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Appearing on MSNBCs AM Joy, a nationalsecurity specialist speculated that President-elect Donald Trump will gut the U.S. intelligence community after he is sworn in as part of an effort make the investigation into Russian influence in the election go away.
Lets just get to Donald Trumps refusal to be able to accept, Malcolm, the conclusions of the intelligence community even when the head of the intelligence agencies are sitting in front of him telling him this happened, host Joy Reid asked. Why in your view will he not just accept it?
According to analyst Malcolm Nance, Trump graduated from Russias unwitting useful idiot to ally when he asked them to hack Hillary Clintons emails during the Democratic National Convention in July.
I think because, when Donald Trump made his statement on July 27th of last year where he asked for Russia to hack Hillary Clinton and release her e-mails, at that point he went from being an unwitting useful idiot to Russia to actually believing that they were working in his favor, Nance explained. To admit that now, in the face of all the evidence, he would believe that this would delegitimize his presidency and he will fight to the end to not allow this to become a narrative.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/security-analyst-trump-is-going-to-gut-the-intelligence-community-to-cover-up-russia-hacks/comments/#disqus

roamer65
(37,554 posts)God rest his soul.
Dawson Leery
(19,426 posts)Horse with no Name
(34,162 posts)than for us.
machoneman
(4,128 posts)Count me in!
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)To step up and take action. A Trump approved intelligence community would have To produce information which only provides praise to Comrade Trumps causes. The beginning of the end.
RiverStone
(7,250 posts)Minus outright mutiny, what action can Intelligence Officers take when Trump fires them for telling the truth?
Fascism has come to America!
still_one
(98,481 posts)Ford_Prefect
(8,345 posts)It's the natural devolution of the Tea Party order: ie. Any agency that disagrees with us is to be redacted and reduced so it cannot contradict us with facts.
rickford66
(5,828 posts)Trump is selling rope.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)quipped that "the capitalists will sell us the rope with which to hang them."
rickford66
(5,828 posts)keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)"... retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said in May 2015 that among world threats in the near term, I think the most dangerous might be Russia.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trump-james-mattis-differ-on-vladimir-putin/
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Trump supporters celebrate their victory.
"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.
http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03
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Our intel agencies are speaking out against the Donald's Russian pals so he
plans to "pare" them back.
(It's not the Russians he wants to pare back.)
Donald Trump Plans to Pare Back Top U.S. Spy Agency
http://tinyurl.com/gqz458q
Eyeball_Kid
(7,604 posts)He deserves better. Trumpy will destroy one's will to protect the nation. Mattis will come to find this to be true if he stays on.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)Trump only wants Mattis as a name brand trophy.
After all, Trump belittled the 'generals' and said he knew more than they did.
Mattis clashing with Trump transition team over Pentagon staffing
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/06/mattis-clashing-with-trump-transition-team-over-pentagon-staffing/?utm_term=.0929d081ffe7&wpisrc=nl_p1wemost-partner-1&wpmm=1
TheFrenchRazor
(2,116 posts)Martin Eden
(14,175 posts)His Manchurian candidate will try to oblige.
keithbvadu2
(40,915 posts)
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)Hand selected, Fuhrer approved.