Dan Coats Expected to Step Down as Intelligence Chief

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: New York Times




By Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman

July 28, 2019

WASHINGTON -- Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, is expected to step down in the coming days after spending his tenure at odds with President Trump over issues including Russia and Mr. Trump's own attacks on the intelligence community, people familiar with the decision said on Sunday.

To replace him, the people said, the president was likely to tap Representative John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican and staunch defender of Mr. Trump. As a member of the House Judiciary Committee, he sharply questioned Robert S. Mueller III, the former special counsel, at last week's hearing.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/28/us/politics/dan-coats-intelligence-chief-out.html

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Ratcliffe? Da fuq????

[magicarpet]

1. Lord Bless Devin Nunes,... the Fascist unqualified trDumpf will select to replace Coats.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Devin is holding out for Dir CIA after the election

I wish I was kidding, he actually said this.

God help us all.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Any conservative whose loyalty is to country before Trump is a threat to the latter

so he's been kicked out.

[Ruby the Liberal]

3. Mayor of a town of 8k

In Trumpworld, that is *more* than qualified to run ODNI. The little Intelligence/NatSecurity experience, the better.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. One of the more relatively level headed members of the administration

Who reportedly was none too happy when Trump sold out US intel while standing next to Putin in Helsinki.

Replaced by a company yes man.

[dhill926]

6. this administration is literally...

a confederancy of dunces....and dangerous to boot....

[Iliyah]

7. Nunes as acting . . .

There will probably be someone else a little bit more qualified. Nunes will see the intelligence, hopefully won't falsified too much shit like Barr, but the security of the United States depends on these people.

[ancianita]

8. Shit. Heavy hitters leaving doesn't bode well for this country.

[creeksneakers2]

9. Trump turning our nation's intelligence over to a conspiracy kook.

[watoos]

10. John Bolton's right hand man

Is taking over.
Tell me again why Trump will step down if he loses the election? Trump has all his crooks in positions of power.

[oldsoftie]

14. if he loses, he's gone. He has no standing to stay & even many GOP voters wouldnt approve.

If the cops have to haul his ass out, they will.
I'm taking bets on if he will attend the inauguration of the winner, if its not him. I'm betting he WONT because he's such a baby.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. What's the matter?

is Scott Walker available?

[Scarsdale]

12. Did Kushner turn

this position down??

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Looks like the Orange one is going to nominate Rep. Ratcliffe from Texas.

He's promised to open investigation into Obama.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dni-dan-coats-step-down-director-national-intelligence

[dalton99a]

15. Yep. He announced it a while ago.

[Lonestarblue]

16. The last of the adults is leaving.

Heaven help us all! Trump has surrounded himself with toadies who do nothing but tell him what a great leader he is, and then turn their hands to destroying what is left of the US government. The danger to our republic is grave, and I wonder what will be left by January 2021, almost eighteen months for Trump to wreak every freaking government agency. We’d better hope that the military has allegiance to the Constitution because Trump will have to be forced out of office if he loses in 2020, and we know the DOJ will do nothing.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

17. If there's one thing Trump can't stand it's intelligence

Something he lacks.

[rockfordfile]

18. Now everything will have to be taken as lies from the DNI

Zero trust.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

19. Yet not one. Not a single one of these motherfuckers will come out and tell people

what the fuck is going on in that asylum. It's like a prerequisite to be part of that shit show to begin with is to turn in your soul. Either that or they are all soooo corrupt and "blackmailable" they'd rather just keep their traps shut.

[moonscape]

20. I become more terrified

every.single.day

[Scarsdale]

21. Me too.

I suppose that the Mueller hearing was really an interview for a job in this administration? No wonder Gym Jordan, Goetz, Screwy Louie Gohmert and others put on such a show. Trying to impress the orange clown in the WH. I hope they all lose their next elections. Surely their constituents were not happy with their performances? They made complete asses of themselves.