The real reason Clapper and Brennan are shooting their mouths off

Flopping Aces ^ | 11-12-14 | DrJohn

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Here's the breathless title from Reuters

Former intelligence officials say Trump is being manipulated by Putin

Former CIA Director John Brennan and ex-National Intelligence Director James Clapper both said Trump was mishandling Moscow ties even as a special counsel investigates possible collusion between Trump’s campaign team and Russia.

“I think Mr. Trump is, for whatever reason, either intimidated by Mr. Putin, afraid of what he could do, or what might come out as a result of these investigations... It’s either naiveté, ignorance or fear in terms of what Mr. Trump is doing vis-à-vis the Russians,” Brennan said in an appearance with Clapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Actually, Brennan never said what is being claimed in the title.

Clapper added:

“I do think both the Chinese and the Russians think they can play him,” Clapper said.

Think they can play him is one thing. Being manipulated is another.

What was it Trump said?

“I really believe that, when he tells me that, he means it,”

That doesn't mean Trump believes it.

But here's the giveaway  line:

Clapper added that foreign leaders who roll out the red carpet for Trump are able to manipulate Trump.

Is that so? Do Clapper and Brennan think Putin was able to manipulate Xi Jinping when he visited Moscow in 2013 and had the red carpet rolled out for him?

Vladimir Putin rolls out the red carpet (and guards on horseback) for visit of President Xi Jinping

Back then rolling out the red carpet meant something important:

The grand welcome was a clear indication of the importance placed on the visit by Moscow. Russia is one of the world’s biggest energy producers, and China is the top energy consumer. These realities tend to outweigh the traditionally tense relations between the two neighbouring giants, who were bitter rivals during the Soviet era despite their ideological links.

Now let's recall something. Both Brennan and Clapper have lied to Congress. They'll sure as hell lie to us. Yet why would they say something like foreign leaders who roll out the red carpet for Trump are able to manipulate Trump?

That suggests that every time a red carpet is rolled out it is being done because the host believes he can manipulate the visitor? Is that what Brennan is saying? That would be pretty interesting.

Chinese authorities have rolled out the red carpet for leaders including India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, and the British prime minister, Theresa May, who touched down on Sunday morning.

Was China able to manipulate all those leaders?

Was Japan able to manipulate Trump?

 Japan's Abe rolls out red carpet for Trump

Was Obama able to manipulate Renzi?

Obama rolls out red carpet for Italian ally Matteo Renzi

How about Trudeau?  Cameron?

No, of course not. Why are Clapper and Brennan spewing this drivel? It's because of the embarrassing way obama was made to exit from the "ass" of Air Force One last year:

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Two highly questionable people who publicly lied to Congress.

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The real reason they are shooting their mouths off may be related to the FISA court warrants.

Consider this possible scenario: what if they solicited the patently bogus Fusion GPS Steele “dossier” from the DNC in order to use it, along with the bogus Fusion GPS arranged meeting with Donald Trump Jr., to support FISA court wiretaps on the Trump campaign?

If the warrant applications support that scaenario, they could expect to be prosecuted.

If you were an Obama administration hack expecting to be prosecuted by the Trump administration, what defense would you start preparing? That Trump is attacking you because you criticized him.

If this is the case, expect their anti-Trump taunts to become increasingly shrill the closer we get to seeing those warrant applications.

The best thing that Trump can do in this scenario would be to ignore them and let Justice take its course.

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all Trump has to do is declassify the Fisa warrant and let us all see what the FBI used to obtain the warrant.......that he hasn’t should give you pause

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These two need to work on their fashion statements—they would look best in orange jumpsuits!