President Trump announces via Truth Social, his intent to nominate former ODNI official John Ratcliffe to the position of Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Former DNI Ratcliffe passed through the Senate Intel Committee nomination process in 2019 after being blocked by Mitch McConnell in 2018. With a prior SSCI confirmation being successful, the path to confirming John Ratcliffe as CIA Director is essentially a foregone conclusion.
As CIA Director, John Ratcliffe will control the world’s second-most powerful intelligence agency. Ratcliffe has almost no attack vectors for the internal IC apparatus to use against him, that’s why I previously thought a role in the Trump-2 intel system would be good.
Ratcliffe was/is the lead transition team member on all things related to Intelligence. Prior rumor put him in the NatSec Advisor role, but CIA Director is a good fit. John Ratcliffe is very stable, vanilla, no drama and can be expected to deliver on the priorities of the Trump administration. He will work very well with the White House.
The concern would be Ratcliffe’s ability to remove the corrupt players within the darkest part of the darkest IC system.
The CIA operates a totally opaque budget and is the only institution in government with an allowable mandate to lie to every other element of the executive branch and every other branch. The CIA is legislative authorized to be an entirely dark operation with almost no oversight (SSCI).
All lying is legislatively lawful from the CIA, that is the structure of their authority. However, we can quickly see what that authority can lead to when corruption is running amok.
With this in mind, a guy like Ratcliffe in charge of a silo that is permitted to manipulate/lie is worth quite a bit. It will be very interesting to see how truth telling Director Ratcliffe deals with the dark aspects to the omnipotent silo he now controls.
One last word of caution. In the prior administration Ratcliffe never fought for declassification of records, which led to President Trump exiting his second term without vital issues ever seeing sunlight. As DNI John Ratcliffe never declassified the critical information that President Trump was urgently requesting in the final months of his presidency. Ratcliffe maintained the silo structure without conflict.
John Ratcliffe’s best friend is Trey Gowdy.
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Sean Hannity will likely quickly follow with ‘glowing’ reviews.
Watch for a response from those who have a table in the kitchen.
♦ The U.S State Dept and CIA operation is like a restaurant.
The Dept of State is the front of the restaurant, with the Secretary as the Maitre D’. The CIA is the back of the restaurant, the kitchen. The Director is the Chef.
The consulates are the wait staff. USAID are the food runners. The Dept of Defense are the bus boys.
The tables and chairs are assigned by the Maitre D’ according to their value. Countries viewed as more important get the best tables.
The menus offered to each nation are completely different.
Israel has a table in the kitchen.
To get the best experience, tips (bribes) are required for everyone, from the parking valets outside, to the sommelier, to the server. Currently, Ukraine is the biggest tipper.
On the oversight aspect the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is the control mechanism to approve/install the Secretary of State. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is the control mechanism to approve/install the CIA Director. Everything therein and thereafter is a system of pretending it is something else.
I know Trump has a plan but it’s getting harder and harder to see it.
So far he is mostly sticking to people who served in his first administration and held steady despite taking incoming fire, or who he has known for decades in his previous life.
Stefanik and Waltz are the main exceptions.
Remember this silent war has been going on for three generations. Waltz may have been recruited as a sleeper by team MAGA/ Team MacArthur decades ago.
Or not.
We will see.
Hey Alex, I wonder if he’s clearing out Rino’s from Congress? That would certainly be the case with Stefanik. What’s the deal with Speaker Johnson? Friend or Fabian? If a true MAGA ever got that position, it would be huge.
I think that’s exactly the case with Stephanik and articles are out claiming an effort is mounting to replace Johnson.
Fox TV News just announced that Pete Hegseth will be nominated for Secretary of Defense
I think he’s written a book about woke issues in the military
Pete has both of his legs. You are thinking of Johnny Joey Jones…
Hi Nimrodman, Pete has both his legs, I think you are thinking of Joey Jones.
