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

    If appeals to conscious thought worked on Repubs, Donald wouldnā€™t have gotten in there in 2016 to prove he is unfit. Unfortunately, all Repubs are dimwitted cultists or sociopaths.

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      2 months ago

      People arenā€™t really targeting the cultists. We are targeting the undecideds with these statements, or the people who think democrat policies are bad, but at the same times are not sure about supporting trump.