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DNI Dan Coats' job may be in danger, according to Trump ally

tres borrachos said:
Coats is a brilliant man. Possibly one of Trump's best picks (I've said that on here before about him).

Coats is not incompetent. Trump is.

Only an idiot would think Trump knows more about national intelligence than Dan Coats does.
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Probably. In order to get his deal, Obama ignored the opinion of the same agencies that Iran was a sponsor of terror.
President's have the right to make foolish decisions.
 
Athanasius68 said:
Probably. In order to get his deal, Obama ignored the opinion of the same agencies that Iran was a sponsor of terror.
President's have the right to make foolish decisions.
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Then I guess you won't be voting for Obama again? I didn't vote for him either time he ran.

I'm talking about the guy in the Oval Office today who doesn't know more than the generals, contrary to his idiotic claim, and who should listen to a smart and extremely qualified man like Coats. Reality TV game show hosts who have exactly zero knowledge of national intelligence should stop getting their policies from Sean Hannity.
 
Rexedgar said:
Been a Senator twice and an ambassador once; my opinion is the incompetence is elsewhere.
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I agree. His incompetence involves an inability to support the guy who hired him.
 
Re: DNI Dan Coats’ job may be in danger, according to Trump ally

Athanasius68 said:
No. When it comes to the intelligence agencies though, reasonable people will agree that Trump has some grounds for unhappiness.
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Why does RTrump take the word of Putin over our intelligence agencies, every single time?

Where have all the generals gone — Dunford, McMaster, Kelly, Mattis?

I’d hate to be SoS Pompeo right now.
 
Mycroft said:
I agree. His incompetence involves an inability to support the guy who hired him.
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The LAST thing any GOP Senator would ever say about DNI Coats is that he’s incompetent.

Coats is a Patriot, intelligent and truthful. RTrump is none of these.
 
Mycroft said:
I agree. His incompetence involves an inability to support the guy who hired him.
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Merriam-Webster:

yes-man noun
\ ˈyes-ˌman \
Definition of yes-man
: a person who agrees with everything that is said
especially : one who endorses or supports without criticism every opinion or proposal of an associate or superior

I’m not beating this topic any longer; we are just not going to agree, good evening....
 
Linc said:
Why does RTrump take the word of Putin over our intelligence agencies, every single time?

Where have all the generals gone — Dunford, McMaster, Kelly, Mattis?

I’d hate to be SoS Pompeo right now.
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Every single time? I am not aware that he has.
 
Athanasius68 said:
Obama fired Mattis years ago because he disagreed with the advice he was receiving.
The same argument...
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mattis was fired - without prior notice - because he was ****ing up the efforts of the p5+1 to negotiate a binding agreement with iran to curb its nuclear development

It's the same answer-- the president decides, not the intelligence guys. Why we would possibly want it
any other way?
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many of us would prefer a president making decisions WITH intelligence
 
justabubba said:
mattis was fired without prior notice - because he was ****ing up the efforts of the p5+1 to negotiate a binding agreement with iran to curb its nuclear development


many of us would prefer a president making decisions WITH intelligence
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Yes. Obama disagreed with what Mattis was telling him. Mattis knew far more of the subject matter than did Obama.
But that was Obama's prerogative as president.
As it is with Trump.
 
j-mac said:
Does any President have the right to have people he wants around him?
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Yes, but what we have seen for who Trump hires, then fires, 1 resignation before he could tweet. Then we see who he nominates to replace them with.

Admiral Ronnie for Veterans, the guy who stated Trump could live so long ( 200 or so) to the replacement for UN Ambassador, a State Dept spokesperson, with Fox News experience.
 
Athanasius68 said:
Yes. Obama disagreed with what Mattis was telling him. Mattis knew far more of the subject matter than did Obama.
But that was Obama's prerogative as president.
As it is with Trump.
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mattis was undermining the efforts of the p5+1 because those nuclear negotiation efforts were against his personal beliefs regarding iranian behavior

firing dan coats is not the same thing. coats' firing will be because he had the character to testify truthfully, expressing facts rather than hewing to the president's ideology, which is anything but fact-based
 
Linc said:
The LAST thing any GOP Senator would ever say about DNI Coats is that he’s incompetent.

Coats is a Patriot, intelligent and truthful. RTrump is none of these.
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And yet, it appears that Coats cannot support his boss's agenda.
 
Mycroft said:
And yet, it appears that Coats cannot support his boss's agenda.
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a presidential agenda based on lies and misrepresentation
 
Mycroft said:
And yet, it appears that Coats cannot support his boss's agenda.
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That’s because RTrump’s foreign policy agenda is based on the word of Putin, not facts, and is most certainly not in the best interests of the USA 🇺🇸 . Helsinki should have been enough.
 
Linc said:
That’s because RTrump’s foreign policy agenda is based on the word of Putin, not facts, and is most certainly not in the best interests of the USA ���� . Helsinki should have been enough.
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Nonsense
 
justabubba said:
mattis was undermining the efforts of the p5+1 because those nuclear negotiation efforts were against his personal beliefs regarding iranian behavior

firing dan coats is not the same thing. coats' firing will be because he had the character to testify truthfully, expressing facts rather than hewing to the president's ideology, which is anything but fact-based
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Yes. The non expert Obama disagreed with the expert Mattis. Mattis expressed facts concerning Iran rather than hewing to the president's ideology. So the president exercised his lawful authority.
 
Linc said:
Has RTrump ever disagreed with Vlad?
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The INF treaty comes to mind. Terminating the Iran deal. Sending lethal aid to the Ukrainian government. Increasing defense spending. Getting NATO allies to increase defense spending. Striking natural gas deals with the Baltic nations and Poland. Sending USA troops to Lithuania.
 
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