Brennan 'deeply saddened and angered' at Trump's CIA remarks

[highplainsdem]

Source: CNN

Former CIA Director John Brennan is "deeply saddened and angered" at President Donald Trump after the commander in chief addressed CIA employees at their headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on Saturday, Brennan's former deputy chief of staff says.

Trump spent much of his speech -- which was in front of a memorial wall for the more than 100 CIA officers who have fallen in the line of duty -- focusing on his crowd size at his inauguration and saying he "has a running war with the media."

"Former CIA Director Brennan is deeply saddened and angered at Donald Trump's despicable display of self-aggrandizement in front of CIA's Memorial Wall of Agency heroes," Nick Shapiro said in a statement. "Brennan says that Trump should be ashamed of himself."

Trump's visit was seen as part of a bid to mend fences after he strained relations with intelligence officials by repeatedly casting doubt on their assessment that Russia had carried out cyberattacks during the campaign. He also suggested that the intelligence community was leaking information about the investigation to the press, taking to Twitter to slam Brennan.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/trump-to-cia-i-am-so-behind-you/

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Editing to add links to Shapiro's tweets:

https://twitter.com/nick_shapiro/status/822948484756041728

https://twitter.com/nick_shapiro/status/822948652708610048

[roamer65]

1. Keep shitting on the CIA, Dump.

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We all know where that road leads.

[ffr]

19. That's one patriotic agency he's already turned against him.

66 million Americans agreed. This guy is unfit to be president.

I can't imagine what'll happen if he ever gets stressed by a national security decision, as presidents often are tasked with.



We are sooooo fcuked!

[retrowire]

2. That's our president!

Focusing on the shit that really matters. How he's perceived by the media! President for the people indeed!

[Bucky]

25. It sounds like a situation comedy show

But it's playing out more like a farce

[Ilsa]

3. Yeah, just posted it on another thread:

https://mobile.twitter.com/jimsciutto/status/822958483419103232?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

[Feeling the Bern]

4. Brennan says that Trump should be ashamed of himself.

That requires self-reflection, remorse, and the ability to feel shame. Sociopaths have none of those.

[ClusterFreak]

14. Well said.

[llmart]

26. Boy, you hit the nail on the head...

and very succinctly too! Sociopathic narcissist. You can always tell who they are by how many times the conversation ends up being all about them.

[Cracklin Charlie]

46. Day two.

That's the outgoing CIA Director's opinion of a new President on Day two.

Does not bode well.

[jalan48]

5. Donald's just got started and he's already losing it.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. This is not going to play out well for the Trump.

The Guy obviously did not crack a History Book about how the CIA came about and what they have done to Political people around the world or at home. November 1963.

[volstork]

41. Exactly

They do what they want to whomever they want.

[HassleCat]

7. He shouldn't be upset.

That was Trump making nice. Or as close as we'll ever see.

[democrank]

8. Every time I think Trump can't shock me any more than he already has

he shocks me more.

[Island Blue]

9. Oh, Donnie.

Do you really feel that it's prudent to totally piss of the CIA? Good luck with that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. Is the wall about tRump or is it about the Agents?

[ProudLib72]

11. Everything is about tRump

All those women marched today because they love him and want his babies.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Uh hunh ;P

(I updated my post title to match your spelling since it is actually the spelling I have been using for many months. Thx)

[Eyeball_Kid]

13. I'd guess that it's bad policy to get Brennan's ire.

Brennan has allies in the CIA. I'd bet that he has very loyal allies. Trumpy underestimates Brennan. He shouldn't.

[sarcasmo]

29. Brennan is like Saul on the series Homeland.

[tinrobot]

15. Don't piss off the CIA...

They're much better at retribution than anyone.

[IggleDuer]

16. Were the CIA attendees dragged in on the weekend to see Kim Jon Don spout off?

Or was the audience composed of his paid sycophants?

If I was called in to watch this sideshow, I'd be plenty ticked off. The CIA has better things to do?

[dae]

48. Good point because there was an awful lot of applause and cheering going

on in front of the memorial wall.

[jmowreader]

50. The Agency runs 24/7 operations

I'm going to assume Trump's minions just went to the watch centers and started dragging people away from their work to listen to the orange airhead.

[Duppers]

52. Yes, very good point.

Bet he did bring a big entourage with him.

[tavernier]

17. Humpty Trumpty spat on OUR WALL.

The End.

[Jacob Boehme]

18. President Puss-Pocket will self-immolate...

....before the year is out. This kind of absurdity just can't last long.

[kairos12]

20. Drumpt lives in the world beyond that of shame.

[Stonepounder]

21. Well, I'm deeply saddened and angered by the CIA.

When they see an immediate and obvious threat to the United States and its representative Democracy, they have an obligation to neutralize that threat. It is time for them to step up and do their job. (And if Comey happened to be collateral damage I wouldn't be terribly upset either.)

[Fast Walker 52]

56. I'm sure some in the CIA do feel that way... I doubt they are uniformly pro-Trump

[videohead5]

22. The CIA will do him in

They can get his tax returns and leak them or any other kind of dirt they can easily get on him.

[volstork]

42. Then why don't they f-ing do it?

Why didn't they do it months ago?

[videohead5]

49. Trump Just Started

Going after them hard in the last few weeks.

[riversedge]

23. Hardball talking of this now.

[dhill926]

24. this shit is so fucked up....

we end up rooting for the CIA. Holy hell we live in weird times...

[SeattleVet]

37. We root for the CIA...

the GOP roots for Russia and Putin.

Truly a Bizarro-world!

