[Daily Caller] Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says President Barack Obama "has centralized power and operational activities of the government in the White House to a degree that I think is unparalleled."
Tuesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Gates, who served under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama, affirmed host Joe Scarborough's claim that Obama has to think that he is the smartest guy in the room.
Scarborough asked Gates, "President Obama has actually been criticized for always thinking he's the smartest guy in the room... Did Barack Obama always think he was the smartest guy in the room?"
"You know, the president is quoted as having said at one point to his staff, 'I can do every one of your jobs better than you can,'" Gates claimed. |