Why did the CIA clap for Dump today?

[SHRED]

I saw the clip.

WTF??

[msongs]

1. odds are that they are trump plants excpt maybe for polite clapping as a greeting nt

[Stinky The Clown]

2. 15 people trotted out to meet the new boss clapped.

The attending leadership did not.

The Agency did not.

[underthematrix]

3. They were being polite.

[Warpy]

4. That was his claque

He never leaves home without them.

[bdamomma]

22. or his posse

chump the mobster

[juxtaposed]

5. trump brings 50+ ppl with him everywhere to cheer him on, Fact! Google it.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Never changes does it.

[juxtaposed]

12. should we expect less

[chillfactor]

6. per MSNBC..

the people in the room who were persons employed by the CIA did not clap or laugh about the orange ones jokes per reporters who were in the room...quoted by Lawrence.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. The clapping was probably by Trump's supporters

like at the press conference.

[tblue37]

8. Trump travels with his own "live studio audience." I suspect the clappers and cheerers were Trump

staff planted there. The press pool said the clappers were sitting along the sides and no one knew who they were. Also, I don't see the CIA as enthusiastic hooters and hollerers.

If actual CIA people really did clap and cheer, it would have to be because they were a self-selected pro-Trump cohort, like the NYC cabal in the FBI that fed info to Giuliani.

[GP6971]

9. they were told to. n/t

[Cha]

11. drumpf brought his own sycophant cheering section.. FAKE news

saw a tweet on it.

[Hekate]

13. Just watched Don Lemon & panel on CNN. A woman (the only one at that point) said ...

...that Trump had staff with him (applause); and that attendance at this meeting was voluntary, which meant that only those who like Red Don were there (applause); and finally, she phoned a contact within the agency who said CIA people are predisposed to prefer those who live in the fact based world, and most of them don't like Trump (sad).

[Doreen]

14. I know this is childish but I just have to,

If Trump has paid clappers does that mean he has the clap? I know it is bad but...well...uh....yeah.

[Ms. Toad]

15. In checking this out - I found this:

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fec-case-exposes-paid-actor-trump-supporters-859613763970

(The "supporters" at Trump's announcement were paid actors.)

[Solly Mack]

16. Trump is taking his cue from other petty little tyrants who bring their cheering squad

with them wherever they go.

They don't just bring people in uniforms, they bring people in uniforms who know when to nod in agreement and clap on cue.

Trump is doing the same, though so far none of them are wearing uniforms.


Jong-un

[dalton99a]

20. Kim Jong-un had people executed for "insufficient clapping"

[Solly Mack]

21. I wouldn't doubt it.

Trump will probably fire them and sue them into poverty.

Or send them to GTMO.

[truebluegreen]

17. Apparently they didn't.

People seated in front were unmoved. Clapping came from the sides and back of the room, probably part of Cheeto's entourage.

It's amuses me that Cheeto and/or his handlers think people would believe spooks are likely to demonstrate their feelings, whatever those might be.

[arthritisR_US]

18. Career senior personnel did not clap or respond at any time

during the shitgibbon's performance, it was only the minor handpicked minions that did.

[SHRED]

24. Isn't this insulting to the CIA?

Trump's an idiot.

[arthritisR_US]

29. It is insulting and worrying.

[doc03]

19. They gave him a five minute standing ovation of course there

were no chairs in the room. Fox News

[Laura PourMeADrink]

23. Here's the live feed

[tinrobot]

25. He brings along an audience to clap for him...

They are paid staffers.

Someone needs to turn the cameras on them and reveal the charade.

[Barack_America]

26. Because they're spies.

They don't do obvious.

[MFM008]

27. we couldnt see the room

only his fat ass.
Could have been his staffers.
Hard to think CIA would carry on like that in front of their wall of dead.

[democratisphere]

28. Awkward Moment?

What else can the CIA do when STANDING before him.