In recent days, President Trump has been speaking with close advisers about getting rid of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, according to Axios and CNN.
Again, it doesn’t look like Coats is in the loop.
“Trump has also reportedly been talking to advisers about his interest in getting rid of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence altogether.”
Has there ever been an administration with more turnover than this one? We’re still only 3 years in and it seems like at least 2/3s of the people who came in at the beginning have been replaced (sometimes multiple times). I don’t have a complete view of the history of past administrations, but that seems ridiculous and just bad for the business of running a government. If the leaders of the departments are shifting every six months or a year, then it’s hard for the rank-and-file to stick with any sort of consistent vision for the office.
Trump has also reportedly been talking to advisers about his interest in getting rid of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence altogether.
Makes sense. If you’re going to have a director of intelligence, doesn’t your administration need some sort of intelligence to direct? 
I guess that answers the question about who watches the watchers. Just fire everyone who disagrees with yhou.
I’m certainly no lover of Dan Coats, but… fitting that the would-be Dear Leader of the Banana Republic of America is himself bananas.
This was the begining of the end.
" Spy chief Dan Coats shoots back at Trump for refusing to side with him over Putin on election meddling
Published Mon, Jul 16 2018 3:54 PM EDTUpdated Mon, Jul 16 2018 6:55 PM EDT"
Denying a quorum for the 25th?
Quorum? Is there anyone left to turn off the lights?
No quorum, no quorum! Many people say it’s mean to the fish to keep them cooped up in a glass box like that. Bad pets!
The Brookings Institution has been tracking the turnover among Trump’s appointees. No other admininstration, at least since Reagan, is even close to Trump’s numbers at the Cabinet level; he’s had more in two and a half years than anyone else did in four. Bush the Elder had quite a bit of churn in his third and fourth years, but I think Trump can keep up the pace and take the prize not just for total turnover but for every single year.
Hell, worse yet, if your department has never even had a leader, your department has no guidance. This “administration” has a record number of unfilled leadership positions…
It wouldn’t have mattered.
That cabinet’s loyalty is a major reason for who was chosen.
Coats has a scintilla of personal integrity and some patriotism. I’m surprised he’s lasted this long.
Is that from a Bond movie??
Putin will take care of things.
Nope.
Time to make a department staffed with people whose sole job is to get fired by Trump?
I doubt that Rachel Maddow is even keeping track anymore.
