Posted on 12/05/2016 8:54:23 PM PST by Steelfish
Panetta To Trump: You Need To Be Informed By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 12/04/16
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday that having good advisers isnt enough to succeed in the Oval Office.
That's not good enough. The reality is: It is the president of the United States who has to make the final decision, Panetta said on CBS Face the Nation.
And you can have a lot of bright people and they can present you a lot of options. But unless youve taken the time as president to understand those issues, to read into those issues, to understand the consequences of those issues, you cannot just rely on others to tell you what you should or shouldn't do, he continued. You've got to make the decision.
Panetta who is also a former CIA director, director of the Office of Management and Budget and White House chief of staff expressed concerns over Trumps refusal to accept daily intelligence briefings, stressing that having such briefings every once in a while isnt enough because threats can change daily as new intelligence surfaces.
Every president I know, and I worked under nine presidents, every one has taken their intelligence daily brief because that sets the agenda for what you have to focus on as president of the United States, he said.
The former Pentagon chief also said hes trying to figure out which Trump will be sworn in next month.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Jarrett was doing the adult work like attending the intelligence daily briefs while BO slept in and ate his cheerios and watched cartoons.
Trump to Panetta: “When did they remove your balls?”
Obama learned most of the events of the last 8 years from watching television.
Woodwork... as in coming ou of.
Wasn’t there talk of feeding PE Trump false briefings? Yeah, he has them pegged. And don’t lecture the president in public. Who does Panetta think he is?
Too damn funny!
Panetta was the culprit who needlessly outed the former CEO of Blackwater as a CIA operative.
Heed his advice, President Trump. After all, it made Obama and Hillary so successful. /sarc.
Is a “panetta” some sort of malignant disease?
Soooo,inform us Panetta.....Where were you,Obama and Hillary as our guys in benghazi were murdered????????
Nice to see ya, old friend. :-)
You oughta know, Panetta. You were right there when 0bama made the final decision to withhold a rescue force from going to Benghazi.
Leon, Leon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spends his days counting
In a mansion by the D.C. Beltway
He was born a pauper
To a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times
Said God is dead and the war's begun
Saul Alinsky has a son today
And he shall be Leon
And he shall be a lib man
And he shall be Leon
In tradition with the leftie plan
And he shall be Leon
And he shall be a lib man
He shall be Leon
Leon to Trump: I NEVER HAD ANY TO BEGIN WITH; THEY NEVER “FELL”.
Washington has convinced themselves that their world is so complex and an outsider won’t know how to make decisions like them. They forget, he doesn’t care about the politics of it. Makes the decision much easier.
Nice to see another survivor. Always wanted to live long enough to see Castro die. Was on my bucket list. And if we get lucky, we might see Obama finally leave office. Sure would be nice to get this economy running good again.
We really need to bring back old school stocks and pillories.
Leon Panetta was a failure as congressman in Santa Cruz and Monterey in the early 1970s. Smoked too much dope, and rode on the coattails of other demo politicians. He needs to go back to rolling joints with hippies.
So who was the coward who left Benghazi out to die?
Pray America woke
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