Robert Gates: Republicans’ Grasp of National Security Is at Child’s Level

Robert Gates: Republicans’ Grasp of National Security Is at Child’s Level

Robert Gates, a Republican stalwart and former US defence secretary who served under eight presidents, has derided the party’s election candidates for a grasp of national security issues that “would embarrass a middle schooler”.

An ex-CIA director who first joined the White House under Richard Nixon, Gates joked that if frontrunner Donald Trump wins the presidency, he would emigrate to Canada.