Trump has list of top intelligence officials he'll fire if he wins reelection: report

[JacksinPA]

Trump has list of top intelligence officials he’ll fire if he wins reelection: report

President Trump plans to fire several top officials in the national security sphere should he win reelection in November, Axios reported Sunday.The president plans to fire Defense Secretary Ma…

thehill.com

President Trump plans to fire several top officials in the national security sphere should he win reelection in November, Axios reported Sunday.
The president plans to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper, CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher Wray, two people familiar with his decisionmaking told the news outlet. White House officials declined to comment on personnel matters.

"We have no personnel announcements at this time nor would it be appropriate to speculate about changes after the election or in a 2nd term," White House spokesman Judd Deere told Axios.
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Didn't he just hire these people?

 

[RAMOSS]

They are not loyal enough to him. He needs sycophants

 

[mike2810]

I cannot remember any President having the turnover in top positions than what President Trump has had. The people fired are ones he recruited and hired. Makes me really question his leadership and judgement.

 

[Mycroft]

Trump has list of top intelligence officials he’ll fire if he wins reelection: report

President Trump plans to fire several top officials in the national security sphere should he win reelection in November, Axios reported Sunday.The president plans to fire Defense Secretary Ma…

thehill.com

President Trump plans to fire several top officials in the national security sphere should he win reelection in November, Axios reported Sunday.
The president plans to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper, CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher Wray, two people familiar with his decisionmaking told the news outlet. White House officials declined to comment on personnel matters.

"We have no personnel announcements at this time nor would it be appropriate to speculate about changes after the election or in a 2nd term," White House spokesman Judd Deere told Axios.
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Didn't he just hire these people?

yawn...

More unnamed sources. But hey, it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to predict that certain people who have a record of working AGAINST their President are liable to get the boot.

Why is this a newsworthy story?

 

[Helix]

He ought to just hire Hannity for all of the positions.

 

[lwf]

yawn...

More unnamed sources. But hey, it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to predict that certain people who have a record of working AGAINST their President are liable to get the boot.

Why is this a newsworthy story?

How are those people working against the president?

 

[Luce]

How are those people working against the president?

Esper didn't want to let Trump have soldiers attack American civilians.

 

[apdst]

I cannot remember any President having the turnover in top positions than what President Trump has had. The people fired are ones he recruited and hired. Makes me really question his leadership and judgement.

There's never been a president who had this many bureaucrats working against him. It's a shame those people forgot their oath and who they work for.

 

[Mycroft]

How are those people working against the president?

Here's one of them...

Haspel Blows Off Senators' Demands To Quit Stonewalling On Russiagate

CIA Director Gina Haspel is continuing to stonewall top Republican senators demanding that the intelligence chief hand over Russiagate documents.

thefederalist.com

 

[apdst]

They are not loyal enough to him. He needs sycophants

They work for the president. Absolutely they should be loyal to the people's elected representive in the Executive Banch. It's literally their ****ing job.

 

[mike2810]

There's never been a president who had this many bureaucrats working against him. It's a shame those people forgot their oath and who they work for.

What does that have to do with the turnover in the positions he appointed? The turn over has little to do with "bureaucrats working against him"
"As of May 25, 2020, there have been 415 unique names dismissed and/or resigned. "

List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Brookings researchers track turnover among Trump's top staffers and Cabinet members.

www.brookings.edu

And then there were ten: With 85% turnover across President Trump’s A Team, who remains?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas gives a summary of the very few members of President Trump's "A Team" that have remained in place despite extreme and unprecedented churn in the White House Staff.

www.brookings.edu

Trump gets rid of his own people on a whim. Seems to me the numbers indicate that Trump does not know how to select good people.

