Former Def Sec: Trump Was “The Biggest Leaker Of All”

“The individual motivations for the leaks ranged from advancing a preferred policy outcome to enhancing the leaker’s own role or credentials to currying favor with the president.

“It was a noxious behavior learned from the top. The president was the biggest leaker of all.

“It turned colleague against colleague, department against department, and it was generally bad for the administration and the country.

“Nobody wanted to see their name in the morning news, especially when the words were so often twisted, misinterpreted, and taken out of context.

“In the Trump administration, this could get you blacklisted or fired.” – Former Defense Sec. Mark Esper, in his new book.

Trump was the ‘biggest leaker of all’ in his administration and it was ‘generally bad’ for the country, his former Pentagon chief says https://t.co/kTeQwnKJzL

— John Haltiwanger (@jchaltiwanger) May 10, 2022