Donald Trump fired Michael Atkinson, the inspector-general for America’s intelligence community . Mr Atkinson’s sin seems to have been following the law. He told Congress, as he was legally bound to do, about a whistleblower’s complaint regarding Mr Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s president, over which Mr Trump was impeached last year. Mr Atkinson’s sacking highlights, obviously, Mr Trump’s vindictiveness.
The president can be dismissive of intelligence that fails to confirm his views. He recently mocked the’s findings on current Russian electoral interference as “rumour” and “disinformation”. He can also be cavalier. Soon after taking office, he revealed classified information provided by an American ally to Russia’s foreign minister. In August 2019, after an Iranian rocket launch failed, Mr Trump tweeted an image of the launch site that probably came from a spy satellite or drone.
Some harms from this behaviour are clear. Revealing sensitive information makes others warier of sharing it with America, which risks leaving America less informed about its adversaries. A president with more respect for theofficials seem less likely, with Mr Grenell asOther harms are more nebulous and harder to forecast. Because theworks in the shadows, its successes tend to be secret and its failures evident only in retrospect. Perhaps Mr Trump will be lucky.
This may reverse under a different president. So could, with enough time and reassurances, other countries’ wariness to share their secrets. But a second Trump term could leave theless a collection of independent analysts than an institution with broad powers to operate in secret for the president’s personal and political benefit—without, as Mr Atkinson’s sacking warns, any real oversight.
Donald Trumps wants Intelligence Services to Serve the People not a bunch of faceless masters working against The People.
Intelligence agencies must find how deadly virus covered whole world. Who all are behind these? In India we have seen who have done these. And they must be punished.
Cognitive dissonance at its finest.
He wants the whole apparatus of U.S. intelligence to be an echo chamber of his idiosyncratic mood. He wants to be the one knowing without investigating or deep diving into the substance somehow specific to leaders of higher understanding. Separation of powers meant to defeat it.
He definitely has intelligence issues
Never, ever put “Donald Trump “ and “intelligence” in the same sentence again. Never. Thank you.
And Dr's instructed by the CDC
He followed the Advice of this guy
Honesty? 🤔
Considering he has the intelligence of a gnat, I'm hardly surprised
Well, we all know Trumpy Boy is an egotistical megalomaniac ... so what else would one expect?
SEEMS to want? Thanks for my morning laugh.
Ok. But are they allowed to be personally loyal to the opposition candidates son‘s business intrests?
Usually that’s the stuff of despots and banana republics the way realDonaldTrump is going he will have the US there by election time so maybe it’s just his superior intellect coming to bear again whatanidiot
You missing the point and quite a obvious one. These services were captured by the Democrats which you will agree in its current form resemble’s a terrorist organization to western standards and culture and the American people. I know you trying to sell a narrative but really
Sounds like facsim...
Loyalty must be aimed at principles and institutions instead of persons.
Intelligence and Trump dont really fit well together, now do they?
Well he may succeed only and only if: An AmericanPresident have ever done it before and went away free. Those institutions are loyal to American citizens and their affair only not to a 4yrs or 8maximum individual. An obnoxious behavior! Your inteligence is America
Butt kissing.
No! I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Wrong! He wants those intelligence services to be loyal to their country and not the Democrat Party.
He watched too many movies
Subservience.
Intelligence?
Is the Economist loyal to its Europe Editor? The one who said Boris Johnson was faking his illness. If so then The Economist should not be casting stones at ANYONE!
Well that is a d-bag headline that only d-bags would buy into of course. They should be loyal to him since he happens to be their commander in chief. But the Economist and its idiot followers think that US intelligence should be loyal to hostile states instead. Propaganda☝️
They are not there to oust Trump on make up charges
Trump is presently giving a speech to the 'services.....'
The USA is barely a democracy. Barely.
He wants to be Putin isn’t it obvious ?
TRUMP approval rating going UP and UP and UUUUUUP!!!! TRUMP2020KAG!!!!
Is he standing by a Socialism or communism or authoritarianism?
Trump wants Intelligence services staff to be loyal to this country and the constitution. Too bad it is such a challenge to get that.
How about not being their own cabel and loyal to people who were not elected to office that are forwarding an objective that is not in the best interest of the majority of Americans
Methinks you try to over analyse too much . This is simple: he does not want anything to prevent him being re-elected. He does not give a flying f for institutions or the right thing to do
U guys cant stop eating shit i can see the covid 19 coming out yur mouths
CRuehlicke Ya think
brianoloughlin9 I mean we've known this since the moment he fired Comey.
Please.
Seems to want?
No shit Sherlock
Hot take there, The Economist.
Are you talking about the Russian 'Collusion' crowd. Maybe the Ukrainian phone call farce that lead to the Dems laughable impeachment. Impeachment based on opinions from Bureaucrats Liberal Attorneys and Academics
America is fasting forwarding from 1919 straight to 1933
Did this take you almost his entire 4 years to notice?
Come on. Keep up.
Then it’s not “intelligence”. 🤷♀️ As a leader, why wouldn’t you want to know the truth?
trumpism is fascism
He yells it at the top of his lungs. He's not being subtle about it at all.
SEEMS? 'Donald Trump is destroying Intelligence Community to form a Trump-Loyalist' Pseudo Intelligence Community who ask Trump what he wants them to say.' THERE - FIXED IT FOR YOU. sheesh.
Really. Where have you been?
Tighten up your reporting. Seems?
You don’t say...
Yes, choose anti trump to work for him that would be good ideas, dummies
By analytical and independent you mean politically biased
Sounds reasonable to me!
Loyalty is critical to any administration or news outlet. The others come with the selection process. A President should not have to be fighting internal counter insurgence attacks from a government department.
We’ve known this for years!
Seems? Really?
'seems to want' Hey guys I think this guy might not care about the truth
Did the leaders of our intelligence agencies under the last administration seem independent to you? They failed their responsibilities, period! President Trump is trying to right that wrong.
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