President Trump calls-in to Fox and Friends for an interview discussing Kamala Harris VP selection in Tim Walz. WATCH:

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President Trump also answered questions from the audience attending the Sturgis Motorcycle rally.

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President Trump has announced via Truth Social that Elon Musk will be hosting a conversation between himself and President Trump.

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— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) August 6, 2024

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(New York Times) – Former President Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he would be interviewed next week by Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X and a former skeptic who has come to embrace his candidacy.

In a post on his own social media site, Truth Social, Mr. Trump said that their conversation would happen on Monday night and that details would follow.  Representatives for the Trump campaign and for X did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday. (more)

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UPDATE: 8pm ET password removed.

Remember, in this series my goal is more to describe the needs of some critical Executive Branch positions from a very practical, non-pretending, perspective of what happens within specific offices.  This outline is going to be a little odd, because almost no one knows what the position of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is about.

The ODNI was created as an outcome of the 9-11 Commission recommendations.  In the era shortly after 9/11, the DC national security apparatus was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose.

Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01.  DHS came along in 2002, and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the ODNI was formed. 

When Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived a few years later, those newly formed institutions were viewed as opportunities to create a very specific national security apparatus that would focus almost exclusively against their political opposition.

Here is the weird part.  The ODNI was formed in 2004, with the intent for the office to be the pivot point of a national security radar.   The DNI was intended to provide information to domestic agencies about foreign terror networks that would prevent something like 9-11 from happening again.  However, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has never, not for one day, operated on this intent.   This is why they are such a critical position from my perspective.

The office was new, not established yet as a functioning silo, when Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived in 2009.  They quickly dispatched an idiot, James Clapper, into the operation so they could weaponize around the offices’ fulcrum point.

Prior to the DNI office existing, the CIA radar would sweep externally and then report to the Office of the President. The DNI was intended to take external radar sweep (CIA) and make it a full 360° circle, adding a sweep inside the USA that would be handled by the Dept of Homeland Security.

The DHS sweep and the CIA sweep would then be combined into a central collection hub called the ODNI.  Everyone with responsibility for “national security” could access the ODNI material. Essentially and presumably, post 9-11 nothing like jihadists practicing to fly airplanes would be missed again; at least that was the intent.

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Barron Trump likes to watch Adin Ross and the audience Ross creates with his podcast is very unique and young.  Old media is dead for the majority of young people and younger voters, instead it’s podcasting and live-stream content that catches their attention.

President Trump knows the value of connecting to the audience on their terms and their platforms.  This is a really cool interview that covers a lot of subjects.  There is a segment where President Trump plays the “one word” game with people Adin Ross puts on screen [44:00 mark]: it’s quite funny.

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This is a good video to put context to his familiar linguistic jingle that we keep hearing from Democrats, “our democracy.” [Citation]

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— Devout American (@AmericanDevout) August 5, 2024

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The professional elements within the top floors of the Democrat apparatus, I’m specifically mentioning the people very close to Obama, genuinely do not believe Kamala Harris stands a chance at winning. FYI, I’ll have more on this later.

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Password removed from this post (only) to permit larger dissemination.

There are many very important positions related to the expectations we hold for President Trump.  Having spent years deep inside the actual workings of the current professional DC silos, I can tell you most of those expectations are very challenging to achieve.

In one 4-year term President Trump can set the cornerstone for a reconstruction effort that will take at least 15 years.  [Reference, Team Obama used 18+ years to create it (January 2007 to present)].

In this series my goal is more to describe the needs of some critical positions from a very practical, non-pretending, perspective of what happens within specific offices.  I already discussed two critical positions that do not require IC approval (Emissary and NatSec Advisor) today I outline a third, the White House Counsel.

The Office of White House Counsel does not need IC/Senate approval.

The Office of the White House Counsel (WHC) is the gatekeeper to the Office of the President.  The White House Counsel does not represent Donald Trump; the WHC represents the office of the presidency and the person fulfilling the duty of the presidency.   For the interests of an effective White House Counsel, who is president is irrelevant; they are guarding the office.

The WHC is critical because it is the advice and opinion of the lawyer in this role who can completely hamstring a President, block a President and ultimately control a President.  The WHC also party controls access to the Office of the President, if the person seeking access is determined detrimental to the “office of the president.”

Essentially a legal gatekeeper, with the job to protect the office of the President (not Donald Trump the person), the White House Counsel is very critical.  Understanding that lawyers in general are averse to risk, and understanding a White House primary lawyer would be exceptionally averse to risk, most White House counsel office holders are predisposed to create the concentric circles of protection around the office.

The WHC coordinates the collapse of the concentric circles when major crisis unfolds.  Starting on the perimeter the WHC organizes the people who will take responsibility for a major problem, with the goal in mind to keep the collateral damage as far away from the office as possible.  Like a mob lawyer, the consigliere will tell a person when they must take the blame -self immolate- and exit the White House for the good of the office etc.

That said, there was a very important facet to the White House Counsel’s office that failed in Trump’s first term.  This failure cannot be repeated.

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I’m just catching up on some events that I have missed.  The first press conference by the U.S. Secret Service about the Trump assassination attempt was alarming.  This is the first time the media had to question USSS since the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Fox News host Jesse Watters does a good job summarizing the event and encapsulating the largest takeaways from the briefing.

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The full press briefing is below.

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President Donald J. Trump, and his running mate J.D. Vance, will be in Atlanta today for a rally at Georgia State University Convocation Center.  Doors for the rally open at 1 pm, and the rally is scheduled to begin at 3 pm.  Thousands of people showed up early in the morning ahead of the rally.  Vance is scheduled to speak at 4 pm, and President Trump is scheduled to speak at 5 pm.

LIVESTREAM LINKS…

Right Side on YouTube –  Right Side on Rumble –  Fox 5 Atlanta – C-SPAN live at 6pm

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This is a little awkward. Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appears to have accidentally posted a video on her X-account celebrating Kamala choosing Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro as her Vice-Presidential nominee. [Source Link] A little awkward.

Proud to be back with so many leaders from across our region supporting @KamalaHarris for President and @JoshShapiroPA for VP! We are One CITY, One REGION, and ONE Commonwealth United! @PADems @PhillyDems @Joanna4PA @PADemsChair @IBEW98 @RepHarris @PALaborers pic.twitter.com/Rh1ojbRjcr

— Cherelle Parker (@PeopleforParker) August 2, 2024

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