Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said he’s worried that Donald Trump is too unpredictable to lead the country.
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When asked on MSNBC Wednesday what worries him the most, Hayden said, “how erratic he is.”
“I can argue about this position or that position. I do that with the current president,” Hayden explained. “But he’s inconsistent. And when you’re the head of a global superpower, inconsistency, unpredictability, those are dangerous things. They frighten your friends and they tempt your enemies. And so I would be very, very concerned.”
When asked if he knows of any of his peers who are advising Trump, Hayden said, “No one.”
Hayden, who also led the National Security Agency, said he’s also worried about a “military civil crisis,” a possibility that retired four-star Marine Gen. John Allen also raised over the weekend.
“What happens within the armed forces when, we fear, perhaps these kind of decisions for a military that does defer to civilian leadership. What then happens?” Hayden asked. “It may actually strain and test the fabric of our civilian military control.”
He also indicated he worries about Trump’s access to the nuclear codes, since the system is “designed for speed and decisiveness. It’s not designed to debate the decision.”
