Then-CIA director Gina Haspel said Trump's post-election behavior was 'insanity' and he was 'acting out like a 6-year-old with a tantrum,' book says

Sep 16 2021 by Business Insider

 
Former CIA Director Gina Haspel

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Gina Haspel said Trump was "acting out like a six-year-old with a tantrum" after the 2020 election, a new book says. "We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity," Haspel told Gen. Mark Milley. Haspel was particularly unnerved by Trump's firing of Defense Sec. Mark Esper, the book says. See more stories on Insider's business page.

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