[hollowdweller]

43. Song for our times

[Worktodo]

27. Read the transcript it's amazing

I just did. How weird. He says "yeah you all voted for me, right?" -- I mean he's the president. These folks have seen presidents come and go. They're not in it for the politics.

Then he talks about "keeping the oil" in Iraq. Because we're running a pirate ship?

And then! He talks about the crowd estimates from yesterday and blah blah blah. Because nobody actually cares but him cause it hurt his precious feelings.

So Good Luck everyone. This guys a looney toon.

[llmart]

28. Watched a clip of this tonight...

tRump ended with the fist in the air like yesterday. Seriously. Is that going to be his Hitler salute? It is sure reminiscent of Hitler. Everything about him is reminiscent of Hitler.

[90-percent]

34. To serve man is really a cookbook!

His first wife testified in Divorce proceedings he had Hitler books by his bed side. Like it was the only thing that could hold his attention enough to read. I think some good research teams should diagram his speeches with the with sections of Mein Kampf the Trumpisms are sourced from. So our doomed repetition of history is more accurate. Real time more than retrospective. A People's history of the controlled explosion of American Empire.

-90% Jimmy

[llmart]

38. Hmmm...Interesting

I used to have a copy of Mein Kampf from my college days in the '60's. Maybe I need to reread it to be aware of what he'll do next, though I'm not sure I want to know.

My only hope is that the Republican party will want to control him, but won't be able to, and then will distance themselves from him. They can't be too cocky after today's protest numbers.

[vlyons]

30. Traitor Trump is a pathological liar

He tells people what he thinks they want to hear, not the truth, not even what he really believes. Traitor Trump has no beliefs beyond how wonderful and great he is above everyone else. He whole performance since taking office is a pathetic embarrassment.

[Worktodo]

31. Also about the "stars"

Can anyone explain this? The stars on the wall are for agents who have died in the line of duty. Uniquely they may in some cases never receive public acknowledgment of their sacrifice. What is he talking about here:

And the wall behind me is very very special. We’ve been touring for quite a while. And I’ll tell you what: twenty … nine? I can’t believe it.. No. Twenty eight. We’ve got to reduce it. That’s amazing. And we really appreciate it what you ‘ve done in terms of showing us something very special. And your whole group. These are really special, amazing people. Very. very few people could do the job you people do.

[volstork]

44. He's high on coke?

No idea. It's just word salad...

[Imajika]

32. Trump is going to massively boost funding for the military, intelligence communities, etc...

...all while slashing domestic programs including education, the arts, PBS, etc.

Don't kid yourselves, most in the CIA are going to like this guy - especially when he sends obvious signals that he is going to unshackle them from all restraint.

[90-percent]

36. He wants them to torture again

and much much worse than water boarding this time. Like our Founding Fathers would have wanted from us in our finest moments.

-90% Jimmy

[jmowreader]

51. The CIA actually LIKES a little restraint

Waterboarding is a shit interrogation technique. If you're being waterboarded, you have absolutely no interest in telling the truth and a very strong interest in telling the guy with the bucket whatever it'll take to get him to stop trying to drown you. The legal techniques work, regardless of what Trump thinks.

[moreland01]

33. Good Grief

Then why don't they take him out already??! If not them, then who?

[northoftheborder]

35. Crazy and stupid.

What a combination. This is not going to turn out well.

[Generator]

39. Brody!

Okay I watched too much Homeland. But anyway, Dude pussygrabber in chief asshole you didn't get the memo: CIA fights back. And they never actually "retire."

[disalitervisum]

45. Who said this piece of shit could stand there?

Defiling sacred ground. Will the Vietnam Memorial be next?

I'm sorry, but this is the most disgusting display of malevolent ego I have ever witnessed from this bloodsucking cockroach.

It has been said that the failures of the clandestine services are known, but its successes are unknown. The stars on the Wall Of Honor memorialize those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our liberty, and many of them represent successes.

I spent many years in the service of our country. During that time, myself and the men I worked with depended daily on information from the intelligence services to do our jobs. That information, provided at great cost, is a vital component of our ability to maintain freedom.

Yes, there have been abuses. Yes, there have been embarrassments. And yes, there have been tragedies. Hopefully, we learn valuable lessons from these errors, and move on, always trying to do better.

That is but a small portion of the debt we owe to those who have fallen on our behalf.

[FailureToCommunicate]

47. Trump should have taken the weekend off as he'd said he would. Piss off the

CIA? What was he thinking. Oh, right.

The CIA has taken out way bigger tin pot despots than you Donny Boy.

[Vinca]

53. I hope the CIA realizes it is our last best hope to eject this idiot/tyrant.

[Nitram]

54. Trump made a fatal mistake attacking and insulting the CIA.

If he wanted to set up a totalitarian state with himself in charge, he needed the FBI, Secret Service and intelligence services on his side. The CIA will bring him down using the rule of law.

[Fast Walker 52]

55. but but but 400 CIA personnel gave him a 5 min standing ovation!

[many a good man]

57. The most bizarre part of the speech was this passage:

And I said: “Well, it was almost raining.” The rain should have scared them away. But God looked down and he said: “We’re not going to let it rain on your speech."

In fact, when I first started I said: "Oh no." First line, I got hit by a couple of drops.

And I said: “Oh, this is, this is too bad, but we’ll go right through it.”

But the truth is that it stopped immediately. It was amazing. And then it became really sudden, and then I walked off and it poured right after I left - it poured.

Why would he say this to the CIA? Does he have a special connection with god to alter the weather? Can he get any more narcissistic than this? Was he telling the truth or lying?

Never mind. Don't bothering answering!