Is this real
Wow this is real. Finally some good news
I started listening to his book “The War on Warriors: Behind the Betrayal of the Men Who Keep Us Free”earlier today. I think that’s the book to which you are referring. So far, it’s a good read (listen).
He also wrote an excellent book on education that sliced and diced wokeness and reintroduced the concept of the classical trivium and quadrivium Christian education that used to be the gold standard.
Very good book.
Exchange Rubio for Lara Trump, Ashley Moody, FL AG, or God forbid Casey DeSantis. Meatball does get to choose.
He claims to not want to be Senator, thinks he still has a chance to be POTUS. Not happening.
Why is Rubio still mentioned?
Still no announcement no him and only enemies suggesting him.
Do you visit a web page other than this one? Its everywhere
He was running for senate when rubio was trying to take out DJT in 2015/2016. Once rubio ran off with his tail between his legs and started running for re-election to his senate seat, RDS dropped out. He always has had higher aspirations, and often doesnt tell the truth
Ashley Moody is a dope. Jeez.
She is not a RINO.
I agree with thoughts on Stefanik.
Put her in NY were she can do little
harm.
Just have to make sure if she and her
handlers 😎😎👁️ have the same
WH aspirations in future like they
did with Nikki Haley…
those aspirations are squashed now,
and in a way that everyone remembers
As it has been said here so
many times…..
Hold on!
It’s a Roller Coaster 🎢 Ride!
And it’s the ride of a lifetime!
I suspect that Johnson is just waiting until it is safe to poke his head out or maybe he is a sleeper.
I have to do wishful thinking sometimes.
She was a bit too RINOey for some things I cared about. To counterbalance that, She did get Comey to spill part of the beans at that 2017 oversight meeting in which he admitted he did not tell the Gang of Eight their plan to destroy Trump. She did get a very DEI hire in a high position of power, Harvard President Claudine Gay, to get canned by a very liberal faculty. So it made it easier for some to not be afraid of rejecting Kamala as a “black woman” and be smeared as “raaaaycist”. She might at least call out all the anti-semites at the UN and their insane anti-west/Christian/US agendas…. maybe even tell them to move the HQ to Congo and out of New York.
I just learned the new Conclave movie… SPOILER ALERT… is about a Pope who discovers he is intersex. Not transgender. Biologically intersex.
It slams the traditional Catholic priest being considered for Pope, and elevates the intersex person as the most wonderful, deserving person. That’s why the Hollywood elites signed up, to slam the Church.
It never ends.
Sick. Just sick!
Just what the heck is intersex? Another made-up word like intersectional?
She is on NED Board of Directors.
NED was created and still acts as
arm of CYA. Works tandem with
sister organization-USAID…
Samantha Power.🤷♀️💁 Something
she failed to list on her Representative
bio website.
The newest member of NED as of
September 2024…..
NED Welcomes Victoria Nuland to the Board of Directors – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ☝️ ☝️ ☝️
Some of the other nefarious Members of that Board…
Anne Applebaum,Tim Kaine…and of course Kagan
who is Victoria Nulands husband would be part
of the who’s -who’s of that Board.
Sneaky-🐍🐍🐍
Give me a break. Stefanik is not a RINO. Jees.
LOL!
She got an F!
https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/elise-stefanik
And a Board Director of NED, a State/CIA front.
Take a look at some of these miscreants & Transhumanists . What would the Orwellian Doublespeak real meaning of Democracy mean to these creatures?
https://www.ned.org/about/board-of-directors/
Ugh.
Thank you, Colkitto. At first glance, I am unfamiliar with most of the names on the list that you so kindly provided.
But not this one! : https://www.ned.org/experts/victoria-nuland/
Yup!
Who-who’s of nefarious globalists
and neo-cons!
Then who they are married to….
Anne Applebaum….Radoslaw Sikorski…
Sikorski is the one who sent tweet of
Nordstream bubbles after blown up with—
Thanks USA
Then Nuland husband….Robert Kagan
who has been a rabid neocon for decades.
