One thing is obvious from today, the SSCI want Jay Clayton confirmed as DNI.
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a quick, one-round, nomination hearing for Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton. The entire event lasted just under two hours with little room for controversy. It should be smooth sailing from here.
Other than a little faux resistance from SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner, the nomination hearing was otherwise unremarkable. You can always tell the position of the Intelligence Community by the positioning of their enabling structure within the SSCI. No worries ahead for Clayton.
The committee may organize a party line vote so that Democrats can maintain their resistance bona fides, but in a general sense it’s all optics during the downhill glide to the nomination. That said, what this means in the larger picture of the USIC system during the Trump administration is yet to be determined.
Obviously FISA (702) reauthorization will likely be attached by Senate Majority Leader John Thune into a legislative package for a companion vote. The SSCI and larger Senate chamber all support Clayton and FISA (702), though there may be some optics of resistance from positional republicans.
It seems pretty clear that Acting DNI Bill Pulte was put in place by the White House to stay on through the release of election-related material planned for Thursday night. This move keeps DNI Clayton away from any fallout tied to the 2020 election investigation, and if the White House can pull off a presidential presentation that grabs public attention, Clayton could step into the role later with a mandate to dig into the details of the release without being directly linked to it.
The second aspect is yet another motive for fast DNI confirmation by an SSCI apparatus that really doesn’t want to go down the rabbit hole of foreign activity in the 2020 election.
ADNI Bill Pulte and SGE John Solomon are now positioned to have one shot at grabbing political attention framed around the fraudulent 2020 election outcome on Thursday night. Soon thereafter, Clayton will take the reins at DNI and continue the goal of removing politics from the activity of the larger Intelligence Community.
Not sure they’re so much crazy about Clayton as they are desperate to get rid of Bill Pulte.
You are probably onto something there. “They” might view him as “the lesser of two evils”.
Why….WHY….would Trump nominate someone to this critical position that the corrupt IC likes????
I don’t get it. I just don’t.
You are not alone in your thoughts on this.
When I read the hearing went smoothly, I said uh oh. That’s not good for our side.
Susie Wiles, his Chief of Staff from Pfizer.
My thought exactly. Isn’t there someone in PDJT’s orbit who can get the message to him that he is losing support from those in his MAGA voter base who are paying close attention to who his appointees are, and to what those appointees are likely to do once they assume control?
And who was it in the White House who gave Trump arch-enemy David Rhodes of MS-NOW a briefing on what PDJT’s upcoming Thursday speech was going to contain?
Wiles is bought. She is a negative for MAGA.
Could CLAYTON just be another WRAY of sunshine?
Optimal solutions. Besides trying to follow President Trumps every move, when we only know what he has done today,,, makes stress and tension and anxiety go through the roof. Not going to pursue life in that manner. Pass the popcorn and sit down please. Can’t see the game! 😎
Wake up. From the beginning in 2016 there has NEVER been a senate recess where he could appoint his own choices. It’s always the Uniparty choices. He’s an amazing man to have gone back for more of this ####.
Anyone worth a shit does not stand a chance. Easy.
I always try not to forget that there are things going on that we don’t know about…yet
Always DO REMEMBER – there is no “try” (only do or not do) and “not forget” = blank forget in the deepest part of the Human mind…
because
“not” is a void, an empty, an empty nothing without any kind of substance;
so within “try not to forget” there is nothing for the mind to hold onto except ‘forget!
“Always remember” are two words that both have a positive substance that the mind CAN hold onto.
“Always Remember… that there are things going on that we don’t know about…yet”.
is a good rule to live by.
Well, I was disappointed when he chose Marco and Tulsi and RFK Jr., but have been pleasantly surprised, so I am willing to wait and see.
because the corrupt IC has to agree to it. How is this hard to understand? It must be nice to sit on your couch and think you’ve got it all figured out because you watch Fox, while he tries to save society and takes the slings and arrows. One of those just came from you, you should be ashamed, but you won’t be.
Hope left the building with Tulsi.
“When will you let go of human intellect and understanding, and Look to Me alone?”
🎯 Amen 🙏🏽
Tulsi should run for President! She is ONLY DC employee yet besides Trump willing to take on the deep state.
I thought Trump withdrew Clayton.
Think it was just paused.
One of Christopher Walken’s most memorable performances. (And he has had a great many . . .) Brilliant screenwriting, too. All the camera has to do is to sit there and film him . . . and, in the next cut, the other actor just has to “react.” (Which he does.)
More cowbell!
We sure did elect a Lion. Time to tear the Sh*t out of the Democrat/Communists and Iran.
The whole of government pounced illegally on our Lion. They shot him in the ear. They tortured his family.
I would sign on for the removal of all of them to a nice part of an island in the Caribbean…..called Gitmo.
Gitmo is way too good for these people.
I surely hope this doesn’t turn into a nothing burger.
