He also called the birther movement, which the Republican presidential nominee helped lead, “racist”. “That’s what the 99% believe”.
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Peggy Cifrino, an aide to Powell, told CNN: “The emails are accurate”.
Email security has become a major issue in this year’s presidential campaign, and Hillary Clinton supporters have defended her use of a private account and server by noting that Mr. Powell used a private account while secretary of state – a claim that irked him considerably, according to the emails.
Powell also took issue with the report that ousted Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes has been advising Trump on debate preparation. “As I have said before, ‘What if he was?’ Muslims are born as Americans everyday”.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (R) takes part in an onstage interview with Aspen Institute President and CEO Walter Isaacson (L) at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, September 30, 2015. Also in the email, the former secretary of state said Trump “is in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him”.
“He appeals to the worst angels of the GOP nature and poor white folks”, Powell wrote in another email.
At one point, Powell sent an email to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, complaining about the media’s treatment of Trump’s candidacy.
“You guys are playing his game, you are his oxygen”, Powell wrote in December.
Other messages to her show Mr. Powell was reportedly concerned with actions by Clinton surrogates James Carville and Joe Conason.
As The Intercept reported, Powell wrote in 2015, “Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris”.
While partying at a ritzy Hamptons gala in August, Powell denied he was the inspiration for Clinton’s controversial server and told reporters the Clinton camp was trying to blame him for her technology woes. “I gave her written guidance on why and how I had been doing it”.
He responded to Mills, calling the comments “very nice”. Just seconds after Oz said he’s going to look at Trump’s record and ask the tough questions, he backtracked, saying, “The metaphor for me is this is the doctor’s office, the studio”.
“I told her staff three times not to try that gambit”.
Wednesday’s email leak was not the first time Powell’s private thoughts were revealed. According to an email sent to business partner Jeffrey Leeds, Powell was clearly frustrated by Clinton’s attempt do draw similarities to their email situations.
The two former secretaries of state corresponded briefly after journalist Bob Woodward disputed Rumsfeld arguing that he had always been skeptical of creating a democracy in Iraq. “If Don and the Pentagon had done their job … things might have turned out differently”.
“Doug and Paul claims they had a plan (turn Iraq and our Army over to Chalibi) and leave”, Powell wrote, appearing to reference Bush administration officials Doug Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, and the late Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, who died a year ago.
“43 (Bush, the 43rd president) knew what had to be done”, Powell wrote to Rice.
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Powell said in his response that “the boys in the band were brain dead”.