 

[apdst]

What does that have to do with the turnover in the positions he appointed? The turn over has little to do with "bureaucrats working against him"
"As of May 25, 2020, there have been 415 unique names dismissed and/or resigned. "

List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Brookings researchers track turnover among Trump's top staffers and Cabinet members.

www.brookings.edu

And then there were ten: With 85% turnover across President Trump’s A Team, who remains?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas gives a summary of the very few members of President Trump's "A Team" that have remained in place despite extreme and unprecedented churn in the White House Staff.

www.brookings.edu

Trump gets rid of his own people on a whim. Seems to me the numbers indicate that Trump does not know how to select good people.

Just what I said. He's draining the swamp. Of course heads are going to roll.

 

[Drawdown]

Fire em all. Lock em all up. After the election, he will have more flexibility to negotiate with Putin, or so Obama said.

 

[lwf]

Here's one of them...

Haspel Blows Off Senators' Demands To Quit Stonewalling On Russiagate

CIA Director Gina Haspel is continuing to stonewall top Republican senators demanding that the intelligence chief hand over Russiagate documents.

thefederalist.com

Refusing to burn her sources by revealing fabricated Russian disinformation because a Republican senator wants to use the information for partisan reasons is her job, and she is not working against Trump by doing so.

 

[mike2810]

Just what I said. He's draining the swamp. Of course heads are going to roll.

Draining the swamp of people he selected and appointed. These were not hold over people or people who have been in DC for a long time.

 

[lwf]

Just what I said. He's draining the swamp. Of course heads are going to roll.

He's had four years and multiple tries to drain the swamp. Perhaps Trump is simply not capable of draining the swamp? Perhaps we should elect someone who is?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

President Trump plans to fire several top officials in the national security sphere should he win reelection in November, Axios reported Sunday.
The president plans to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper, CIA Director Gina Haspel and FBI Director Christopher Wray, two people familiar with his decisionmaking told the news outlet. White House officials declined to comment on personnel matters.

We have nothing to worry about. There isn't going to be any second term. Americans are lining up in a hurry to get rid of Trump.

Never again can we allow the intellectually challenged chose our President. Those with apathy and/or indecision learned their lesson in 2016, and, unlike four years ago, Sanders supporters are on board this time. In 2016, q good many of them voted for Trump.

 

[CaughtInThe]

Trump is a child.

Supported by Southern "men".

 

[Cardinal]

Hundreds of thousands of people have died, and all Republicans care about is appointing conservative judges and protecting trump's feelings. If trump wins re-election we're going to be a Venezuela with concentration camps in 2-3 years.

 

[apdst]

Refusing to burn her sources by revealing fabricated Russian disinformation because a Republican senator wants to use the information for partisan reasons is her job, and she is not working against Trump by doing so.

She doesn't get to make that call.

 

[JacksinPA]

Hundreds of thousands of people have died, and all Republicans care about is appointing conservative judges and protecting trump's feelings. If trump wins re-election we're going to be a Venezuela with concentration camps in 2-3 years.

He has the desire to end democracy & become president for life, like Putin & Xi.

 

[apdst]

Draining the swamp of people he selected and appointed. These were not hold over people or people who have been in DC for a long time.

The swamp is the only place he has to draw from. Of course he's going to have to cull the goats from the sheep.

 

[Mycroft]

Refusing to burn her sources by revealing fabricated Russian disinformation because a Republican senator wants to use the information for partisan reasons is her job, and she is not working against Trump by doing so.

Sources of "fabricated Russian disinformation" shouldn't be protected. They should be charged with crimes. Especially when the President tells her to declassify such information. She's not only disobeying her boss, she is obstructing Congress. SHE should consider herself lucky if she's just fired.

 

[Mycroft]

Hundreds of thousands of people have died, and all Republicans care about is appointing conservative judges and protecting trump's feelings. If trump wins re-election we're going to be a Venezuela with concentration camps in 2-3 years.

Well, there you go...the answer to everything...COVID, COVID, COVID.

 

[Paradoxical]

How are those people working against the president?

Did Chris Wray tell Trump of the damming material on the Hunter laptop?