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PA_jen

(1,114 posts)
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 09:02 PM Aug 2022

One story or tid bit that got stuck in my mind today

Biden chose to pull Trump's security clearance.

How soon did Biden do that?

What was Biden told either as President Elect or while campaigning for President and getting the Daily briefing did he find out that caused him to take that step.

Yes, Jan 6th and the Zelensky matter are reasons. BUT are they big enough to cause the pulling or was it something more?

Knowing what we know might know at what Trump stole do you find Pence not using the 25th will be the biggest mistake historians will look at when reviewing Jan 6 in the future?

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One story or tid bit that got stuck in my mind today (Original Post) PA_jen Aug 2022 OP
Trump disavowing 17 US intelligence agencies in favor of Putin in a press event was enough to MLAA Aug 2022 #1
True. PA_jen Aug 2022 #2
From what I heard, trump clearance was pulled shortly after Jan 21, 2021... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #3
interesting. PA_jen Aug 2022 #4

MLAA

(17,282 posts)
1. Trump disavowing 17 US intelligence agencies in favor of Putin in a press event was enough to
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 09:16 PM
Aug 2022

make me think he couldn’t be trusted with classified/ top secret documents.

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)
3. From what I heard, trump clearance was pulled shortly after Jan 21, 2021...
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 09:18 PM
Aug 2022

like, right after the inauguration. Hell, trump had russians in the white house to celebrate his inauguration. trump blurted out about an Israeli black op that nearly got agents killed. For trump, sensitive intel was a source of revenue for him.

trump was a walking security risk. A 25th Amendment solution probably wouldn't have worked anyway.

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