'Substantial risk': National security vets endorse Harris over 'disaster' Trump

Former high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Kamala Harris over Donald Trump, and one of them explained to MSNBC's "Morning Joe" why the Republican nominee is a threat to the nation.

Retired U.S. Navy admiral Steve Abbott, who served as deputy Homeland Security secretary under George W. Bush, was among the bipartisan group National Security Leaders for America, which consists of more than 700 former and retired senior military leaders and public servants who denounced the Republican nominee and recommended the election of Harris to succeed Joe Biden as the next president.

"She's traveled extensively, interacted with leaders around the world in many, many countries, and she has been with president Biden for three and a half years in the Oval Office and in the situation room dealing with national security issues, so she has the experience that she needs," Abbott said. "She's been a strong proponent of our position with respect to Ukraine, the support of Ukraine against the Russian invasion, strengthen NATO, make it larger and more effective than it's ever been, and she understands our strategic concerns in the Indo-Pacific, in South America, in Africa, in all of the regions of the world. She's well-positioned to take on the responsibilities as president and commander-in-chief."

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Trump, on the other hand, threatens each of those national security priorities and has shown an affinity for dictators, Abbott said.

"Donald Trump, frankly, is unfit to be the president of the United States," Abbott said. "I know at the top of your show, you mentioned vice president [Dick] Cheney, who asked me to come to the White House to work on a study for him in the summer of 2001. He said the same thing. Donald Trump is, indeed, not fit to be the president of the United States. I believe he's not a disaster waiting to happen. He's a disaster which has already happened. He puts the country at substantial risk."

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