President Trump suggested in tweet on Tuesday morning that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper is “being nice” so he can keep his security clearance.
“Even James Clapper has admonished John Brennan for having gone totally off the rails,” Trump said.
“Maybe Clapper is being nice to me so he doesn’t lose his Security Clearance for lying to Congress!” the president continued.
Even James Clapper has admonished John Brennan for having gone totally off the rails. Maybe Clapper is being nice to me so he doesn’t lose his Security Clearance for lying to Congress!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2018
Clapper, however, said on Sunday that he thought Brennan’s rhetoric was becoming an “issue.”
“John and his rhetoric have become an issue in and of itself,” Clapper said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “John is subtle like a freight train and he’s gonna say what’s on his mind.”
Brennan said in a New York Times op-ed last week that there was collusion with Russia during the 2016 election.
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Trump: Obama-era intel chief is being nice to me so I don't revoke his clearance too https://t.co/83zVGXdfDF pic.twitter.com/cAgfJlzZGS
— The Hill (@thehill) August 21, 2018
Maybe you're just a narcissistic lunatic with delusions of grandeur. https://t.co/NE08wqQy4Q
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) August 21, 2018
1) Lost amid the controversy last week about Trump yanking Brennan's security clearance is just how unusual it is for any of these officials to be speaking publicly—and that fact alone should be cause for concern….
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
3) These officials are not—repeat not—monetizing their security clearances by being on cable TV. In fact, having covered many of these officials for years, I can tell you that they would prefer to be doing anything but being on TV.
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
5) I spent months profiling Jim Clapper when he was DNI; back then, he went out of his way to say nothing, to avoid controversy, to eschew politics, to focus on the work before him. https://t.co/yALqFbVHDt
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
7) All Clapper wanted to do when he left office was slip quietly into the night and clean out his basement. He'd been retired before—for six years—and never did TV commentary or cable news before. But those were "normal" years, under Clinton and W.
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
8) All of them were trained to keep quiet on politics. So the fact that they're not silent, that all of them—all of them—are screaming from the rooftops about Trump's threats to our country, our rule of law, our democratic institutions, should chill us. https://t.co/tzEvZlf5jI
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
9) I was there last summer at @aspensecurity as Clapper and Brennan let loose on Trump. I was gobsmacked. I had read every word Jim Clapper has said in public in a decade. I had never imagined I'd hear him speak as ominously and fearfully as he did. https://t.co/Se8XRqFhJd
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
11) They are telling us this is a dark and dangerous time. And they have spent their lives, devoted their entire careers, to protecting the country from just these sorts of events overseas. That they're warning us we're under threat at *home*. That's a warning worth listening to.
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) August 20, 2018
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