Former US Attorney General William Barr, who served under former President Donald Trump, criticized his former boss this week when asked about Trump’s fitness for the presidency.
Barr made the remarks on Friday while speaking at the City Club of Cleveland in Ohio in response to a question from Fox News’ Geraldo Rivera about the former president’s abilities to fulfill presidential duties.
“Is he fit to be President of the United States?” Rivera asked. “Is Donald Trump fit to be president?”
“Well, this is the way I’ll answer that Geraldo, which is, if you believe in his policies … he’s the last person who could actually execute them and achieve them,” Barr responded. “He does not have the discipline. He does not have the ability for strategic thinking and linear thinking or setting priorities or how to get things done in the system.
“It is a horror show when he’s left to his own devices,” Barr continued. “And so you may want his policies, but Trump will not deliver Trump policies, he will deliver chaos, and if anything, lead to a backlash that will set his policies much further back than they otherwise would be.”
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In late March, Barr stated his belief that some criminal investigations into Trump, including the one led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, were driven by a desire to “help Trump get the nomination.”
“Most Democrats who get involved in this kind of thing, they actually want to run against Trump, because they think — whether they’re right or wrong — they think they can beat him,” Barr said. “And so they are actually trying to help him by generating the support of his base.”
“And they feel that that will generate their own turnout,” Barr added. “And so they’re essentially, I think, playing for a repeat of the 2020 election.”
