Posted on 07/12/2019 1:55:40 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump has told confidants he's eager to remove Dan Coats as director of national intelligence, according to five sources who have discussed the matter directly with the president.
The state of play: Trump hasn't told our sources when he plans to make a move, but they say his discussions on the topic have been occurring for months — often unprompted — and the president has mentioned potential replacements since at least February. A source who spoke to Trump about Coats a week ago said the president gave them the impression that the move would happen "sooner rather than later."
The director of national intelligence serves as an overseer of the U.S. intelligence community and a close adviser to the president and National Security Council, producing each day's top-secret Presidential Daily Brief. A source with direct knowledge told me that Trump has privately said he thinks the Office of the Director of National Intelligence represents an unnecessary bureaucratic layer and that he would like to get rid of it. He has been told that eliminating the ODNI is not politically possible, but still would like to "downsize" the office, the source said.
A government source who has discussed the matter with Trump characterized the president's thinking this way: "It's time for a change. Dan's a great guy but the president doesn't listen to him anymore." A White House official responded: "We have no personnel announcements at this time."
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Funny title.
Unnamed "confidants" telling secrets.
if indeed it is correct that Trump’s socalled ‘confidants’ have leaked this information, DJT needs some new “confidants” to work with
him
it is disgraceful to have to read that any manager wants to axe any worker.....imagine if you were that worker and woke up to read this krap in the public press
the manager wishing to axe a worker should properly call the person in for a private meeting ... this is how any civilized manager handles such situations! and I believe PDJT was doing just this..properly... if indeed some Ahole ‘confidant’ leaked it!
axe the confidant first... now...then do whatever is needed about the named individudal
We know that , here in Indiana.
“Trump doesn’t need yes-men, but they need to be united in public when decisions are made.”
Yes, indeed. I saw a clip of Coats on Ellen DeGeneres show, and she quoted some news about Trump. Coats giggled and said, “Isn’t that special.” And they both shared a hearty laugh at Trump’s expense.
I thought Trump would have fired his ass that moment.
I think trump probably figures that the director of national intelligence should be smart.
I bet Dan Coats is obstructing justice with the Barr/Durham investigation.
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