Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’

Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates is not a big fan of either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton’s ideas about foreign policy. But when it comes to national security, he only thinks one candidate — Trump — is “beyond repair.”

In a scathing op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, Gates — who served under both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama — takes both candidates to task for their ideas about dealing with potentially hostile relations in China, Russia, the Middle East, and beyond.

Of Clinton, Gates writes that she has “has much-discussed credibility issues apart from national security, but these also influence foreign perceptions of reliability and trust.” He criticizes the Democratic candidate for her role in the United State’s intervention in Libya, and for her decision to support — and then oppose — the Iraq War.

But Gates saves his harshest words for Trump, who he says is “in a league of his own” when it comes to credibility issues....
https://thinkprogress.org/robert-gates-wsj-trump-national-security-6588bb60e0fa#.9omxr4p1x