Clapper: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is ‘Very Disturbing’ to Our Allies Overseas

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BERMAN: "It is a choice by the White House to separate children from their parents when they come across the border. The 'Associated Press' is reporting that children younger than 5, younger than 2, children too young to talk are being kept in so-called tender age facilities. Joining us now to discuss is CNN national security analyst, former director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Director thanks so much for being with us. I want to touch on your international global expertise here. You have been all around the world. You've talked to people all around the world. When the United States, by the choice and decision of the government is separating parents from their children, keeping children at these so-called tender age centers, what image does that portray to the rest of the world? What do they see?"
CLAPPER: "Well, John, I think first -- and I’m alluding to many countries that I have spent time in oversees over the years, that I would observe there is a pretty fine line between civility and brutality, I think much thinner than people might think based on what I have observed in other countries. And so I think it is very disturbing to our friends and allies and probably satisfying to our adversaries. So this is -- this is not good in any measure, particularly from the standpoint of international image. You know, the United States is known as a beacon of freedom and justice and a haven for the down trodden and weak. And this is not consistent with — it doesn’t comport with our values and our standards. So it is very disturbing I think to people overseas."