At Jared Kushner & Steve Bannon’s urging; the firsttime Trump ignored intel, Navy SEAL Ryan Owens was slaughtered in Yemen. Again when Trump ignored intel, Jamal Khashoggi was tortured, and murdered by Saudi Crown Prince.
Trump’s consistently and intentinally ignores US Intel
- That concludes with the highest confidence: “Putin ordered” the Russian Military (GRU) to engage in cyberwarfare against America in 2016.
- That shows Russia has hacked into US nuclear power plants, water supply, and electric systems to such a degree that Russia can sabotage or shut off US power plants at will.
- That shows Russian attackers compromised US energy power suppliesby the spring 2017, after Trump was inaugurated.
- That shows Russia is still engaging cyber-attacks against America.
Trump’s intended goal: personally profit from ignoring intel & manufacturing ‘intel.’
To be clear: Trump intentionally ‘ignores US intel’ and Trump intentionally ‘manufactures intel’ (which appears to be fed to him by: Putin, North Korea, Fux News etc.) to personally profit in one form or another.
I’ll be clear: Trump is a pathological liar, a racist, a bigot … but above all Trump is criminally corrupt. It’s because Trump is criminally corrupt which makes Trump a danger to US national security.
Trump is criminally corrupt so: somehow, someway, for some reason, Trump has some kind of deal (probably with Putin) to personally profit from ignoring & manufacturing US intel.
Trump intentionally ignoring intel coupled with Trump intentionally manufacturing ‘intel’ is very dangerous mix for America and for the world:
The last time a President manufactured intel: US invaded Iraq.
The last time a President ignored US intel: BinLaden attacked America.
Current Senior Intelligence Briefers warn Trump is endangering American security
Time magazine reports that current Senior Intel Briefers say Trump is ‘willfully’ ignores US intel and a “ a stubborn disregard for their assessments.” (So why would Trump ‘willfully ignore & “stubbornly disregard” US intel? I say it’s because Trump is planning to personally profit in some way by ignoring real US intel
Senior intelligence briefers are breaking two years of silence to warn that the President is endangering American security with what they say is a stubborn disregard for their assessments.
Citing multiple in-person episodes, these intelligence officials say Trump displays what one called “willful ignorance” when presented with analyses generated by America’s $81 billion-a-year intelligence services. The officials, who include analysts who prepare Trump’s briefs and the briefers themselves, describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences, and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible.
The best & most effective way for Trump to intentionally ignore US Intel and get away with pushing his manufactured intel is to get pissed & become violent to the person/people giving you what you do not want.
What is most troubling, say these officials and others in government and on Capitol Hill who have been briefed on the episodes, are Trump’s angry reactions when he is given information that contradicts positions he has taken or beliefs he holds. Two intelligence officers even reported that they have been warned to avoid giving the President intelligence assessments that contradict stances he has taken in public.
There ya’ have it: Trump gets so pissed when he can’t push his manufactured intel that Intel Briefers do not even bother — Trump’s goal: somehow personally profit from his manufactured intel.
Trump publicly deflects from his intended goal
Trump used to deflect by denying he ignores US intel; but now Trump deflects by bragging that he ignores US intel saying ‘cuz I can’
Last Tuesday, January 29, 2019: US intel directors (that Trump appointed) told Congress, under oath, that Russia, China, and North Korea are threats and they (US intel directors) all put Trump’s manufactured tweet-intel in the toilet where it belongs.
Trump immediately deflected from the real US intel by tweeting his typical bullshit. Trump blasted real US intel because Trump’s intended goal is to personally profit, in one form or another, from ignoring US intel and from manufacturing intel … so Trump cannot let real intel get in his way.
The next day, Wednesday, January, 30, 2019: Trump cancelled “Presidential Daily Briefs” because he was so pissed off at the US intel directors he nominated.
The White House abruptly cancelled Donald Trump’s daily intelligence briefing with his chiefs Wednesday, a day after CIA Director Gina Haspel and DNI Dan Coats gave Congress a yearly threat assessment during which they contradicted many of Trump’s favorite talking points.
By Thursday Trump deflected from US intel by ‘don’t believe your lyin’ eyes’ gaslighting. Trump knew as soon as he said “Senate Hearing was mischaracterized by the media, FAKE NEWS” that the media would turn it’s attention away from Trump ignoring US intel to trying to prove US Intel directors actually said what they said.
It was an intentional ruse … a ruse designed so that Trump ‘can’ ignore US intel in order to personally profit in one form or another.
