Politico | Hillary Clinton calls Donald Trump a ‘clear and present danger’ to US amid Ukraine scandal
- Former presidential candidate says her 2016 defeat was like ‘losing to a corrupt human tornado’
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Abbey Marshall on politico.com on September 26, 2019.
Hillary Clinton is calling US President Donald Trump a “clear and present danger” to the US amid the latest scandal engulfing his administration, and says that her defeat in the 2016 presidential election was like “losing to a corrupt human tornado”.
In an interview with Jane Pauley that will air this weekend on CBS Sunday Morning, Clinton gave her assessment of Trump when asked whether it was now harder for a woman to be elected president.
“Well, I hope not, and I don’t think so – because the objective is to field whoever is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump,” she said in an excerpt released on Thursday. “Because Donald Trump right now poses a direct threat, a clear and present danger to the institutions of our government, to the rule of law, to our standing in the world.”
Clinton said she supported impeachment proceedings against the president because of what has come to light this week from a whistle-blower’s complaint concerning a call he had with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.