http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/federal-politics/hagel-says-trump-an-embarrassment/article_1b50e1fd-d4b3-51e0-8281-1ddf8f82d709.html

As for Trump himself, Hagel emailed a blunt assessment one day following the interview after the president asked congressional leaders why the United States should be open and welcoming to immigrants from “shithole countries” like Haiti and in Africa.

“Donald Trump is doing great damage to our country internationally,” Hagel said. “He’s an embarrassment.”

Hagel, who served two terms in the Senate, said his fellow Republicans may face a moment of truth later this year with the investigation of Russian influence and interference in the 2016 presidential election already probing inside the doors of the Republican White House.

“We take an oath of office not to a president, not to a party, not to a philosophy, but to the Constitution of the United States,” he said.

“I was philosophically a Republican with a conservative voting record,” Hagel said, “but that did not mean I would always go along with the party.

“In the end, you need to make a decision based on the right thing for the country,” he said.