A former CIA acting director endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president on Friday, calling her Republican rival Donald Trump unqualified and a threat to national security.

In a New York Times op-ed, Michael Morell, who worked under Presidents George W. Bush and Obama, called Trump an "unwitting agent" of Russia."

Morell said he was not registered with either political party, and that he has voted for both Republicans and Democrats. He said he was ending his silence over his political preferences because he viewed Trump as a threat to national security.

"Mr. [Vladimir]Putin played upon Mr. Trump’s vulnerabilities by complimenting him. He responded just as Mr. Putin had calculated," Morell wrote.

He then criticized Trump for praising Putin.

"Mr. Putin is a great leader, Mr. Trump says, ignoring that he has killed and jailed journalists and political opponents, has invaded two of his neighbors and is driving his economy to ruin," Morell wrote.

"Mr. Trump has also taken policy positions consistent with Russian, not American, interests — endorsing Russian espionage against the United States, supporting Russia’s annexation of Crimea and giving a green light to a possible Russian invasion of the Baltic States.

"In the intelligence business, we would say that Mr. Putin had recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation."

Morell went on to criticize the business mogul's previous call to bar Muslims from entering the country, saying it contradicts the foundational values of the U.S. and plays into the hands of the jihadist narrative.

"In fact, many Muslim Americans play critical roles in protecting our country, including the man, whom I cannot identify, who ran the C.I.A.’s Counterterrorism Center for nearly a decade and who I believe is most responsible for keeping America safe since the Sept. 11 attacks," he wrote.

"My training as an intelligence officer taught me to call it as I see it. This is what I did for the C.I.A. This is what I am doing now. Our nation will be much safer with Hillary Clinton as president."

Morell said Clinton would deliver on the most important duty of a president — "keeping our nation safe" — and that she found her to be "prepared, detail-oriented and thoughtful" when working with her in the past.

Trump has unnerved a number of foreign policy experts with his positions, leading some Republicans, including Brent Scowcroft, who served as national security adviser to former President George H.W. Bush, to say they will back Clinton. […]

H/T: The Hill

A narcissistic personality disorder causes problems in many areas of life, such as relationships, work, school or financial affairs. You may be generally unhappy and disappointed when you're not given the special favors or admiration you believe you deserve. Others may not enjoy being around you, and you may find your relationships unfulfilling.

Source: Mayo Clinic

BD, I have no doubt that Trump has Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) and probably ADHD also.

He's definitely a pathological liar. He can't help himself. He opens his mouth and out comes all kind of crap that has absolutely NO basis in reality and can easily be refuted in a nano-second. And yet he just keeps on doing it. See: the latest lie:

"U.S. Officials Literally Laughing at Donald Trump’s ‘Top Secret’ Iran Video Claim"

He's probably been affected by these issues and more since childhood.

I read a report yesterday of some people saying that Trump might be crazy. Not crazy like he should be in a mental hospital but crazy like he sees the world and reality real different from everybody else. He got handed the family business and never had to work for anything, so it has been hidden. But they said he has a short attention span and can't focus on details too long without wandering off. It sounded interesting because he does seem like there is some sort of mental block there. Maybe add that to the list.

"Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All "

“The Art of the Deal” made America see Trump as a charmer with an unfailing knack for business. Tony Schwartz helped create that myth—and regrets it.

Excerpts
Mr. Schwartz, a former magazine writer who said he worked on the book because he needed the money, told the writer Jane Mayer that he painted Mr. Trump in the most positive light that he could, thinking that a sympathetic character would be better for the book’s sales than a story about a cruel tycoon. If he could do it over again, however, Mr. Schwartz said the book would be titled “The Sociopath.”

“I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is,” Mr. Schwartz said. “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes, there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”

“He’s a living black hole!” Mr. Schwartz said he used to tell his wife after long days with Mr. Trump. He described Mr. Trump as a painful interview subject who could not handle questions that required any depth to answer and who had little recollection of his youth. When pressed, Mr. Schwartz said, Mr. Trump would grow fidgety, angry and sometimes quit despite the fact that they were ostensibly working together on the book. He had no attention span, Mr. Schwartz said. […]

And the Newsweek story…………

"Donald Trump's Many Business Failures Explained"

[Trump’s big line is he should be president because he is a successful businessman. After reading this devastating Newsweek story, no Trump apologist can ever say that again. The story goes through the bankruptcies of course, but there are defaults, people ripped off, and lie upon lie upon lie upon lie. .] DailyKos