Colin Powell slams national disgrace Trump: Calling him an idiot just emboldens him

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed disdain for Donald Trump and his “birther” supporters in emails obtained by a website with purported Russian connections, Buzzfeed reported on Tuesday.

As recently as last month, Trump told former aide Emily Miller, “Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim. As I have said before, ‘What if he was?’ Muslims are born as Americans everyday.”

Powell, a Republican who served under three presidents, also described Trump — his party’s current presidential nominee — as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in another email. According to Buzzfeed, Powell was averse to criticizing him in public, explaining that “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him.”

Three years ago, the retired four-star general did air out his frustration with what he called the GOP’s “dark vein of intolerance” during an appearance on Meet The Press.

“The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?” he asked at the time.

Powell declined to comment on the emails to Buzzfeed on Tuesday night, but did say, “I’m not denying it.”

According to Buzzfeed, the emails first surfaced on DCLeaks.com, which has been linked to Russian intelligence agencies, though no connection has been confirmed.
 
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed disdain for Donald Trump and his “birther” supporters in emails obtained by a website with purported Russian connections, Buzzfeed reported on Tuesday.

As recently as last month, Trump told former aide Emily Miller, “Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim. As I have said before, ‘What if he was?’ Muslims are born as Americans everyday.”

Powell, a Republican who served under three presidents, also described Trump — his party’s current presidential nominee — as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in another email. According to Buzzfeed, Powell was averse to criticizing him in public, explaining that “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him.”

Three years ago, the retired four-star general did air out his frustration with what he called the GOP’s “dark vein of intolerance” during an appearance on Meet The Press.

“The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?” he asked at the time.

Powell declined to comment on the emails to Buzzfeed on Tuesday night, but did say, “I’m not denying it.”

According to Buzzfeed, the emails first surfaced on DCLeaks.com, which has been linked to Russian intelligence agencies, though no connection has been confirmed.
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Powell showed his true colors when he endorsed the black nazi Obama over his fellow veteran McCain, someone ought to remember that it was Hitlery who stabbed him in the back as soon as it became beneficial to do so.
 
Face said:
Powell showed his true colors when he endorsed the black nazi Obama over his fellow veteran McCain, someone ought to remember that it was Hitlery who stabbed him in the back as soon as it became beneficial to do so.
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Did you vote for McCain?
 
Trump is a national disgrace along with most of his deplorable supporters too!
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Bill said:

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell expressed disdain for Donald Trump and his “birther” supporters in emails obtained by a website with purported Russian connections, Buzzfeed reported on Tuesday.

As recently as last month, Trump told former aide Emily Miller, “Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim. As I have said before, ‘What if he was?’ Muslims are born as Americans everyday.”

Powell, a Republican who served under three presidents, also described Trump — his party’s current presidential nominee — as a “national disgrace” and an “international pariah” in another email. According to Buzzfeed, Powell was averse to criticizing him in public, explaining that “To go on and call him an idiot just emboldens him.”

Three years ago, the retired four-star general did air out his frustration with what he called the GOP’s “dark vein of intolerance” during an appearance on Meet The Press.

“The birther, the whole birther movement. Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?” he asked at the time.

Powell declined to comment on the emails to Buzzfeed on Tuesday night, but did say, “I’m not denying it.”

According to Buzzfeed, the emails first surfaced on DCLeaks.com, which has been linked to Russian intelligence agencies, though no connection has been confirmed.
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Colin Powell disgraced himself when he joined the plantation and supported Obama like blacks were expected to do.
 
If HRC were as good of a campaigner as Obama, this race would already be over.
 
“Dumb. She should have done a ‘Full Monty’ at the beginning,” Powell wrote. He added: “I warned her staff three times over the past two years not to try to connect it to me. I am not sure HRC even knew or understood what was going on in the basement.”
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looks like Bill got confused....Powell was talking about Hil-liar-y.....
 
Who cares what Powell thinks. This idiot was allegedly a Republican, but supported Obama 2x, because he a fello black dowg!
 
Irish said:
Who cares what Powell thinks. This idiot was allegedly a Republican, but supported Obama 2x, because he a fello black dowg!
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Whether you wish to admit the truth or not, a lot of people care what Powell thinks. Many in your party wanted him to run for President. He probably stood a very good chance.
 
domer76 said:
Whether you wish to admit the truth or not, a lot of people care what Powell thinks. Many in your party wanted him to run for President. He probably stood a very good chance.
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Obama didn't when he referred to Powell as an Uncle Tom.
 
Colin Powell attempted to persuade Hillary Clinton and her aides to not use him as a scapegoat for the controversy surrounding Clinton's private email server, according to leaked emails hacked from Powell's Gmail account.

In the emails, which were leaked by the website D.C. Leaks, Powell wrote to at least one confidant about his repeated warning to Clinton not to blame him for the scandal.

“I told her staff three times not to try that gambit. I had to throw a mini tantrum at a Hampton’s party to get their attention. She keeps tripping into these ‘character’ minefields,” he wrote, according to The Intercept. He reportedly had tried to settle the matter in a meeting with Clinton aide Cheryl Mills.

In a separate email, Powell said he “warned her staff three times over the past two years not to try to connect it to me.”

According to The Daily Caller, Powell also sent one email in March 2015 complaining that “Hillary’s Mafia keeps trying to suck me into” the email controversy, which at the time had only just surfaced.

A top Powell aide confirmed the authenticity of the emails to Fox News, saying they are “confirming that he was hacked and these are his emails.”

“We have no further comment at this time,” the aide said.

The emails were initially reported by The Intercept, BuzzFeed and other outlets.

Powell had previously accused Clinton of trying to “pin” the scandal on him after Clinton, who served as secretary of state under President Obama, told federal authorities in July that Powell had detailed to her his email practices as secretary of state under George W. Bush, according to a New York Times report in August.

The paper cited a passage from an upcoming book about Bill Clinton’s post-presidency that read, “Powell told her to use her own email, as he had done, except for classified communications, which he had sent and received via a State Department computer.”

According to The Intercept, Powell regularly exchanged emails with reporters and friends about Clinton’s server controversy, explaining that his situation had been different than Clinton’s. Powell never set up a private server and used a government computer for classified matters.

D.C. Leaks is a website that releases hacked emails from U.S. military officials and politicians and is said to have ties to Guccifer 2.0, who some believe has ties to Russian Intelligence.

In one email, Powell complained about Clinton’s "minions" trying to "drag" him into the email mess, according to BuzzFeed.

He also had tough words for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, whom he called “a national disgrace” and an “international pariah."

Powell has not endorsed any candidate in the 2016 race.

The Clinton campaign’s attempt to try to say Powell had encouraged the use of a private server apparently left him deeply troubled.

“They are going to dick up the legitimate and necessary use of emails with friggin (sic) record rules. I saw email more like a telephone than a cable machine,” Powell wrote to business partner Jeffrey Leeds, as first reported by The Intercept. “As long as the stuff is unclassified. I had a secure State.gov machine. Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris.”

Clinton had sought Powell’s advice about his private email account during a June 2009 dinner at former Secretary of State Madeline Albright’s house. Powell gave Clinton “written guidance on why and how [he] had been doing it.”

A spokesperson for Powell said in a statement last month that he had talked to Clinton about describing his use of his personal AOL account for “unclassified messages and how it vastly improved communications within the State Department. At the time there was no equivalent system within the Department.

"He used a secure State computer on his desk to manage classified information," the statement added
 
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