Former FBI director James Comey said that Donald Trump is not the worst president ever but would still only give him a “one or two out of ten,” Newsweek writes. In an interview with the London radio station LBC, Comey was asked his opinion about the current U.S. leader.
“I would rate him… one or two, probably one. We have had worse presidents. Andrew Johnson was the president after Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson was a raving racist and drunk and terrible person, so I think he was worse,” Comey said.
When asked about Barack Obama, who appointed him as FBI director in 2013, Comey had a far more favorable opinion, saying that he would “put him towards the top end” and said he would score “an eight.” “My vision of him was mostly through the national security lens and so especially on that, he was very tough, very decisive when it comes to counter-terrorism,” he said.
Comey said that he never once saw Trump laugh and described a one-hour dinner he once had with him. “He talks nearly the entire time and it’s about him telling you how great he is and seeking your affirmation. But there’s no humor, which is deeply concerning in a leader.” he said.
He also added that the U.S. under Trump had regressed to the same levels of intolerance and racism as the 1950s. “We’re in a period of reaction and pain and retrenchment. And we’re led by someone who exploits that at the expense of the center of America, which is our values.”
The former FBI chief is in Europe promoting his memoir “A Higher Loyalty”, in which he describes his career and the circumstances that led to the FBI reopening the email investigation into Hillary Clinton two weeks before U.S. election day, which some say swung the ballot in favor of Trump.
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