Adam Schiff: Donald Trump Is Dimming Beacon Of Hope For Rest Of World

Rep. Adam Schiff(D-Calif.) says PresidentDonald Trumpis having a negative effect worldwide.On Fridays Real Time with Bill Maher, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee claimed Trump isdimming the beacon of hope for the rest of the world.People whod suffered injustice at the hands of authoritarian regimes often look to the United States to speak for them, Schiff said.But after Politico referenced German chancellor Angela Merkel as now being the leader of the free world, he feared it may soon no longer be the case ' adding it would be a grave tragedy if America lost that leadership.Schiff also criticized Trump for insinuating via Twitter that hed taped his meetings with fired FBI Director James Comey.The president should immediately provide any such recordings to Congress or admit, once again, to have made a deliberately misleading and in this case threatening statement, he said.Check out the full interview above.type=type=RelatedArticlesblockTitle=Related Coverage + articlesList=5916a1c7e4b0031e737dd8b1,5915551ee4b0fe039b33982e,590d9366e4b0d5d9049ccbc9,5915903be4b00f308cf477b5 -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
Click here to read full news..