Trump] is a consummate narcissist. And he constantly engages in reckless conduct. He will always put his own interest and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country's interest. Our country can't be a therapy session for a troubled man like this."
--CBS June 2023
But Barr has since gone on to endorse Trump for President in 2024
"I feel it's my duty to pick the person who I think would do the least damage to the country and I think Trump would do less damage than Biden and I think all this stuff about a threat to democracy...I think the real threat to democracy is the progressive movement and the Biden administration." --CNN April 26, 2024
!["During Donald Trump's presidency, the department was pushed to spend nearly all of the time on immigration border security issues...very important issues, but there were many other very vital functions Homeland Secuirty carries out to secure the nation. Those sometimes got short shrift." --CNN 10/18/20
"Voting for the other side is also hard. For most, it requires more than a mere preference—it requires a compelling reason or even a sense that there is no choice. In 2024, there is a compelling reason to vote for Biden. There is no real choice if the Constitution is to endure." --posting on X, 6/11/24](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_5463393455d44080a12d1c6a50ffc243~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_91,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
John Mitnick
General Counsel Dept. Homeland Security
"During Donald Trump's presidency, the department was pushed to spend nearly all of the time on immigration border security issues...very important issues, but there were many other very vital functions Homeland Secuirty carries out to secure the nation. Those sometimes got short shrift." --CNN 10/18/20
"Voting for the other side is also hard. For most, it requires more than a mere preference—it requires a compelling reason or even a sense that there is no choice. In 2024, there is a compelling reason to vote for Biden. There is no real choice if the Constitution is to endure." --posting on X, 6/11/24
!["[Trump's] dishonesty, the transactional nature of every relationship...it's more pathetic than anything else. He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life."
--CNN 10/16/20
"A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution and the rule of law. There is nothing more that can be said. God help us."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfVQcMM1fK4 --CNN 10/3/23](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6ed34f_e5bc8de33ef340619fb2d9108eac5bab~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_163,h_91,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_3,enc_auto/Image-empty-state.jpg)
John Kelly
Sec'y Homeland Security; White House Chief of Staff (2nd of 4)