💁 🤷♀️ 💁
Some bona-fide global anarcho-tyranists on that Board. Bad company.
Thanks for verifying…
I saw that yesterday. 🤣🤣🤣
Someone posted on another platform…
That if you took her voting record and
put it against Ilhan Omar and Marjorie
Taylor Green….her score would be closer
to Ilhan Omar. 😳😳😳
I did get a chuckle over that comment,
but didn’t bother verifying or repeating
without verification.
Now I am Really laughing!
🙂 🙃 🙃 🤣 🤣 🤣
Good riddance. Send her to slither
in NY at the UN.
She actually voted for having
women included in Draft?
😳 😳
🤦♀️🤦♀️
She moderate at best, particularly on social issues.
She is a pure neo-con.
No, she is not.
No, she is just Board Member of NED.
😄 😄 Hangs out with other Board Members…
Anne Applebaum, Tim Kaine…Vicki Nuland
and her husband Kagan and has lunch.
💁 🤷♀️ Then shoots over and has dinner with
sister organization USAID, and has dinner
with Samantha Power.
Then she wraps it up with a nightcap at
CYA headquarters and gives briefing.
💁 🤷♀️ You would have to be familiar with
the workings of the underbelly of American
politics to get the full grasp.
Neo-cons and globalists all share the
same stagnant slimy swamp water.
Swamp 🐀
NED Welcomes Victoria Nuland to the Board of Directors – NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ☝️ ☝️ ☝️
Ty for the support & assist friend.
She voted with Democrats 80% of the time up until this last year when she copied up to Trump.
Cozied not copied.
My phone likes to type for me.
I agree with that assessment.
You mean like in 5-D chess? 😁
trust the plan.
two more weeks.
Now here’s Steve Bannon with an update from Epshtyn on how we’re about to win bigly.
It is what it is, let’s keep it real. Trump is a magnificent American and a wonderful leader. Whether he is surrounded by the sewer rats and scumbag grifters of the political-media class is irrelevant to his basic real plans, we all have to work to make his vision a reality and where necessary work hard to legally remove all those who oppose it.
What is your expertise/background to think you can predict his game plan?
Just look at the weasels and spineless goons he is nominating, its not hard to see…
Also not to reply to myself, but I have lost friends and family over my support for DJT. If I knew it was just going to be a replay of term one, I might not have bothered
How can you not like Brisco County Jr (TM) as our CIA director?
I am more concerned with God’s plan.
Lord, please lead President Trump in Your path.
Then no matter what happens he will be in Your perfect will.
In Jesus’ name amen.
Try opening your eyes.
Solid choice. Trump is on it folks, stop panicking!
Best buddies with roosterhead???
Doesn’t have any impact on how he will do his job.
There is a very good analysis over at Badlands media on what Gowdy did manage to do in unmasking Clinton and setting up the board on which we are now playing.
I wasn’t sure I agreed, but it did make for an interesting read.
Link?
Roosterhead was a US Attorney.
Ratcliffe was an acting US Attorney.
They have both been congressmen.
They have common ground for a friendship.
See my previous post.
Trump’s ODNI nomination will be the tell.
“… the truth shall set you free.” Let’s see if the Langley team remembers that.
Well, maybe this means that President Trump is going to get rid of that agency.
“One last word of caution. In the prior administration Ratcliffe never fought for declassification of records, which led to President Trump exiting his second term without vital issues ever seeing sunlight. As DNI John Ratcliffe never declassified the critical information that President Trump was urgently requesting in the final months of his presidency. Ratcliffe maintained the silo structure without conflict.”
I believe there were many people of good character, and a trusting disposition, who were absolutely blindsided by the level of corruption revealed during the first Trump Administration, all the way up to the President himself!
They are now four years older, and decades wiser, as to how deep and how depraved the swamp really is… I am hoping and praying that this time, they will take the words of The Who to heart!
Sidney?
