President Donald Trump on Friday afternoon tweeted that he was nominating Rep. John Ratcliffe to be the director of national intelligence. Trump planned to nominate Ratcliffe for the position over the summer, but the Republican withdrew his name from consideration.
You’d think that intelligence would somehow be a prerequisite…
Instant Replay!
“Would have completed process earlier, but John wanted to wait until after IG Report was finished.”
This sentence has an odor about it that suggests there is more here than meets the eye.
You just disqualified yourself by thinking.
Think of how many vacancies Trump could fill if he: 1) renominated his old choices, and 2) allowed them to skype into work from jail.
This administration . . .
McConnell is gonna have to say again, politely but in public, that Ratcliffe’s not gonna be approved. Indeed, his approval would seem even less likely now.
Yes.
What is up with that?
I could definitely see Steve Carell playing Ratlick in the eventual Amazon Prime movie Bezos is in pre-production on…
Rainn Wilson could play Eric…
That’s what she said…
It’s more likely just another bullshit excuse that Trump ad-libbed on the spot. He was probably just briefed on the IG report before he tweeted, so it was the first thing that came to mind for him when he needed to “justify” why he backed down last time (which was totally not a retreat on his part).
Just what we need more amateurs,in high places.
You’re right! And these are the sort of Trump nominees who can make a difference - tough, manly and take-charge kinda guys! The sort of guys who could pull the tool out of the nail pouch, bite its head off, chew it and swallow it. Yeah, real hammer-chewers! /s
Did Mitch give Trump permission to appoint Ratcliffe? Must have otherwise I cannot see this happening.
OT, but could we trade Donnie for the New Zealand Prime Minister?
She’s fearless…
…but Ratcliffe’s physical resemblance to Steve Carell is a definite plus.
ETA: Dagnabbit @maximus, you already beat me to it. Whelp, I guess that means that it’s a very definite plus.
For some reason all the history we have seen made these last few days,the childrens fairy tale Humpty Dumpty seems to becoming more real.Fox news is where all the kingsmen reside.
Reunite the cast – Angela Kinsey as Betsy DeVos! Phyllis Smith as Ginni Thomas! Oscar Nuñez as Devin Nunes!
John Krasinski as Anonymous?
Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) as Trump?
Boomstick: “This episode of ‘The Donald Trump Show’ is sponsored by ‘bounces, how do they work?’. The latest edition is coming out tomorrow.”
Only hack-dom is required. Clearly Trump is getting pressure re Grinell, that guy does not cut it, and this is a quick and dirty plan B, hopping to get some of the senate off his back.
Trump is really destroying our national security establishment, and some folks other than just Romney must be getting freaked out.
Don’t think Radcliff is going to steady the ship, he is butt-head stupid.
