President Trump didn’t hide his intentions for hiring a Republican lawmaker to replace Dan Coats as director of national intelligence while speaking to the press on Tuesday.
The stupid son-of-a-bitch actually thinks he’s going to be able to squelch FVEY and USA intel communities’ knowledge of his international crimes.
Narrator: “This did not end well for Donald J Trump.”
Trump on Ratcliffe nomination: “We need somebody strong that can really rein it in because as I think you’ve all learned the intelligence agencies have run amok. They run amok.”
I can run amok in under 6 minutes. Still pretty far off the world record, but I train intermittently, so there’s that.
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“I think that John Ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job if he gets approved, he’s gotta get approved, but I think he’ll do a great job, I hope he gets approved,” he told reporters Tuesday. “I think we need somebody like that, we need somebody strong that can really rein it in because, as I think you’ve all learned ,the intelligence agencies have run amok. They’ve run amok.”
So I take it we’ll soon be learning even more about Jared’s little side hustles in the Middle East.
Ratcliffe does not meet the statutory requirements/qualifications for this position under the specific terms of the federal code
“Hey, NSA, I’m coming for your asses!”
Yeah, get back with us on how that works out…
On the bright side, as Josh noted, Ratcliffe has likely not been vetted at all, so I look forward to all his dirty little secrets getting a proper airing. Of course if he has to slink off in disgrace, his blood-red district probably has someone just as deplorable to take his place.
And I’m sure Five Eyes are going to roll over and beg for Donnie.
He said he nominated Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) — who, among other things, thinks special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is linked to the Clinton Foundation — to “rein” in an intelligence community that he claims has “run amok” under Coats,
But wait, Coats was the Orange Dungpuffin’s pick to replace James Clapper, who had a far thicker resumé than Coats, who in turn has a somewhat thick, yet respectable, resumé and considerably more than Ratty who has, for all intents and purposes, no resumé in this field at all. So, ‘running amok’ is actually synonymous with knowing what you’re doing.
as I think you’ve all learned ,the intelligence agencies have run amok. They’ve run amok.
He’s right, they’ve been doing that for decades – and they don’t want him drawing attention to the fact.
(And no, there’s no point explaining any of this to him.)
If the stupid blabbermouth that we have as president could keep his mouth shut, he could be by now a tyrant that Kim and Xi would envy.
These are NOT “his own intelligence community” - the intelligence agencies belong to Americans. Reporters at TPM need to watch how they phrase their stories so they don’t perpetuate the fake news that 45 is an all-powerful ruler. Words matter! Lazy writing suits the thought-police, so knock it off and be accurate.
That’s a whole lotta equivocating considering it’s been, what, not even two days…
Count on it.
Trump tends to undermine his own intelligence community.
FIFY.
I don’t know where to begin, but giving Kislyak and friend protected intelligence on Syria at a Russia media only meeting is certainly emblematic.
I was thinking the exact same thiing!
No, he doesn’t, but he apparently has Moscow’s seal of approval. A guy with basically no Intelligence experience heading our Intelligence agencies has to be a dream scenario for them. Gear up for Goosifer 3.0.
There’s a certain cachet to being able to say the CIA is watching you. Like having Jennifer Aniston friend you on Facebook. Ooooohhh!!