The former U.S Secretary of State Colin Powell has labelled Republican presidential,  nominee, Donald Trump as “national disgrace and an international pariah.”

Colin Powel in his leaked e-mails also described Trump as racist. CNN reports.

The former secretary of state tore into Trump as an embarrassing figure to represent the United States.

“Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah,” Powell wrote in June.

“He appeals to the worst angels of the GOP nature and poor white folks,” Powell wrote in another email.

As Trump’s lead in the Republican primary solidified, Powell complained to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria about the network’s political coverage.

“That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim,” Powell wrote in an August email.

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