Maybe we'll get some reforms and oversight. Maybe the worst will see their days are numbered and leave on their own.
‘Can’t say I agree with Trump on this one.’
Agree - it’s a political statement, since there are some good people there. But obviously there are many, many, people who did the leg work for Comey, Clapper, and the others...that is worrisome.
Pure CYA. If he didn’t say that, the MSM would have been all over him while extolling the virtue of the proverbial dedicated G men and women.
Truman despised JE Hoover, and considered him a threat to the Bill of Rights.
I always knew the culture at the FBI was leftist at its core. Who else wants to spy on citizens and control their daily life.
“I think the vast majority of the fbi/doj/cia/nsa are POS lawyers who think they are the law...”
True, but POTUS is smart to say just what he said. Same with police. There are a ton of bad cops - and not just the top brass, but also rank and file.
But he is right to focus his criticism just on the top brass, especially holdovers from the prior administration. That’s where his leverage is and that’s the root of the problem.
And politically, it’s always a mistake to paint with too broad a brush - there are a lot of well-meaning “law and order” conservatives in his base that want to believe the rank and file cops are basically “good” - heroes in fact. If Trump criticizes cops too broadly, it could be misunderstood as defending the mob rule of the Left.