Other times Coats has taken steps that appeared designed to appease Trump. Early last year, for instance, he carried out Trump's directive to develop new procedures for the so-calledof the names of U.S. citizens who indirectly turn up in intelligence gathering. Trump and some of his leading Republican allies in Congress had attacked the Obama administration's use of unmasking, which is common in any administration, as improper and evidence of bias against Trump officials.
Pence has talked Coats through his frustrations with Trump by"encouraging him to continue the work he's doing and reiterating that he has the support of the White House," according to one White House official. The vice president's message to Coats has been to"hold the line, and to keep doing the work he's doing," the official said.
In his new role, Coats was responsible for walking a president he hardly knew through his daily intelligence briefing. He quickly found his boss had a short attention span for the information he was providing, current and former administration officials said. Coats struggled with how to respond when Trump veered off on unrelated tangents or bluntly disagreed with the intelligence he presented — as he often did, the current and former senior administration officials said.
Trump believed it was Coats's responsibility to come up with conclusive proof he had been wiretapped, make it public and criticize the alleged eavesdropping, officials said. He repeatedly demanded that Coats get the word out that the U.S. intelligence community was biased against him, officials said.
Tensions between Trump and Coats were manageable as long as the dynamic played out behind closed doors, officials said.
Coats should not count on Pence as a close ally, he's a 🐍 !
People working in the White House have to be big boys with confidence and conviction. They should not be talked into anything.
Of course Trump would hate the intelligence community. The name alone makes him feel inadequate.
I see you haven’t learned a damn thing. Still using unnamed and anonymous sources and former people in the know. Despicable.
Govt officials part of system, they all retire, absolutely dispensable, if they resign, they are immediately replaced, no harm done
Another report from nameless individuals? Are you kidding? 😂
Fake news. There is work to be done. Giant Media keeps eating the same vomit. Eat Vomit Get a Raise must be producers dream job.
This means 25th amendment removal will happen soon
I’m sure Mr. Coats is frustrated working for someone who doesn’t listen to Verified Intel & just does what he wants, if it benefits himself.......
MeetThePress After being shamed for your two plus years of horrid, fake news reporting, maybe it's time to take a break and report on real news like the economy doing very well, low unemployment, lower taxes, return of manufacturing jobs, treason by Comey, Clapper, Brennan, McCabe, Strzok
what has pence got against him making him stay with demented don
I read somewhere that the feds have 15 intelligence agencies. Why does anyone of them make any difference?
So everytime you do this, help Trump get this kind of message out, you help the coward fire someone through the media and we lose another voice of reason in the administration. Can you really not see that you are doing that?
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So incredible. I reserve my comments cos I'm not a politician.
They look like the guys in the Muppet Show.
IN VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTION
NO one wants to work for a man that could end up sending them to jail for his corruption.
'Officials tell' here we go again...
'Please, stay! No one else WANTS the job!' 😃
jonathan4ny WHO CARES JESUS CHRIST THIS IS LEGIT GOSSIP ... we learn NOTHING from crap like this
Notice the gossip column come in large print and pictures but actual press release well that's hardly legiable MSMhatesAmerica
Despite other disagreements, the tipping point for DNI Coats came with President Trump's abrupt decision to withdraw all US troops from Syria, and Sec. Mattis’ ensuing departure, the officials say. (2/4)
Sorry don’t believe you!!!
Um, Obama admin did wiretap him. It will all come out soon don’t worry.
What does Dan Coats do anyways?
I like Dan, I’m glad he stayed.
He will resign this year.
OK, well, a real profile in courage then.
Here we go with unnamed sources again
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