The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 07:26 PM

Former Secretary of Defense Rumseld: Country Better Off President Trump Than It Would Be With A President Clinton

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said the country is better off with President Trump than it would be with a President Hillary Clinton.

Laura Ingraham asked Rumsfeld about his relationship with the Bush family and the Bushes' opinion of Trump.

Ingraham said that recently, President George H.W. Bush had harsh words for Rumsfeld, which the secretary said embodied his competitive streak.

Rumsfeld praised Trump for his choice of Justice Neil Gorsuch and many of his cabinet-level decisions.

Of George W. Bush's decision to not vote for either Trump or Clinton in 2016, Rumsfeld said he was glad that Bush did not vote for the latter.

"We're better off today than if we had Hillary in the presidency," Rumsfeld said, adding that he too voted for Trump.