John Podesta says President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE is "unfit" to serve as president.

In an interview with Politico, Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonHillicon Valley: FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden | Treasury Dept. sanctions Iranian government-backed hackers The Hill's Campaign Report: Arizona shifts towards Biden | Biden prepares for drive-in town hall | New Biden ad targets Latino voters FBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden MORE's former campaign chairman called Trump "absolutely crazy," pointing to his firing of FBI Director James Comey.

“It’s laughable, really laughable that Donald Trump would fire Jim Comey because of his interference which damaged Hillary Clinton. I mean, it was laughable from the very beginning,” Podesta said during the interview.

“Just a complete misreading of reality.”

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They White House initially said Comey was fired after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote a recommendation that cited Comey's poor handling of the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of State.

But Trump himself told NBC News last week that he would have fired Comey regardless of the recommendations, saying he did it because "this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story."

Podesta said he doesn't think Comey should have been fired "given the circumstances that he was leading this investigation."

He noted that the events that have occurred over the last couple of weeks show that Trump is "incapable of doing the job."

Podesta said he believes it is "close to an obstruction case, either in the political context of impeachment, or in the context of a criminal grand jury investigation to indict somebody for obstruction."

Podesta further said the problem in the Trump White House is that "they have no one who really stands up to" the president.