He’s eroding the US’ capability to coup and extract wealth from other countries. Trump is squandering all the power they built up on posturing and bullshit.
Reducing CIA headcount for example. But also, fracturing US alliances, stopping USAID, removing the US from international agreements that it could use as diplomatic soft power leverage, and just being a general jackass.
So the reason they wouldn’t take buyouts is because they were offered?
But also, fracturing US alliances, stopping USAID, removing the US from international agreements that it could use as diplomatic soft power leverage, and just being a general jackass.
“General jackassery” is not going to cause the CIA to assassinate a president. The CIA are generally jackasses lol. Fracturing alliances, I’m not sure that the CIA cares and I’m not sure how much of an effect his shenanigans will actually have in the long term. Some members of the CIA might prefer if he didn’t withdraw from international agreements, but in the grand scheme of things, I imagine it’s pretty small potatoes to them. The CIA certainly has the power to slap a president that gets out of line, but it’s not as if they micromanage every decision. Is any of that really enough to make it “shocking” that they’re cooperating?
If Trump’s really kneecapping the CIA that badly, I guess it’s the one good thing he’s done. More realistically, I assume he’s greenlighting them on all sorts of horrible shit behind closed doors and couldn’t be happier with him.
He’s eroding the US’ capability to coup and extract wealth from other countries. Trump is squandering all the power they built up on posturing and bullshit.
How is he doing that?
Reducing CIA headcount for example. But also, fracturing US alliances, stopping USAID, removing the US from international agreements that it could use as diplomatic soft power leverage, and just being a general jackass.
So the reason they wouldn’t take buyouts is because they were offered?
“General jackassery” is not going to cause the CIA to assassinate a president. The CIA are generally jackasses lol. Fracturing alliances, I’m not sure that the CIA cares and I’m not sure how much of an effect his shenanigans will actually have in the long term. Some members of the CIA might prefer if he didn’t withdraw from international agreements, but in the grand scheme of things, I imagine it’s pretty small potatoes to them. The CIA certainly has the power to slap a president that gets out of line, but it’s not as if they micromanage every decision. Is any of that really enough to make it “shocking” that they’re cooperating?
If Trump’s really kneecapping the CIA that badly, I guess it’s the one good thing he’s done. More realistically, I assume he’s greenlighting them on all sorts of horrible shit behind closed doors and couldn’t be happier with him.