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Should Trump get the security briefing normally given to former presidents (1 Viewer)

Hell no. I believe the strongest argument is that he didn't care for such things when he was President and actually had a need to do something with that information that could aid Americans. Now, as a former President, he should not get any privileges and there is no indication at all that now he would suddenly find a truly humanitarian or good-for-the-American people purpose with such info.
 
I do believe he should receive secret service protection. He was exposed to a great deal of sensitive information and as we all know, no one has ever had a memory as strong as his.

 
phoenix2020 said:
I do believe he should receive secret service protection. He was exposed to a great deal of sensitive information and as we all know, no one has ever had a memory as strong as his.

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LOL - ouch! I doubt he has ever been "cognitively there" in his entire life.
I shudder to think about the bullets we dodged for the four years he was in office.
 
Yes.
 
OlNate said:
Good grief, why?

As for me, in terms of the answer to this poll, it's a resounding "are you ****ing kidding me, I'd even be changing the WH wifi password".
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He is a former president.
 
crazyyank said:
As a courtesy, most former presidents receive intelligence briefings. Should Biden extend this privilege to Trump?
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I wondered about when and how many security briefings ex-presidents get as I couldn't remember this happening. I found this: "As a courtesy, former presidents are typically assured continued access to the country’s secrets when they request it."

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ex-presidents-can-get-intel-briefings-trump-shouldnt

And this


WASHINGTON — When David Priess was a CIA officer, he traveled to Houston, he recalls, to brief former President George H.W. Bush on classified developments in the Middle East.

It was part of a long tradition of former presidents being consulted about, and granted access to, some of the nation's secrets.

www.nbcnews.com

Can ex-President Trump be trusted with America's secrets?

Ex-presidents are entitled to classified briefings. Some ex-intel officials think Trump shouldn't get access to any national secrets when he leaves office.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com

So basically, ex-presidents receive a security brief when they request on or when they're being consulted by the current president. It's not a daily thing. Most of these so called briefings occur when a current president wants to know what an ex-president thinks about some current situation and wants some advice. This is what I remembered happening and it seem it still is. No ex-president receives a daily or even a weekly security brief.

I'm sure Biden won't consult Trump on something happening, so Trump would have to request one which probably would very few and very long in-between requests. In the past most current president's have had ex-presidents visit the White House for a briefing along with a talk with the current president who wanted to know what the ex-president thought about something.

I think the bottom line is that this isn't what it's made out to be that Trump will be receiving daily security briefings.
 
OlNate said:
Ah. Well, if you say so....didn't look that way from up here.

I wonder, if they impeach him, does he still get the briefing?
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It’s doubtful he will be impeached. How do you remove a President from office if he’s already gone?
 
crazyyank said:
As a courtesy, most former presidents receive intelligence briefings. Should Biden extend this privilege to Trump?
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He was never interested when he was President, he would not be interested now. He does not understand the significance of
any briefing he gets. He has no understanding of the backstory to anything that goes on in the world.
 
Overitall said:
Not proven.
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He's been impeached for doing it, and he has a history of indiscretion with classified information. He has no legitimate use for it that isn't self serving.
The reason it has been shared with former presidents in the past is because there's a history of former presidents either offering, or being sought for council, on governing issues. That is extremely unlikely in the case of Trump.
 
It is Biden who shouldn't get security briefings. Senile old men don't have the proper filter. Might as well go to whoever is running the show.

Someone should point out to him that an invading hoard is at our southern gate. Maskless with covid and no means of support..........
 
Eriech said:
It is Biden who shouldn't get security briefings. Senile old men don't have the proper filter. Might as well go to whoever is running the show.

Someone should point out to him that an invading hoard is at our southern gate. Maskless with covid and no means of support..........
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Did you miss his inauguration? Clearly, Biden is not senile. There is much more evidence that Trump was senile than Biden.
 
MamboDervish said:
He's been impeached for doing it, and he has a history of indiscretion with classified information. He has no legitimate use for it that isn't self serving.
The reason it has been shared with former presidents in the past is because there's a history of former presidents either offering, or being sought for council, on governing issues. That is extremely unlikely in the case of Trump.
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There have been multiple occasions where sensitive information has been leaked to MSM. You should be more concerned with them. As has been pointed out it’s a cutesy to give a former president a briefing if requested or necessary. Impeachment is a three part process. Only step one has transpired. The only thing thus far in the impeachment process done is a vote to impeach and articles being written up. I remind you, that as Nancy did in the past, she’s holding up the delivery of those articles to the Senate. Why, if it’s so urgent that they bypassed the normal procedure of referring it to the judiciary committee for investigation and recommendation?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That is obviously a concern. Perhaps the best plan would be to include some (fake but potentially valuable) tidbit personally tailored to each living past POTUS - if it leaked then one would know the (most likely) source of the leak.
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Look at you go Tyrion Lannister.
 
Overitall said:
By defending Joe against accusations, yes.
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okay. if you wanna support a guy who has dozens of women saying that he sexually assaulted them, and then he incited an insurrection against the USA, and then you have to post linkslike that one, i say go for it.

it paints your portrait.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
That is obviously a concern. Perhaps the best plan would be to include some (fake but potentially valuable) tidbit personally tailored to each living past POTUS - if it leaked then one would know the (most likely) source of the leak.
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Why bother giving false info to all the other ex's? There is no cause for concern about them. Just give it to Trump. You get the same result. It has been pointed out in the past that Trump has a potential use as a source of misinformation deliberately fed to our adversaries. I'm not sure how useful that would actually be, but it's something to consider.
 
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CaughtInThe said:
okay. if you wanna support a guy who has dozens of women saying that he sexually assaulted them, and then he incited an insurrection against the USA, and then you have to post linkslike that one, i say go for it.

it paints your portrait.
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It’s your brush. You can paint it any way that pleases you.
 
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