Hillary Clinton's campaign chair John Podesta said that Donald Trump is unfit to be president. | Getty Podesta attacks Trump's commander-in-chief credentials

Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Friday ramped up its attacks on Donald Trump’s capacity to be a commander-in-chief, freshly criticizing his foreign policy statements a day after Clinton deemed the presumptive Republican presidential nominee unqualified for the White House.

Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta argued that every utterance from the billionaire is additional evidence that Trump shouldn’t be president.


“Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth, he makes it even more clear that he doesn't have the qualifications or the temperament to be our Commander-in-Chief,” Podesta said in a statement, before going on to criticize the real estate mogul’s remarks on “Fox and Friends” and “Morning Joe” on Friday morning.

Phoning into “Morning Joe,” Trump said he wouldn’t pursue military action against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, adding that he would never have gotten the U.S. involved in Iraq or Libya.

“He lied about his own record, claiming he opposed the Libya intervention and Iraq War — both of which he supported at the outset,” Podesta said. “And he demonstrated once again his dangerous penchant for going ballistic on anyone who disapproves of his proposals.”

Trump said he wasn’t “a big fan” of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates and dismissed the former Pentagon chief’s criticism of his policies.

Instead of taking Gates’ commentary in stride, Podesta continued, Trump launched a lengthy tirade against “one of America’s most well-respected foreign policy minds.”

“This is the same petulance that was on display when he recently cast doubt on our special relationship with the UK simply because David Cameron and London Mayor Sadiq Khan criticized his proposed Muslim ban, challenging the latter to an IQ test,” he said.

Podesta also doubled down on Clinton’s declaration that Trump is unqualified for the presidency, presenting his behavior as conduct America can’t afford to have in the White House. He suggested Trump has no understanding of foreign policy, lacks a coherent agenda and would go to war anytime someone said something mean about him.

“This is not about ideology — it’s about responsible leadership,” Podesta said. “Anyone who is serious about our national security, regardless of their party, should not stand with Donald Trump.”