No, Ms. Powell posts here as herself. Although I haven’t seen her post since the General Mike Flynn trial ended.
I hope she finds a high level position in President Trump’s administration! She’s would be very valuable with her knowledge of and experience with our corrupt Federal Judiciary!!! Godspeed Sidney Powell!
yep….he was ALL talk … NO action. Weak, jelly spine. He even comes across weak. I’m sorry he just does.
This is an excellent point. No one foresaw the lawfare that followed Trump leaving office. Same for the J6 set up. I think Trump himself was probably stunned to see what lengths they were going to to crush MAGA. Alot of people who pretended to support Trump in his first term betrayed him, ran away, and trashed him to help the media and legitimize the law fare . People who are still with him now we hope have seen the light and intend to right all the wrongs of the past 4 years.
I hope you’re right VikingMom.
Ratcliffe is a solid guy but it’s one thing to run an organization effectively but a whole different skill set to clean up an organization that is corrupt and compromised. He’ll need a HAZMAT suit to lead the CIA.
Or perhaps he’ll just be in charge of handing out pink slips.
Still want positions for general Flynn, Peter Navarro and Steve bannon. All of them have been victims of Democrat lawfare and who better to bring it to a halt.
Navarro, Grenell, Vivek, Gabbard, Paxton.
Bannon seems a loose Cannon.
Does President Trump have a team of legal tigers ready to bring historic change?
If they get in it will be in positions that do not require Senate confirmation.
As I like to call it we have Face positions and Hammer positions.
Face are those who have played nice with the Senate and are confirmable while the Hammer folks are people like Homan (czar) who don’t stand a chance at Senate confirmation but frankly will do most of the dirty work, implementing PT policies and direction.
Look for face and hammer positions within Homeland, State Dept, Intelligence, Defense and possibly DOJ.
That’s a good use of nomenclature! Thanks.
hi bogey…I read everything you write. I look forward to more.
God Bless America
I’m still holding out hope for Sarah Palin for Secretary of Energy ….
Flynn would have a hard time getting approved and Bannon is going to trial again in December.
I like all three of them too, their passion for America First agenda is undeniable.
Let’s not forget Mike Lindell and Sydney Powell
Sidney is laying low, and the “release the Kraken” may have been too much.
Like others, she may have been buried in lawfare. I love her. She explains how when rather government comes after you, you’re buried. The odds are overwhelming against you.
P.S. I thought Papadopoulos was going to showcase his $10,000 payment from the three letter agencies. What happened to that?
Agreed.
Flynn is compromised, as Sundance previously explained, nor is he “exceptional” given that he left the door open for FARA violations – which they went after him for. And Bannon is a loose Cannon, that’s why he got the boot the first time.
They should be honored and respected for all they’ve done; the president should pardon them. But not a part of the new administration.
Flynn withdrew his guilty plea, then DOJ dropped the case because their pants were down.
There’s nothing to pardon him for.
the one way to tell if nothing is being done behind the scenes against the I C is if there are no fireworks on the outside.
This is better. after the Waltz pick and Rubio rumors, I was beginning to despair.
I’m sure some picks will reflect repayment of political favors (Rubio?), and unfortunately that’s how the game is played.
I believe the Rubio pick was a way to get him out of the way…up and out as they say….
Saw a rumor that Lara Trump could be in line for his replacement.
Ron would want something in return for that to happen, he chooses the replacement.
Ugh.
Did I miss a press conference in which PDJT made Rubio official?
Because he still didn’t post an announcement on TruthSocial yet.
Favor for what? Possibly distraction by the enemedia or other entity to take heat off not-MAGA, sand-in-the-gears Thune.
Gathering enough votes in the Senate to put Scott in the leadership position?
OK, if so, that moves the needle. But does Lil Marco have that gravitas?
We don’t know what deals have been cut behind the scenes. Plus, it could be a demotion by promotion. See Stefanik, Elise.
what favor has Rubio ever done for POTUS? I can’t think of any
He campaigned for Trump.
