Trump: Robert Gates ‘probably has a problem that we don’t know about’
Donald Trump carried his attacks on former Defense Secretary Robert Gates from Twitter to a rally in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday night, calling Gates a “nasty guy.”
{mosads}“We had a clown today, an absolute clown. Robert Gates — he’s supposed to be an expert; he’s been there forever,” Trump said.
“Never met the guy, never saw him. I saw him on television, didn’t like him. The end result is look where we are. He’s a mess, OK? He’s a mess, so he goes out and he says negative things about me. I never met him; I never talked to him. Believe me, I am so much better at what he’s doing than he is, you won’t even believe it.”
Trump hit Gates for criticizing Presidents George W. Bush and Obama.
“He’s a nasty guy. Probably has a problem that we don’t know about,” he said.
“We’re dealing with incompetent people. We’re dealing with stupid people. We’re dealing with people like Robert Gates that don’t have a clue, and then when they leave office, they criticize everybody,” Trump said. “I don’t like critics. I don’t like critics. I like the people that get it done and get it done right.”
