The Ratcliffe Debacle

[kentuck]

Of all the incompetent decisions by Donald Trump, his choice of John Ratcliffe, little known Congressman from Texas, to be the Director of National Intelligence, may be at the top of his list?

We are talking about national security. We are talking about the health and safety of the American people.
To choose someone so incompetent, so nonchalantly, is a serious mark against Mr Trump, added to the dozens and dozens of marks already against him. It cannot be explained away.

But Mr Trump did try to explain it away, when he was forced to withdraw the name by Senate Republicans, when they informed him that he did not have the votes.

Trump defended himself and his vetting process on Friday, by telling reporters, "you vet for me. I like when you vet." Is this the same "fake news" that he is forever criticizing??

He said, "We save a lot of money that way."

If there is a scale for incompetence, this Ratcliffe debacle would be at the very bottom.

[SHRED]

1. And in the same breath...

...he claimed the press was "very hard on him".
He tries to have it both ways.

And why in the hell would he announce his pick and then ask him if he wanted it?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. If Trump asked me if I wanted a job, I'd be insulted.

And I'd say, "Oh, hell, no!"

[dalton99a]

2. He is talking out of both sides of his ass