Donald Rumsfeld, who served as Defense secretary under President George W. Bush, said Wednesday he will vote for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in November.
{mosads}”I’m a Republican, and there’s not any doubt in my mind how I’ll vote,” Rumsfeld said in an interview with DailyMail.com.
He said he agrees with Trump on issues such as reforming NATO and keeping Syrian refugees out of the U.S.
“He’s absolutely right,” he said. “Anyone who thinks the radical Islamists are not going to utilize every venue they can find to infiltrate the United States, and in western European countries, to achieve their goals — those people just don’t get it.”
And, Rumsfeld said, Trump’s likely general election rival, Hillary Clinton, is unqualified to be president.
“What she has done with classified information I think is inexcusable and puts at risk people’s lives [and] not just ours,” he said of the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Trump has previously blamed the Bush administration, of which Rumsfeld was a part, for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“The World Trade Center came down during your brother’s reign. Remember that,” Trump said to then-primary rival Jeb Bush, the former president’s brother.
Meanwhile, Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser under President George H.W. Bush, endorsed Clinton for president Wednesday.
George W. Bush has since signaled plans to aide vulnerable GOP incumbents who could be hurt by Trump. The New York Times reported last week Bush was bothered by many of Trump’s remarks, particularly about Muslims and immigrants.
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