See picture of Rubio (bubble boy), no-name and Lucy with CIA/ISIS. NGTH.
I was hoping to see he was an ally to Ken Paxton which might indicate Paxton’s potential part in the new administration.
Looks like an A hiring, I don’t know who would be better.
Ric Grenell needs a spot. SoS, or is that Vivek?
Former insiders have said Grenell is street smart and tough.
Didn’t he publish some documents when he was Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) – before Ratcliff took over?
Yes PC he did and his aggressive, patriotic interventions forced McConnell/deep state to quickly confirm Ratcliffe as ODNI. Brilliant POTUS Trump move IMO.
Grenell has continued to support POTUS Trump all along and was instrumental in organizing and expanding the Log Cabin Republicans with an assist by First Lady Melania Trump.
I am still hoping Grenell is named for SOS. Grenell as Maitre D’ and Ratcliffe as the Chef would be supportive of the restaurant owner (POTUS Trump) in decisions of menu selections. 😉
Bingo. I don’t know what an A Team looks like here, but I’d give that combo an A- / B+ – with room to excell!
Yes, Grenell forced their hand.
Vivek may replace JD in his vacated senate seat.
> One last word of caution…
> John Ratcliffe’s best friend is Trey Gowdy…
Those two paragraphs say it all.
That doesn’t have to mean a thing. It’s not as if Gowdy is Satan.
You talking about trey “history will look back fondly on jim comey” gowdy??
I’d never stomach watching him on tv, but would would bet a crisp george washington he hasn’t recanted that gem….
I’m OK with Ratcliffe here. Not real sure if there really is a better pick other than maybe Grenell or Nunes.
Hey BK,
Whats your take on Foamboy as SOS? Clearing him out of the Senate for disposal later?
Well, first I don’t know if it’s a done deal. It’s all been rumors so far.
But I’m actually for it.
1. It would remove him from the SSCI;
2. Trump runs his own foreign policy himself anyhow;
3. Give a mandate for Rubio to clean up State and as soon as he fails or betrays Trump, which wouldn’t take long,.fire him!
Basically bait him out and toss that piece of trash in the garbage.
So, Yes to your question.
Very good friend. Ty.
I think they push the rumors for themselves.
That would work for me if Rubio’s appointment actually happens, BK.
And those who keep taking the Blob media for granted, as if it has, must lack reading comprehension. It rather makes their other opinions less worthy of consideration – at least to me.
Agreed. Ratcliffe tends to generally follow orders, and I think Trump is going to expect more responsiveness out of him this time around.
This is not an agency that PDJT can deconstruct on Day 1. Not just yet.
he CAN, but at grave danger….it has to be handled expertly…with intelligence and coordination that does not put america’s national security at risk.
yes, its true…American has formidable enemies and crushing the existing cia would only serve the purpose of motivating those enemies to advance. Quietly and with great care, an overhaul of people who can step in and take the reins and avert enemy action is so incredibly important.
I frankly know of no higher priority than to do this kind of reform in a way that does not compromise this nations’ key jewels.
many people for instance have this idea that it is the might of our military capacity that makes us safe. this is simply not true.
it’s intelligence.
this one yes is going to be very hard to reform without signaling weakness and creating “opportunities”
God Bless America
Regi
You make a great point about the value of intel, but I am firm believer that it can be handled by DIA, which has oversight as opposed to no oversight CIA.
I’m all for burning that institution to the ground.
Fourth Branch of Government is an abomination well past its bury-by date.
Trying to analyze these choices not knowing the behind-the-scenes discussion is pretty meaningless.
I trust PDJT on what he is doing…”keep your friends close and your enemies closer”.
Sundance, Do you think Ratcliffe could have anticipated the oh-so-dire consequences of failing to get the things President Trump declassified executed before leaving office? Could anyone have thought it would be as bad as it was? (Besides you.)