On Sunday Trump was interviewed by Margaret Brennan and Trump told her he ignores US intel saying “I don’t have to” agree with them. Then Trump deflected from his intended goal (personally profit) by gaslighting and blathering his fall-back excuse: ‘Bush/Cheney … Iraq WMD … blah blah’
Trump has been called out for that same ‘Iraq WMD’ lie since at least 2016. So obviously Trump is knowingly and willfully lying when he says that — but — Trump keeps that lie going in order to deflect from what he’s really up to: personally profit in one form or another from ignoring intel and from manufacturing intel.
It is bad enough that Trump keeps deflecting from what he’s really up to with that lie, but what’s worse is Margaret Brennan let Trump get away with that BS deflection.
The media will let Trump deflect from what he’s really up to at America’s peril.
Margaret Brennan should have told Trump that the last time a President ignored US intel, Bin Laden attacked America.
In my view every single thing Trump does is to benefit Putin which, if there’s a deal between them, also benefits Trump:
Trump ignores intel on Russia that benefits Putin;
Trump’s ignoring intel on North Korea benefits Putin and China;
Trump dissolving INF Treaty benefits Putin;
Trump lifting sanctions on Russia; benefits Putin;
Trump’s threats to NATO & UN; benefit Putin;
Trump ignored intel on Yeman to profit with an illusion of being powerful C-in Chief;
Trump ignored intel on Jamal Khashoogi to personally profit from Saudis;
Trump ignores intel & manufactures intel on border to personally profit politically.
I have no idea what kind of financial deal Trump has made with Putin — but I’m sure he’s made one & whatever ‘deal’ Trump has made with Putin, I can assure you it is geared so that Trump and Putin will be laughing all the way to the bank at America’s expense.
GOP help Trump ignore US Intel
Yes, Trump can ignore intel ‘cuz he can’ but the GOP in Congress do not have to ignore intel so why are they?
Seems every GOP in Congress ignore US Intel right along with Trump and seem to be helping Trump manufacture intel. What ‘deal’ do they have?
In 2016, the GOP House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy said ‘Putin pays Trump; swear to god!’ so why is McCarthy letting Trump ignore intel pertaining to Russia that can/will harm America?
GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said those words on June 15, 2016 (four days after Donald Jr met with Russians in Trump Tower). McCarthy was talking to GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan, Steve Scalise, Cathy McMorris Rogers, and Patrick McHenry.
Washington Post reports that GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan swore each one of those people to secrecy.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy’s assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.
Why did House Speaker, (3rd in line to POTUS) swear them all to secrecy as opposed to going straight to the FBI, CIA, and The People with their concerns?
Why do Kevin McCarthy, Steve Scalise, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Patrick McHenry (who are current GOP House leadership) all currently still allow Trump to ignore intel regarding Russia when they’ve been concerned about Trump/Putin relationship since June 15, 2016?
Systems Are in Place to Reduce US Intel ‘error’
Is US Intel perfect? No.
Are there systems in place to reduce intel error? Yes.
US Intel is designed to keep America safe and therefore, to reduce error while at the same time keeping America safe, systems are in place:
Multiple Intel agencies;
Congressional oversight;
Judicial branch;
Media oversight.
To summarize:
Trump ignored US intel in Yemen that got Navy SEAL Owens slaughtered;
Trump ignored US intel that got Jamal Khashoggi tortured and murdered;
Trump ignores US intel on Russia, China, and North Korea;
Trump ignores US intel and law enforcement data on southern border;
Trump manufactures ‘intel’ fed to him by: Putin, North Korea, China & Fux News.
Trump is going to continue to ignore intel and GOP in Congress are going to let Trump ignore intel. But I am hopeful that the media will begin stating facts right to Trump’s face when Trump starts to deflect and lie from his intentionally ignoring intel and manufacturing intel.
Again, Trump is a pathological liar, a racist, a bigot … but above all: Trump is criminally corrupt which makes Trump a danger to US national security.
And because Trump is criminally corrupt; Trump to ignores US Intel at America’s peril.
So the next time you hear Trump lie and deflect as an excuse to ignore intel & manufacture intel; LOUDLY say:
The last time a President ignored US Intel, Bin Laden attacked America.
The last time a President manufactured intel, America invaded Iraq.
Senior Intelligence Briefers warn Trump is endangering American security
THIS time a President ignores US intel, Putin is attacking America.
THIS time a President manufactures intel, Trump is attacking US Allies.