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Washington. — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted Donald Trump as a “national disgrace” and “international pariah” in a personal e-mail exchange that was leaked online by hackers.
Powell, a retired 4-star general and a Republican, confirmed the authenticity of the e-mails to NBC News.
“The hackers have a lot more,” he added.
The contents of the e-mails were first reported by Buzzfeed News. It said the messages had been obtained by the website DCLeaks.com, which MSNBC reported is rumoured to have ties to Russian intelligence services. Powell called Trump a “national disgrace” and “international pariah” in a June 17 e-mail to a former aide, saying the Republican presidential contender was “in the process of destroying himself, no need for Dems to attack him.”
A subsequent email to the same former aide on August 21 slammed Trump for spurring the “racist” so-called “birther” movement — the consistently debunked rumour that President Barack Obama was born in another country.
“Yup, the whole birther movement was racist,” Powell wrote, according to Buzzfeed.
“That’s what the 99 percent believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim.” — NBC News.
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