To the doomers & gloomers: Peter & Lisa are not safe. They will have to spend that 1.5 million taxpayer money – defending themselves.
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1856484951023333853
He said he wanted to “F Trump” – I don’t recall seeing that.
The FBI was supposed to release ALL of the Page-Strok text messages. What happened to that?
Can we get them now, or would those be too distracting from the core goals?
All the texts & emails will come out in their trials.
The future is going to be AMAZING!
In August 2016, within one week of the Justice Department’s decision to open the Russia probe, Strzok sent messages to Page that said “F Trump” and “I can protect our country at so many levels.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/fbi-agent-peter-strzok-who-sent-anti-trump-tweets-fired-n900161
FYI
An X post doesn’t have to have the twitter prefix anymore to work – both will work.
X has completed the change over.
Wow, I don’t know how I missed this video during that time. What a take down! Thanks for posting this , TS!
Great Job & Ty.
Keep in mind that ALL of these people “Serve at the Pleasure of the President”, and may be terminated at any time, for any reason, or no reason at all.
Some might be “hired on” to later “fire them” and permanently eliminate them from the equation, by design or not.
I’m not smarter than Trump. But I believe his patience with backstabbers and traitors is mighty thin.
If any of these picks step out of line, for a microsecond, they will be sent packing in a heartbeat.
we dont want a drama filled term. We want a smooth 2 years or we lose at mid terms………..
Vivek says they want to move fast, and it seems like, go big.
Jimmy Carter created:
– the Depart of Education?
– the Energy Dept?
– what else?
I don’t think you understand what’s out there waiting to be revealed. At all.
Enlighten us…
He does everyday as many of us do.
So, you going to assist them in helping those of us that aren’t as enlightened understand what’s out there waiting to be revealed? Or will it just be platitudes and vaguery?
Like many others, I don’t like a lot of these picks. There are too many UniParty IC stooges getting a seat at President Trump’s table and that concerns me.
That being said, I’m done with griping and moaning about the picks. Doom and gloom will not solve anything. We need to adjust our attitudes.
With God’s help, President Trump will fix a lot of what’s broken in our country starting right now. He will make mistakes because he’s human. He will be 1000% better than Head Down Kamala, and that is good news.
Pray continually, speak truth at all times to all people and have faith in God to help us and our President to defeat our enemies.
And may God bless and protect Sundance.
Although they may look similar to the naive observer, prayer is much more effective and powerful than hand-wringing. We need to focus our effort on the former… the latter, not so much.
Amen!
In my opinion, Ric Grenell could do a lot of good as an Envoy for Europe, all of it-EU and non-EU countries. He drove Germany apoplectic as an ambassador there.
I was really hoping for SoS for Grenell. I still hope he’ll get it. I think he’s the obvious best choice.
I agree with you, he’d be excellent choice for SoS. But, I was thinking more in the line of exclusivity, for President’s eyes and ears only, like Sundance described-“Human recorder”; he could be sent all over Europe- UK, EU, Ukraine, etc. We’ll see. I’m just keeping my expectations low and hope for the best.
His Wikipedia page said the Germans found him ‘unprofessional’! That’s the best they can do?
Germans are very serious, very orderly and tidy in every aspect of their lives. So, yes, calling him “unprofessional” is an insult to them.
Just to add to my comment- I spend some portion of the year there, so it’s my personal point of view of Germany. I like Germany very much, I have to say.
Because he was tough like Trump….
Breaking: Trump Appoints Former DNI and Loyalist John Ratcliffe as CIA Director
Breitbart’s coverage
and, pray tell, who has the ability to remove the corrupt players?
Only the Lord, Which is why we should still be praying constantly for President Trump, that God would give him great wisdom and protection, and expose Any deceitful person In the admin.
Pete Hegeseth just appointed Sec. of Defense.
per FNC
Secretary of Defense.
https://x.com/stillgray/status/1856489949593293120
Rolling in hard & fast.
Incoming: crybabies
Don’t know too much about this guy.