For the benefit of Mr. Trump
There will be a show tomorrow night on MSM
The IC’s will all be there
Late of Solomon’s care, what a scene
Over men and horses, hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire
In this way, Mr. T. will challenge the world
The celebrated Mr. T
Performs his feat on Thursday at DC’s gate
John Solomon will dance and sing
As Mr. Trump flies through the ring, don’t be late
Messrs. T. and S. assure the public
Their production will be second to none
And of course Pulte the Acting DNI dances the waltz
The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. T. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. S. will demonstrate
Ten revelations he’ll undertake on solid ground
Having been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tomorrow night, Mr. T is topping the bill
And you’re saying what exactly?
Like it or not it’s ALL out of our hands! It’s ALL in God’s hands.
We would do well to listen to Saint Padre Pio: “Pray, hope, and don’t worry.”
Just amusing us with an old Beatles song
Love me Do I think it was, from there it didn’t take him long…
Faith is essential but is left wanting without Christian Soldiers to fight fight fight.
N/M
I don’t suppose Clayton will pursue election integrity or the 2020 election results. He will see nothing, say nothing like Bagpipes Barr if Warner likes him.
But at least the case of the Grand Conspiracy is proceeding in Florida, so far. I think Brennan is stii trying to get it squelched but the evidence is out and cannot be hidden again.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/23/politics/john-brennan-letter-judge-shopping-cannon
And I think it’s interesting that Sundance choose that clip, with Christopher Walken, to highlight.
Liberals accusing Trump of judge shopping is rich
Well, I hope this confirmation moves the Save Act or the million things I don’t even know about on the President’s plate.
It’s a big square dance of compromise on Trump’s part.
But in the end.
The Lion eats them all alive.
He’s one of them. Did Susie Wiles recommend him?
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Glad someone is positive about Jay Clayton.
Just color me suspicious when Congress finds a nominee acceptable.
Send Pulte to replace feeble Mark Wayne Mullin at DHS. He won’t back down from criticism.
Mullin. How do you spell p*ssy with an ‘M’?
Maidenhead
?
Mullin is a politician. He acted as a politician would, given the heat he had to take as DHS Secretary. He didn’t exhibit the courage that Bessent, Rubio, Hegseth, and other cabinet secretaries have displayed when confronted with the left’s intimidation tactics.
Small men don’t lead well when the going gets rough. And we have too many of them in DC along with the screaming harpies and shrews.
Another performance like today and 47 will either summon him to the woodshed (one time only)or kick him to the curb.
When Dems don’t object, the candidate is deep state who will do NOTHING!
“Other than a little faux resistance from SSCI Vice-Chairman Mark Warner”
Perhaps the recent demise of Sen. Graham due to a coronary event has Sen. Warner worried about “blowing a gasket”; however, I doubt it. I expected that he was going to be the head cheerleader leading the (D) opposition brigade.
For the impact of the new DNI, I am interested to see what happens after the confirmation vote.
If Pulte, Solomon and Tulsi (advisor and influence) are still around and active .. then this could backfire on the democrats and RINO’s if they were just interested in removing Pulte. Hate to even contemplate what happens if the DNI returns to pre-Tulsi form .. leaks … INTEL that publicly counters the President’s efforts and more.
Hope President Trump is quick on the trigger to FIRE Clayton if he strays off the path.
Be prepared to be disappointed on Thursday .. sure enough there will be fireworks and there will be allot of sunshine galore but ZERO changes to government and ZERO prosecutions related to the 2020 fraud that is exposed. This is all aimed at hopefully avoiding the same fraud as 2018 and 2020 during the coming November election.
If they are for him, I am agin’ him.
If the GOP had even an ounce of respect for the President or the people they’re supposed to represent, they would attach the SAVE Act as well. Instead, they’ve shown they have no respect for either.
Sundance, I have a question. I thought you praised Bill Pulte for DNI, that the SSCI wouldn’t confirm. Now you’re saying Clayton will remove politics from the IC, that the SSCI just confirmed? Why didn’t President Trump just leave Pulte as Acting DNI? I read the whole article.
I have whiplash.
To my fellow Treepers I need a break from all of this. Peace and love to all of you.
I trust no one around President Trump. I only put my faith in God.
Stated simply, in plain language … “removing politics from the DNI” is a facetious statement and = NOT supporting President Trump.
I must trust with you all that Trump is allowing this Jay nomination to go through for a good reason. Perhaps behind the scenes the save act is in the deal to allow this Jay Clayton to take DNI. I pray Jay becomes another lion like Rubio and tears the hell out of IC and the election bastards who stole 2020 and attempted to steal 2024. Ultimately in God’ s hands. I keep praying for entire cabinet and Jay will be added.
Isn’t smooth sailing usually a red flag.
Exactly as previously outlined.
This might be one of the more artfully-constructed pieces of restrained criticism that Sundance has published here in a while. The author’s underlying cynicism (maybe disgust?) is well-disguised by the writing’s somewhat benign tone…
Very few could have addressed this issue anywhere near as masterfully.
Touché, SD.