The
head of the largest city police department in America on Wednesday joined a
growing list of people calling Donald Trump unfit to lead, saying the
Republican mogul “scares the hell” out of him. “Mr Trump scares me, scares the
hell out of me to be quite frank with you,” New York police commissioner Bill
Bratton told CBS News a day after announcing that he would retire in September.
Trump Trump Bratton, who has spent 45 years in public service, said he did not
“get” why the Republican nominee, whose home he has visited, commanded so much
support. “I’m amazed that veterans groups are so charmed by him,” said the
outgoing police chief, who himself served in Vietnam. “I’ve just watched this
whole campaign and I just shake my head.” The internationally respected police
officer chastised the tycoon’s “lack of depth on issues,” his lack of
compassion, questioned his refusal to apologize to the parents of a Muslim
American soldier killed in Iraq and said he believed he was not fit to be
president. “I wonder if he’s ever actually taken a punch in his life,” Bratton
told CBS. “It’s a lot tougher being soft and understanding when you need to be
soft. Like, the apology to this family,” he said of bereaved parents of a
fallen soldier who assailed Trump’s portrayal of Muslim Americans. “There’s no
compassion there, it’s all about him and never about anybody else. Strange
times,” said the police chief. Bratton said he had known Trump “for 20 odd
years” and had been to his apartment, but was not close or intimate with him.
“I know many people who are, who are very strongly supportive of him, although
they have questions. But again, it’s troubling,” he said. President Barack
Obama on Tuesday delivered a virtually unprecedented rebuke of a presidential
nominee, calling Trump “unfit” to be president and called on Republican leaders
to disown him
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