It's Nuts That Trump Will Soon Have Classified National Security Intelligence Briefings Again

[babylonsister]

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It’s Nuts That Trump Will Soon Have Classified National Security Intelligence Briefings Again
UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD
When he clinches the GOP nomination, the ex-president—currently under indictment for taking, hiding, and refusing to return classified docs—will have access to similar info again.
Mark Herrmann
Updated Mar. 03, 2024 2:53AM EST / Published Mar. 02, 2024 8:19PM EST

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Trump was irresponsible with government secrets while he was in office. He was irresponsible with government secrets after he left office. And Trump is now under immense financial pressure to sell information that he possesses in order to cover his debts.

When Trump becomes the Republican nominee for president, he’ll be entitled once again to receive national security briefings.

In a normal world, this wouldn’t happen. No responsible party would nominate for president a person who had disclosed classified information in the past, is under credible suspicion of having stolen and concealed classified information in the present, and who is under immense pressure to sell classified information in the future.

But here we are. Isn’t anyone else nervous about this?

[raccoon]

1. Off to Greatest with you!

To answer your question, yes, I am worried.

[Hope22]

2. Aaaa....yes!

But to be honest what he has stolen and more than likely sold or traded off has pushed me past being on high alert stress day in and day out. At this point I don’t think my nervous system can take much more. At this point the solution to TSF is beyond me getting more upset. I thought the * years were hard to survive but this, these unanswered criminal indictments, well all I can do is prepare for the worst because it is coming.

[bdamomma]

3. oh hell YES

he stole documents period. And gave our secrets to our adversaries. He will put us in jeopardy. I'm sure Vlad is just over the moon about this.


We can't let this Russian asset from getting anywhere near the WH, the stakes are too high. Believe him when he says he is out for revenge and retribution. He is our biggest THREAT.

[SergeStorms]

21. I'm sure he has Pootie on speed dial.

Whatever secrets they give Trump they're also giving to Putin.

I hope our intelligence departments are monitoring everything Trump does. The demented fool wants democracy to fail everywhere, but none so much as in our very own country.

[bdamomma]

49. Also

his band of thugs, Magats, Bannon and Stephen Miller and those Pootie loyalists in the House and Senate???

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. Screw the law

Make up BS that pumps Putin’s ego with false info. Play to win

[redqueen]

5. No because I don't think he'll be the nominee.

I hope that people stop clicking on tsf content and start engaging with content critiquing republican policies

[FarPoint]

12. tRump will be the nominee...

tRump will loose the election....Biden will win in November...

Heck....someone may already be sharing briefings with tRump....

[redqueen]

25. I hope you're right.

Tsf will be much easier to beat.

[FarPoint]

45. What I have been thinking....

We must beat tRump completely....thus the recent SCOTUS ruling is okay with me...no technical errors/oversights etc...vote with a knock out punch...I want to end this misery of chaos....

[HareKrishna]

54. You can't be serious

[Delphinus]

6. Noooooo!

I didn't remember this - and the 'effer is meeting with Victor Orban soon - please! Stop this mf criminal!

[niyad]

28. The briefings would begin after the convention, not now.

[bdamomma]

50. oh yes

he is meeting with Orban and trying to be in the Dic.....tators Club. I wonder if Carlson Tucker will be invited. All these bastards have to be stopped.

[bdamomma]

51. oh yes

he is meeting with Orban and trying to be in the Dic.....tators Club. I wonder if Carlson Tucker will be invited. All these bastards have to be stopped.

[Phoenix61]

7. Trump will not be entitled to anything.

It’s tradition to give candidates national security briefings not law. Considering that Biden barred Trump from getting them when he oil office I don’t see him allowing them because Trump’s a candidate.

[mopinko]

9. i agree.

no way joe lets this happen.

