Clapper: Trump’s Presidency Was ‘Seriously Wounded’ by His ‘Unglued’ Press Conference

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CLAPPER: "Well, I think there's a lot of pressure on him and, hopefully, we'll see the teleprompter President Trump tonight. I thought his presidency was seriously, seriously wounded by his unglued press conference there at Trump Tower and his, basically, abdication, I think of moral leadership. I can't help but think about the impact on my former colleagues in the Intelligence Community and the many thousands of minority employees and how they must have felt with the ambiguity and ambivalence of the president when he had an opportunity and an obligation to take a moral stand and he didn't. So I think that places even greater focus and emphasis on not only what he says tonight but how he says it."