When America becomes Donald Trump's ego guard

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https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/when-america-becomes-donald-trumps-ego-guard/31952/

The inconclusive American Civil War battle of Antietam, cited by historians as “America’s bloodiest day,” was distinguished by the Union commander George B. McClellan’s failure to pursue a retreat by rebel general Robert E. Lee. Such was the magnitude of this tactical blunder that President Abraham Lincoln, not ordinarily known for sarcasm, sarcastically referred to the Army of the Potomac as “McClellan’s bodyguard.” Those fatal words proved the beginning of the end for McClellan. It was time for him to go, and go he did.

When the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) informally announced that its DNI John Ratcliffe will no longer provide in-person intelligence briefings to the Congress on election security, but will instead provide written reports only, no one is fooled as to the reason why. It was done because Ratcliffe now serves as Donald Trump’s ego guard.

This is a recent example of how profoundly broken the American government is because of Donald Trump. Ratcliffe is clearly more concerned about incurring the wrath of Trump than he is about keeping Americans safe. So brittle is Trump’s ego that he cannot bear to have it exposed to open questions in Congress.

Trump has long demonstrated impatience with intelligence on election security, particularly where it involves Russia. Trump continues to side with Putin when he insists that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 election and is not a significant threat in 2020. This goes against the findings of the Pentagon, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and every other intelligence entity.

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