James Clapper Says Trump Has Shown a ‘Jekyll-Hyde’ Pattern that Is Causing Concern

‘What caused concern is this ... Jekyll-Hyde business where he’ll make a scripted teleprompter speech, which is good, and then turn around and negate it by sort of, unbridled, unleashed, unchaperoned Trump’

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CLAPPER: "Jim, at the outset, by way of preface, a couple of points I need to make. First of all, this is very, very difficult for me personally to be critical of a president. My dad served for 28 years in the army and instilled in me respect for the commander-in-chief and the incumbent in that position. And certainly in the 50 years or so that I served, 34 of that in the military, that was clearly my instincts. I have served as a political appointee in both Democratic and Republican administrations, so this is not about politics or that sort of thing. It is about the country. My comments are motivated by that. And what caused concern is this sort of Jekyll-Hyde business where he’ll make a scripted teleprompter speech which is good and then turn around and negate it by sort of, you know, unbridled, unleashed, unchaperoned Trump. That to me is — that pattern is very disturbing." 

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