John Ratcliffe

The Signal Chat Leak About Yemen Attack An Unmitigated Disaster, Indicates Total Recklessness And Incompetence Of Trump!

A true disaster is the best way to describe the Signal Chat Leak about the attack on Yemen, which included a journalist by blunder, and revealed secret intelligence information, which could have killed military personnel involved in the military strike on the terrorist group, the Houthis.

Donald Trump refused to take any responsibility for the horrendous blundering by his Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth; his Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard; his National Security Adviser Michael Waltz; and his CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

No one is taking the blame and being fired or resigning, but if this had happened under Joe Biden’s Presidency, Republicans would be calling for the heads of the agencies mentioned above.

Republicans incessantly went after Hillary Clinton’s emails during the 2016 Presidential campaign, but now Donald Trump acts distantly from the controversy, calling it “a witch hunt”, his favored term to attack all critics on any issue or controversy that arises.

This controversy also undermines our foreign allies’ trust in the United States, as it is clear that Trump and his intelligence and defense leadership is incompetent, arrogant, and more interested in cozying up to dictators, rather than democracies!

Removal Of Dan Coats As Director Of National Intelligence A Warning Sign On Foreign Policy For America

The decision of Donald Trump to remove Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence is a major blow to the intelligence community and a danger sign on foreign policy for America.

Coats handled his job in a professional manner, often contradicting Trump on many national security issues.

Coats knew that Russia had intervened to help Trump win the Presidential Election of 2016, and was continuing to interfere in the upcoming Presidential Election of 2020 to help Trump once again.

Coats knew that North Korea was playing Trump for a fool, and will not ever denuclearize.

Coats knew that the Iran Nuclear Deal was working, and that breaking the treaty, supported by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, along with China and Russia, was a mistake.

Coats knew that ISIS (ISIL) is still a threat to promote terrorism in the Middle East, despite it losing its territorial base.

Coats knew that Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman arranged the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post journalist, at the embassy in Turkey last year, despite Trump refusing to accept that reality.

It is Coats and other intelligence officials and agencies who have been leading the fight against the dangers presented by Donald Trump.

And it is good to see some Republicans, including Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina making clear that proposed replacement, Congressman John Ratcliffe of Texas, was totally unqualified to replace Coats.

The future security and safety of the United States is endangered every day Donald Trump remains as President of the United States!