After Trump Lashes Out About Not Getting Credit, Comey Tweets Good Leaders Require Less Credit
- 6 years ago
Former FBI Director James Comey tweeted about the traits of good leaders, hours after President Trump tweeted not getting credit for the release of UCLA players from China.
Former FBI director James Comey made a somewhat subtle dig at President Trump's grievance about not getting more praise for the release of three UCLA basketball players from China.
"'A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.' Arnold H. Glasow (1905-1998)," Comey wrote on Twitter.
That comment came hours after Trump said via the social media site, "Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!"
The tweet follows the response Ball gave when asked about Trump's involvement in his son's release.
As part of a larger effort to downplay his son's alleged actions, he told ESPN, in part, "Who?" What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out." LiAngelo Ball and his two teammates were detained on accusations regarding thefts in a number of high-end stores in China.
They were released from custody after posting bail and on the condition that they surrender their passports.
Trump, while in Beijing, made an apparently successful case for their release back to the U.S. and was publicly thanked by the players involved, notes CNN.
As for Comey, this isn't the first time he's made lightly veiled critiques of Trump's actions.
"'The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.' Dwight D. Eisenhower," Comey tweeted just days ago.
That comment came not long after the former director wrote, "'If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly; it is light as a feather and a breath will carry it.' Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1855)."
Former FBI director James Comey made a somewhat subtle dig at President Trump's grievance about not getting more praise for the release of three UCLA basketball players from China.
"'A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.' Arnold H. Glasow (1905-1998)," Comey wrote on Twitter.
That comment came hours after Trump said via the social media site, "Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail, LaVar Ball, the father of LiAngelo, is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail!"
The tweet follows the response Ball gave when asked about Trump's involvement in his son's release.
As part of a larger effort to downplay his son's alleged actions, he told ESPN, in part, "Who?" What was he over there for? Don't tell me nothing. Everybody wants to make it seem like he helped me out." LiAngelo Ball and his two teammates were detained on accusations regarding thefts in a number of high-end stores in China.
They were released from custody after posting bail and on the condition that they surrender their passports.
Trump, while in Beijing, made an apparently successful case for their release back to the U.S. and was publicly thanked by the players involved, notes CNN.
As for Comey, this isn't the first time he's made lightly veiled critiques of Trump's actions.
"'The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.' Dwight D. Eisenhower," Comey tweeted just days ago.
That comment came not long after the former director wrote, "'If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly; it is light as a feather and a breath will carry it.' Rev. Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1855)."