But he just doesn’t look like the next Robert McNamara.
McNamara didn’t think he was qualified to be Sec of Defense, either.
Young, untested?
See below about the lack of ‘schools’ for cabinet jobs.
No schools for Presidents, either.
Thank God. “The Best and the Brightest” as they were called, messed up in so many ways. Viet Nam!
Either works. Try it.
X has completed the task.
FYI
At the end of his rallies Trump always looked into the camera and said dramatically “this is your country not theirs.” He is doing the best he can under the circumstances, and the time crunch before the monolithic blob consumes all in its track..
One day, one brick at a time.
BFF with Rooster Head?!?!
That erases all of the pluses and leaves a BIG FAT ZERO
John will be fine and far better than what has been available over the last 30 yrs.
I refuse to start bashing and pooping on all these positions at this time.
How is it that there is this comment that he is best pals with Trey Gowdy.
John has been loyal to Trump. Cannot say that about Gowdy. So I am holding my trash talk. Perhaps we all should.
That’s right. None of these picks have been awful dogs so far. A couple may seem to not be as ‘qualified’ as some might like.
But it harkens back to the McNamara – JFK exchange from over 60 years ago.
When Kennedy tapped him for the job, McNamara protested that he wasn’t qualified to be Secretary of Defense.
And Kennedy replied, “Look Bob, I don’t think there’s any school for Presidents, either.”
That’s somewhat what we have going on here. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Great analogy.
And bringing up McNamara was very prescient and Kennedy signed off on the creation of DIA in 1961 to counter balance against the CIA. IIRC, McNamara headed that up. 👀
And Bob did indeed stink.
I have a best friend with whom I argue about just about everything, yet our bond is strong.
Even if they’re BFFs, at least Ratcliffe hasn’t let the Rooster talking him into using his barber.
That should count for something!!
Perhaps, given where we are, Ric Grenell would be best as SoS……
I agree.
Idk, but maybe just have potential appointees worded up by Tom Homan. If they pass the Homan (“We won’t break up families, we’ll deport them together”) test, pretty sure we can rest easy.
OH no!
Weird haired do nothing trey gowdy is his friend?!
Gwawley, that is a bad omen . Gowdy is in everything only for himself. With friends like this, who needs any enemies?
And here I thought PDJT would eventually dissolve the loaded with evil Patriot Act. That remains my hope.
I like Hegseth… but not for this.
Trump nominates Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.
I’m worried he will be in over his head. The Pentagon is a viper’s pit, and he’s never run anything larger than a Vet’s organization. But who knows, he’s young and motivated. He could turn out well.
President Trump announces that he has nominated Pete Hegseth to serve in his Cabinet as The Secretary of Defense.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcOVV0ZW8AApnYD?format=png&name=900×900
Yup, it’s official since it’s on Truth Social.
Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense.
Huh? Young, untested Fox News host?
I will defer to SunDance on this pick. If SunDance thinks it is okay I’m fine with it. I’ll hush now on this one. I’ll just hope Trey doesn’t guide this guys conscience
Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter claims there are two parallel governing bodies internationally – the State Department and the C-A.
The State Dept is the official body, but the C-A gets stuff done. (Like Sundances’ analogy.)
Can we reduce the CIA head count, purge it? Since directors come and go, who actually runs the C-A?
What percentage of State Department officials are actually working in the kitchen?
A thought. There are those of us who have been reading about this stuff for years and really understand the weeds…….thanks in large part to SD. We are rightfully disappointed in some of the choices so far. However, these are in the weeds choices for those who are new to this.
Now, many of his voters who got him (and us) here are very fresh in this area of politics (the young, demographically diverse….took a huge leap of faith). Just as we laugh at the left how far down abortion, etc are in voter opinion……I doubt DNI, ODNI, main justice, etc even register a needle nudge.
