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.
Yep, Wiles is a big problem. Still don’t trust her.
while this is true…it is also true that President Trump chose this person, and…and this is important.
it does not necessarily mean he is following ONLY Suzie wiles. He may have other advisors. I would put all my money on that being the bigger picture. Not a decision made by committee, but an executive team that provides different opinions on a broad set of truly global proportion economic decisions…one at each time…some combined for compromise to get a larger piece of the fundamentals…and we must not dismiss the very really possibility that person close to President Trump may have direct conflicts of interest…may benefit depending on how the decisions are made, what contracts are awarded. private equity deals…access to billionaire level legal representation…they all have that now. it must be very tempting….I could not do it myself. I know if I had the opportunity I might advise a certain way to benefit from it. I guess in a sense, as long as that decision is distinctly focused on no corruption by nepotism….Joe malarkey’s son…Joe himself the dotard? we cannot become hypocritical in what our grievances are. No more Nancy Pelosi’s. It’s not normal…it’s obvious wrong to do…but few can avoid the temptation…and that is what is served in DC….in large amounts….olympic sized pools of koolaid.
the problem is that this is unsustainable and it creates a reasonable rebuke, dissent from the people who elect them into office. we do not generally elect so our officials make all the inside money…and we would go to prison for doing the same things ourselves.
THAT IS THE RUB…the very essense of the issue. It’s not pro or con corporatism…or even anti capitalism…it means those things don’t exist anymore when you have a secret club that can have access to information and then make investments decisions to make significant gains in the old portfolio…that’s a crime.
it’s a crime isn’t it?
If you and I do it and get caught, we go to prison for insider trading…fraud…wire fraud…and several banking laws violated with the associated fines and added potential prison time.
So there are some legitimate questions….Are those in President Trumps advisor executive committee committed to transparency about how and what they are invested in..public or private?
we should be asking this question…things are changing…and the tech bros seem to be a major influencial group in President Trump “administration”. again, no problem with that…that’s no that issue. It’s that they are making private and secretive deals before anyone else has a chance to make the same investment if they were forced to hands off, until 30 days after that particular order, directive, regulation clarification…etc. That would make it seem to at least be more fair for investors.
I voted for President Trump…and I will again, 9 more times. (lol…a fav joke of mine).
He’s had a pattern of not keeping his people from spending the good people’s money…I suppose he thinks they deserve a lavish lifestyle…private jets and nearly unlimited vacation time…unelected. yet, spending the good people’s money…that’s kind of how I look at it. It’s just not a good look…surely, they could develop their own deals that actually require some effort…rather than knowing which company to invest, press a button, make a call, cover the trade, and in record time, you just made a 10-50 percent return…ATM money…Maybe you called your quantum and had his make couple of derivatives and throw some leverage behind that. You just traded knowledge about a deal that even your broker does not yet know about. It must be tempting. You simply continue to share with your private equity manager, or several of them and before long, you are selling money…the quid pro quo just comes naturally after a while.
it’s about fairness….and there is none. there are two separate laws that are unevenly applied.
to the have’s, one rule…basically none and even get out jail cards/pardons for fraud and theft!
to the have not’s, the other rule…you so much as make an error on you schedule A, of a whole 900 bucks, the IRS will send you are legal notice. And failing to correct or to explain the error, you will likely face a penalty and fine. Do this more than 10,000 or thereabouts…and you go to prison.
now look at the Uber wealthy, the political class….no one seems to care they committing a crime! No one talks about it. It’s like so institutionalized that it’s just assumed that is what DC politics is all about.
and that does seem like that is what it is all about.
the olympic sized pool of koolaid…bathing in it Madge..soaking in free money..press a button, make a call, do not work, make no difference in the lives of Americans, and get rich.
what do you think a person like that is going to say when the President Asks for advice on financial matters….of course you are going to want more….it’s too tempting…you might leave that part out and make the case that this particular deal is good for the administration, for the country…You know it’s being dishonest, but you just don’t talk about it..But there it is…it’s too tempting…
after a short period of time, everyone is at the olympic sized pool of koolaid.
that’s how your day goes.
and each day a little richer.
Disgusting
God Bless America
God Bless America
If she’s so bad, why does P. Trump listen to her? At some point, the problem becomes him.
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 ####.
Imagine if Our President WAS presented with a senate recess – boy howdy!!
That would be something to see.
I would bet a big cup of coffee he would move on it faster than The Flash.
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.
All three people you mentioned would never have entered the conversation 10 years ago.
2016 seems so so far in the past.
DJT is remarkable in that he apparently has a flexibility of mind and attitude, that he can separate the wheat from the chaff, far better than nearly everyone at the level of command and authority.
Our President has to live in Realville, not Utopia… the art of the possible, not the perfect.
If only…
DJT had 1/10 the support
Any
Other
President
Had upon reaching office.
Even Nixon and Reagan didn’t face the sheer Hatred our current chief executive has faced since election night 2016.
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.
Attach it to The Save America Act and we’ll find out which Senators are worried about National Security and which are worried about losing fraudulent election security!
President Trump cannot hire who he likes. He has to deal with the Senate Democrats and rino Republicans. Difficult to know which snake is the most lethal; Warner or Thune.
