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Statement From 60 Former CIA Officials
So while Fox/Trump "News" and places like Redstate will trot out the party line...those who are or have actually been in service to this country are finally standing up against the threat to our democracy that this President has become.
The Office of the President does not exist for it's occupant to use as a tool to threaten or silence his political critics.
If Trump had any dignity, any respect or the first god damned clue about the foundational principals of this country, he would act like he is President. Christ, he doesn't even act like he is an adult.
Trump's Presidency is now on track to be even less productive that Obama's. The likelihood is that the House will flip in the fall. Since Jan 20, 2017, Trump has had an opportunity to pull this country together. He has had ample opportunity to pursue legislation in the interest of the country and her future. He has had ample opportunities to make deals. He has done none of this.
Instead he has actively pursued a campaign of division. He has actively pursued a campaign of deal breaking.
As I've said many times, he blew it when he didn't come out of the gate ("in the first hour on the first day") with a massive infrastructure plan (as he promised to do and has promised to do many times since.). If he was really interested in "draining the swamp" he should have put forth legislation to kill gerrymandering. If he was really interested in Making America Great Again, he should have put some folks with D's after their name in his cabinet and immediately began reaching out to our allies and he should have stated clearly and without reservation that Russia was going to pay a heavy price for interfering in our election.
Instead, all he has done is toilet tweet elementary school level insults and pander to a rather uneducated minority of people who think it is appropriate to shout "lock her up" at political rallies.
We are a weaker, smaller nation every day this man is in office. There is some inevitability of China overtaking us as the world's largest economy (they have roughly 4x our population). Trump has accelerated that time line with his idiotic tariffs and asinine attacks on our allies.
...All of us believe it is critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure. But we believe equally strongly that former government officials have the right to express their unclassified views on what they see as critical national security issues without fear of being punished for doing so. Our signatures below do not necessarily mean that we concur with the opinions expressed by former Director Brennan or the way in which he expressed them. What they do represent, however, is our firm belief that the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views.
So while Fox/Trump "News" and places like Redstate will trot out the party line...those who are or have actually been in service to this country are finally standing up against the threat to our democracy that this President has become.
The Office of the President does not exist for it's occupant to use as a tool to threaten or silence his political critics.
If Trump had any dignity, any respect or the first god damned clue about the foundational principals of this country, he would act like he is President. Christ, he doesn't even act like he is an adult.
Trump's Presidency is now on track to be even less productive that Obama's. The likelihood is that the House will flip in the fall. Since Jan 20, 2017, Trump has had an opportunity to pull this country together. He has had ample opportunity to pursue legislation in the interest of the country and her future. He has had ample opportunities to make deals. He has done none of this.
Instead he has actively pursued a campaign of division. He has actively pursued a campaign of deal breaking.
As I've said many times, he blew it when he didn't come out of the gate ("in the first hour on the first day") with a massive infrastructure plan (as he promised to do and has promised to do many times since.). If he was really interested in "draining the swamp" he should have put forth legislation to kill gerrymandering. If he was really interested in Making America Great Again, he should have put some folks with D's after their name in his cabinet and immediately began reaching out to our allies and he should have stated clearly and without reservation that Russia was going to pay a heavy price for interfering in our election.
Instead, all he has done is toilet tweet elementary school level insults and pander to a rather uneducated minority of people who think it is appropriate to shout "lock her up" at political rallies.
We are a weaker, smaller nation every day this man is in office. There is some inevitability of China overtaking us as the world's largest economy (they have roughly 4x our population). Trump has accelerated that time line with his idiotic tariffs and asinine attacks on our allies.