Those top 3-4, economy, immigration, crime, etc are where I hope Trump puts the no nonsense bulldogs. He has already with Thomas Homan. Let’s hope he keeps with domestic bulldogs. Yes, AG will be a huge tell on the domestic front.
So, we will probably have to live with less than optimal international or in the weeds IC related choices.
We need to get this country on the right track domestically and then fight internationally. Hopefully, they don’t get us in WW III before domestic gets cleaned up.
So, I am probably off my rocker….but he may be focused on keeping the promises to a large part of this very diverse coalition. He may have traded international folks (hopefully as moderate as he could get compared to current) in exchange for domestic (America First) strength.
Let’s hope.
No, you are not off your rocker; every word you said rings true with me.
That’s some common sense there…
I’m very happy with Homan.
“…the world’s second-most powerful intelligence agency”
An interesting statement in the middle of the article. The world’s first most powerful would be who? Mossad?
Remove Rubio from Senate and from Senate Intelligence Committee…..
The small glimmer of hope I can glean here is that the political environment – in the populace – is much different than it was at the end of Trump’s last term. Not excuse making for Ratcliffe, though it may have been a decision – not declassifying – that he saw as politically expedient. Otherwise, Waltz and Ratcliffe are not what I would call inspiring picks.
Can I ask what I hope is not too obvious a question? Just where, where are the OUTSIDERS? Swamp dwellers, even though they may be better-than-other-swamp dwellers, are still Swamp dwellers!!!!! ..I really had hoped we would get some new names, outside of DC folks…yeah yeah,I get knowing the ropes inside has one aspect, but can we get some fresh eyes here? How about a new name? someone who doesn’t have a whole history in the freaking SWAMP….People who are besties with other swampers? or married to or sleeping with other swamp dwellers? how the heck are we draining the swamp when all we are is putting more swampers in there?!!!…OK rant over…
It could be that back in 2020, Ratcliffe was looking to avoid an obstruction charge trap and didn’t see the bigger picture. Now with the immunity ruling, it seems that any executive cabinet member executing the will of the president, i.e. presidential acts, would be protected by that ruling.
Time will tell…
It’s going to be the Elon & Vivek Show over at DOGE, according to a Trump Truth in the past hour.
I remain hopeful that Ron Paul will be a senior advisor there.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcOZFdHXYAA5YvF?format=jpg&name=large
For anyone unfamiliar with the acronym DOGE….
It’s the soon-to-be-created – Department Of Government Efficiency
This is the best one. DOGE. hahahaha
What happened to Ric Grenell?
I’m assuming the world’s most powerful intelligence agency is in that country that starts with an {I} and is
about the size of a Winnebago.
A Winnebago stuffed to the gills with American hundred dollar bills.
Lionthecat
Be patient.
The breakdown is spot on, and thank you. I’m glad it wasn’t Patel. It appears as though Trump is taking this run at 47 as the 1776 moment, with a sprinkle of less than America 1st. I’m wondering if Trump isn’t getting intel or daily briefings on sites like this, infowars, and the America 1st ees, we the people that know a thing or two about a thing or two—at this point.
If anyone thinks these are ill-thought-out “hip shots”, and that Pres. Trump has not spent a long time and a lot of conversations in thinning down lists, nailing down these final picks with specific purposes in mind for each and every one…..then they aren’t thinking and don’t understand PDJT’s strategic thinking. He strategizes like chess moves…what to do first, then next, then after that, then later on what’s the best move(s).
IMO each of these picks is selected for a specific critical benefit right out of the gate or in the immediate short term.
Whether or not any of these people remain for his entire term depends on too many variables to discuss or predict here.
so we help him with facts, names, dates, places, motives and everything else we can find.
that is US..the white horses.
giddy up you long soldier….you swore the oath…now PERFORM.
God Bless America
Exactly.
I want Nunez and Ben Carson in my humble opinion.
President Trump should know who to trust. Especially, after what he has been through. The ADMINISTRATIVE state must be destroyed for attacking the American people.
NO RINOS.