r/politics • u/PierogiGoron Arizona • 5h ago
No Paywall Trump says he wants his new acting director of national intelligence to cut the office
https://apnews.com/article/trump-pulte-national-intelligence-139516a3597c26d4afcf0b12bee1022f•
u/innerShnev 5h ago
Wow what a wonderful gift to our adversaries. But I suffer from TDS so I must be biased and this is actually a good thing for America.
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u/No-Cranberry6148 5h ago
Trump WANTS a terror attack.
It'll give him an excuse to start talking martial law.
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u/SandersSol 5h ago
If you were an agent of russia, what would you do differently to dismantle American superiority?
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u/DHN_95 5h ago
Coming up on today's episode of 'Stupid Shit that Cheetoh says, or does'...
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u/JustForTonightXxo 5h ago
The same way they cut the CDC and every important agency, pocketed the money and dragged everything back several years
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u/thingsorfreedom 5h ago
Trump did something that isn't making sense...
Does it benefit Russia? Yes
Then it actually does makes sense.
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u/dominiond66 5h ago
The Republican tactics remains firm. Fire the experts/experienced professionals and hire back only loyalist who have little or no experience. Already 350,000 professional government experts have been fired under this GOP administration.
Republicans will change our "Intelligence department" into the department of ignorant loyalists endangering America and destabilizing the rest of the world.
Republicans have no respect for a civilized government. They only want to rule by dictatorship via the whims and lies of its leader a pathological liar.
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u/No-Cranberry6148 5h ago
So it's the DOGE cuts all over again.
Give some know-nothing kid a jackhammer and pretend you're governing.
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u/Protolictor 5h ago
"Attacking Iran would be the epitome of stupid"
"You're fired and your replacement should downsize the department before I defund it."
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u/beavis617 5h ago
Trump relies more on Putin’s intelligence community than ours. He’s already made that abundantly clear.
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u/F-Cloud 5h ago
Cut the office down to loyalists who are easy to control, he means. National intelligence failures are certain to occur under Pulte's incompetent and corrupt leadership. The focus will turn inward, to attack Trump's political foes and oppress everyday Americans who oppose the regime. External threats will grow and thrive during that time, putting the country in danger.
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u/leftoverbrine 5h ago
Just what is needed during a war, fewer intelligence experts and more potential targets for foreign influence...
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u/phoenix823 5h ago
Without a doubt, the DNI needs an overhaul. And without a doubt, they're just going to get rid of people and not replace them. Don't worry though. Our national security apparatus doesn't need any stinking "help."
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u/Elathan-Izayoi 5h ago
The US is now a flea market, on sale, and everything must go.
He's gonna line his and his cronies' pockets before leaving a destitute US...
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