Donald Rumsfeld on Bush voting for Clinton: 'He's up in years'

Donald Rumsfeld — a former defense secretary under former president George W. Bush —  dismissed the elder George H.W. Bush’s possible backing of Hillary Clinton as a result of his old age.

“He’s up in years,” Rumsfeld, who is 84 years old, said on MSNBC in an interview that aired Thursday. The elder Bush is 92 years old.

"He obviously comes from a totally different cut than Donald Trump," Rumsfeld continued.

On Tuesday, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend who is a former Maryland lieutenant governor and the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy, posted a photo on her Facebook page that said she had met Bush 41 and he told her he would vote for Clinton. Bush's team has declined to confirm or deny the post.

Also on MSNBC, Rumsfeld said he was backing Trump over Clinton — despite Trump's lack of military and political experience — because “truthfulness is important” and he doesn't believe Clinton is honest.

"I think he's not untruthful and I think she is," he finished.