Hope left the building with Tulsi.
“When will you let go of human intellect and understanding, and Look to Me alone?”
🎯 Amen 🙏🏽
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. (Proverbs 3:5–6)
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD. (Jeremiah 17:5)
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!
Wow. That was great! A nice break from all politics all the time.
A verrry long time ago I watched Walken tell about his start on Broadway, at a time when actors had to know/do everything. He then got up and did a quick dance on the set – it was the early days of Inside the Actor’s Studio. Since then I have seen him show his dance moves in three movies. Fun to watch.
Okay, back to the topic at hand. I got nothing to add.
Back to it in a few minutes… first the PSA from CW
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How in the h-e double 🏒🏒 does this link not have over 50 likes? Treepers getting lame, lol. SD, please lead the way with a like.
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 agree! I was stationed there ’79-’82. Sunny, dry, cheap Jane Barbancourt rum!
Exile. Alone, no family.
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.
Perhaps it is not yet time for the fight…unless it is on our knees.
N/M
Well done! 👏👏👏👏👏
How weird, I wonder how that icon of a bot got connected with my handle…? Never seen that before.
Ad Rem…any chance either you or I can alter that?
Thank you Ad Rem et al
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?
Who’s one of them, specifically?
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Pass this FAR-AND-WIDE!!!
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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.
I like the way you think 8675310. Knew MWM was a weasel from the beginning. I rather liked Noem and wish she would have
shirked the BS (although her facial changes gave me the creeps) and kept riding the Illegals out of our country.
Homan is still riding the range but there’s way too many doggies (illegals) for one man and a good horse to handle let alone what he has to work with which I hope has improved.
Move ’em on, head ’em up
Head ’em up, move ’em on
Move ’em on, head ’em up
Rawhide!
Cut ’em out, ride ’em in
Ride ’em in, let ’em out
Cut ’em out, ride ’em in
Rawhide!
And then slaughter them. 😉
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.
Yes, Rubio has been surprisingly FANTASTIC!!!!
Isn’t smooth sailing usually a red flag.
Exactly as previously outlined.
“Our country has to shape up.”
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.
All: For some perspective, read about Jay Clayton on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Clayton_(attorney). This got my mental cogs turning. Spinning. The realms of these players, including Sundance, are fascinating.
Thanks Sundance, for the inside baseball.. it is fascinating..
If the SSCI wants Clayton… then I don’t think that I want him.
If there’s little to no opposition, then Clayton is the wrong person for the job. We need Pulte.
Are these bots in the avatar spaces? At least mine resembles WORDMAN’s (TM). 😉
I don’t think Trump’s signing anything with 702 renewal attached unless the Senate figures out how to pass the SAVE Act, …, unless Clayton is the price for the SAVE Act….
I have a different perspective. I don’t believe that Trump will use the fraudulent 2020 election outcomes when he speaks on Thursday night. After yesterday’s social media frenzy, Axios reported that President Trump’s prime-time Thursday speech from the White House is slated to include election integrity, an update on Iran and whatever else he deems important,” which was about as clear as Potomac river mud.
It’s likely that Trump will discuss the SAVE Act. If President Trump does have major election news, why would he combine a major announcement about the resumption of direct hostilities with Iran with massive election integrity news in a potpourri press conference? It seems more likely that a major election announcement would get its own press conference.
Then one day.. The Lion has to show the Jackals who he is.
IF SSCI wants Clayton it means he’s the wrong guy for the job. Another Swamp Protector no doubt. Nothing good is ever going to come from the Southern District of NY. Another bad appointee.
Have not read ALL of the comments, but c’mon guys, show some imagination!
So the SSCI says: ” yep Clayton’s our man, good to go.”
President Trump can do whatever he pleases.
Whether Clayton passes SSCI may simply be a part of his “interview”. Ooops, THEY like you, sorry pal, Next!
President Trump has been cultivating a joy of F*%king over the real poopy heads. (family blog and all).
Or, Perhaps Clayton has had a come to Jesus moment unbeknownst to SSCI or US.
Or, the whole thing is a head fake.
So Far, VSGPDJT has been playing the opposition well. Who are WE to second guess?
I suspect the Lion is about to rip the shite out of them and eat everything in his path.
Well, at least the tasty stuff. I wonder if any of these people taste like Big Macs?
If Mark Warner wants him in, I don’t
The swamp wants to stop Bill Pulte form firing their deep state comrades.
DNI nominee Jay Clayton sheds Democrats’ support by not saying Biden won 2020 election
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/15/dni-nominee-jay-clayton-sheds-democrats-support-not-saying-biden-won/?utm_content=buffer4ca4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
so, he’s either a boob or a confederate
I thought P. Trump pulled the nomination until the Save Act was passed! Pulte has 270days…what did I miss?
Hey Thune–if you’re going to attach 702 certification to this legislation for a companion vote, ATTACH THE SAVE ACT simultaneously. This will be the point to see whether it is more important to have legitimate elections or a “friend” as DNI. Still think President Trump should have nominated Ric Grennel as DNI!!
The ic wants the dig shut down. That’s the bottom line.
Yet another own goal by El Presidente