[Liberal In Texas]

13. Agreed. It isn't a law. His actions and handling of security issues in the past has shown that he ISN'T entitled.

[mountain grammy]

34. Agree

[PortTack]

53. Thank you!! You're right..no way is President Biden going to let him have Ntl security clearance

[ashredux]

8. I'm not worried. They won't tell him anything significant, I'm pretty, damn sure that.

[lindysalsagal]

56. Even while in office the career pentahon officials were keeping

The sensitive info from him. He won't get anything that's not already public.

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. In Joe I trust. This is a norm that won't be followed. Fingers crossed.

[maxrandb]

11. That will NEVER happen

It's not a law, it's a tradition started by Harry Truman.

There is no way the Biden administration would provide intel briefings to the sickfuck.

It's just not going to happen. In fact, if the unthinkable were to happen, the 14TH Amendment is probably going to be revisited during the transfer of power.

I have been extremely dismissive of the idea, but I don't see how we avoid a 2ND Civil War to put down these insurrectionist.

Hopefully, enough people will understand the actual impact of this election and vote like their very way of life is it stake.

We won't need to worry about the destruction of NATO if that fuckstick wins. We'll need to worry if NATO countries allie against a Russian/US alliance and go to war with us.

[VMA131Marine]

58. I agree ☝️

President Biden is not willingly going to give any classified information to anyone who is credibly accused of mishandling such classified information to the egregious extent that Trump has been.

If POTUS authorises Trump to have anything it will be declassified summaries.

[maxrandb]

59. Yes, unlike the media

President Biden isn't going to pretend any of this shit is normal

[surfered]

14. And with plenty of incentive to monetize that information.

Scary times!

[3825-87867]

15. Trump will be in a bit of a quandry

While it's not required, he could be the recipient of "not so real" info. Then when that info shows up elsewhere, there will be no question of guilt. Imagine the consternation he must go through. He gets briefings but if he let's "others" know what they are, he may be set up. Ketchup all over the walls.
It's happened before. Maybe not with presidential candidates but it happens in secure private work. Certain, ah, groups take a very dim view of that.
Make it so. Can't wait.

[HareKrishna]

55. Laughable nonsense.

That’s not happening.

[Bluethroughu]

16. Another reason to be kept wide awake at night.

I will get no sleep until this traitor is behind bars.

[William Seger]

17. Biden should say that he has to get a security clearance first

Biden should say that just to drive home the point that Trump couldn't possibly qualify. Of course the Rs would put up a fuss and insist on the briefings, but we need the media reporting why Biden is resisting, which would be because national security is his responsibility now, and TFG simply cannot be trusted.

If he does get them, I hope Biden's people are familiar with the kind of briefings Donny is said to have hated.

Or, how about this: Feed TFG false intel and see if it ends up in Russia.

[TSExile]

18. This whole thing is like giving an arsonist matches and gasoline...

...or a perpetual drunk the car keys. Infuriating.

[KS Toronado]

19. Feed him some top secret fake info

about Rudy, Roger Stone, anyone he loves and would run to with the fake information, people who before hand
would be set up to monitor all their communication devices.

[Half-step]

20. Perhaps the briefings could be simplified

Thanks for the reminder, and there is good reason to be alarmed.

(And this is the part where I shift from concern to sarcasm...):

If I recall correctly, TFG could not be bothered with briefings, and needed them delivered as single-pagers (which might look at after his Executive Time). So, why not super-simplify the content to something more redacted:
+ "Something happened."
+ "Credible intelligence was successfully collected with the help from someone."
+ Etc.



But yes, sarcasm aside... This is both crazy and alarming.

[OhioTim]

41. Yes

candidate briefings are very cursory and not in depth

[Freethinker65]

22. Plant some false information and wait for Trump to disclose it.

[drray23]

23. nope its not a law. Its a tradition and up to the current president

to do so. Not only nominees but often former presidents can get briefings at the discretion of the current president. This is so that they can be consulted on thorny issues that they may have gad to deal with in the past . For nominees the idea is to help facilitate transition should they win.

