Retired military generals have described Donald Trump as a ā€œdangerā€ to Americaā€™s security as they endorsed Kamala Harris.

On the eve of a critical debate between Ms Harris and her Republican rival, 10 former top US military chiefs released a letter calling the vice-president the only candidate ā€œwho is fit to serveā€ in the countryā€™s highest office.

While Ms Harris had ā€œdemonstrated her ability to take on the most difficult national security challenges in the Situation Room and on the international stageā€, they wrote, Trump posed ā€œa danger to our national security and democracyā€.

The letter, signed by retired General Larry Ellis and retired Rear Admiral Michael Smith, among others, accused Trump of disparaging service members and putting them in ā€œharmā€™s wayā€, including with his deal to free 5,000 Taliban fighters.

It coincided with a new Harris campaign advert placed in Palm Beach featuring Trumpā€™s most senior former officials warning of the risks of his White House return.

The attack advert shows a montage of scathing comments about the Republican ex-president by some of his most senior former cabinet officials in what appears to be an effort to goad him ahead of their televised live showdown on Tuesday night.

ā€œIn 2016, Donald Trump said he would choose only the best people to work in his White House,ā€ the attack advertā€™s narrator said. ā€œNow those people have a warning for America: Trump is not fit to be president again.ā€

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    2 months ago

    Iā€™m not surprised the Cato institute has the back of a general who was caught taking money from foreign governments

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      An ad hominem argument, and the charge that was pled guilty to then withdrawn was ā€œlying to the FBIā€, evidenced only by the suspicious fd-302. Not an Emoluments Clause violation.