John Dean Says Trump's Term Will End in 'Calamity'

John Dean, former White House counsel for Richard Nixon, ripped into Donald Trump and predicted the president's term will end in "calamity."

Dean's comments were posted on Twitter and directly point to Trump's firing of Acting Attorney General Sally Yates and his appointment of chief strategist Steve Bannon to the National Security Council.

The way the Trump presidency is beginning it is safe to say it will end in calamity. It is almost a certainty. Even Republicans know this!

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) January 31, 2017

I've never read White House statement as nasty as Trump's attack on Acting AG Sally Yates. New low. https://t.co/mk52ug1xhs via @BostonGlobe

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) January 31, 2017

Donald Trump is in the process of trashing the American presidency. He is just getting started. He thinks he is bigger than the office. https://t.co/kj9MLueDj9

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) January 31, 2017

Dean had been critical of Trump previously. The New York Daily News reported that he raised questions about Trump's decision not to completely cut all ties to his outside business interests.

"The whole question now is whether he is going to be violating the Constitution on day one with the emoluments clause," he said.

Politico noted the FBI had once called Dean "the master manipulator of the cover- up" in the Watergate scandal.

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