Given that President Biden had already cut access to these courtesy briefings for Trump, I doubt he will enable it again.

[PatSeg]

36. Thanks for that

It helps keep me from freaking out.

[louis-t]

24. Time for the FBI to tap his phone.

Dead serious.

[Emile]

26. It's frightening

[bucolic_frolic]

27. They should just feed him dog shit. He'd never know the difference. /nt

[Hugin]

29. Just hand him a children's menu from a Big Boy...

And a Sharpie.

Let ‘em go at it.

While, saying, “Who’s a good boy? You’re a good boy. Yes, you are.”

[Fla Dem]

30. Of course I'm nervous and angry. This traitor is in Putin's back pocket.

He is a danger to our country's democracy and security and the lives of all our service people. But he has used the legal system to slow walk any credible action against him. The six conservative Supreme Court Justices are compliant in any failure of the US Constitutional system.

That's why Joe Biden must win. The Democrats must keep control of the Senate and win the House of Representatives. Then enlarge the SC to 12 members and immediately appoint 3 new members.

I know this is a pipe dream to get all 3, but it's the only way I can see we can get our Nation back on the road to a strong Democracy.

[mnmoderatedem]

31. No worries. He won't attend the meetings

Remember, he said, as president, that he doesn't attend daily security briefings, because they tell him the same thing every time and he found them boring.

Now of course, if Obama or Biden had said the same thing, all hell breaks out among the cons. But it's trump, so, meh.

[MOMFUDSKI]

32. Didn't Biden stop it last

time?

[William Seger]

38. Yes, in 2021, Biden refused to continue the tradition of briefing ex-presidents

... because this one clearly couldn't be trusted.

[CanonRay]

33. I'm going to stroke out

waiting for him to stroke out.

[Texin]

35. It seems to me that he's not ever been fully WITHOUT classified information to some degree. That's part of

what Jack Smith is prosecuting in Florida (or trying to anyway) if Cannon will the the hell out of his way.

[usaf-vet]

37. When handing out the brief material give him a comic book...

....he won't know the difference.

[Kid Berwyn]

39. IC knows he works for Putin.

IMO, the spooks aren’t going to give a security threat much more than pablum.

Generic connect the dots, find the hidden words, what’s different between the two pictures…???

[Always Blue]

40. Would not qualify for

The unpaid debts and bankruptcies would disqualify him for a security clearance. People have had their clearances pulled for less than he has done. That alone should disqualify him from being considered for presidency. Should have been yelled when he was running against Hillary. Needs to be plastered every where.

[brewens]

42. My suggestion would be someone from the administration gives him his breifing in person where Trump

is only allowed to view the information and read it himself. No one else is in the room and he is not allowed to keep any of it.

I his state he wouldn't be able to coherently pass any of that on.

[dlk]

43. It seems obvious the briefing information will be sent directly to Putin

Trump will probably try to find a way to make as much money as he can from his briefings. It’s too bad all of the nouns and verbs can’t be redacted.

[Blue Idaho]

44. I believe he will use this

As an argument to drop all criminal charges related to the theft and possession of secret documents at Mar-a-Lago.

[Always Blue]

46. Test him

Give him some complete BS and see if Putin sends anyone. If they do then it would be trump.

[orthoclad]

47. They should plant some false teasers,

and see where they wind up.

[Mc Mike]

48. Do what Harry Reid said, feed him disinfo.

He won't know the difference, and it might help the US disinform Putin and his gang.

[Brother Buzz]

52. "AF" is short of fresh water

[Hermit-The-Prog]

57. The Russiapublican party seeks to destroy the U.S. for its master, Putin.

[Joinfortmill]

60. And likely so will his new $ man, Musk.

[returnee]

61. Biden must not allow this

There are many reasons why TSF should not have access to such information. Primarily that he stands accused of mishandling such information. If anything, I would suggest giving him false info monitoring his communications. If he is found to be passing the information on, arrest him.

As Beau would say, it’s just a thought.