There are some things that I optimistically look forward to with Trump as President.
Remember back in the 2016 debate with Hillary when he brought in all of the women who accused Bill Clinton of inappropriate behavior and had them seated in the front row to rattle Hillary? Well, I can’t wait for the first 2020 debate when Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal are seated up front in the audience. (Oh, and I’m sure there will be others, not to worry.)
Well, that’s the first thing I am looking forward to, but now I have a second thing I am looking forward to.
Trump removed the security clearance of John Brennan this week. He did it because Trump is a petty person with an extremely thin skin, but Trump offered the excuse (after at one point blaming the Russia investigation) that Brennan had “erratic” behavior,“increasingly frenzied commentary,” and used his clearance to “to make a series of unfounded and outrageous allegations.” (Does this sound like any current President we might know?)
In fact, in a “pot calling the kettle black” post, Trump is again continuing this line of thinking:
Has anyone looked at the mistakes that John Brennan made while serving as CIA Director? He will go down as easily the WORST in history & since getting out, he has become nothing less than a loudmouth, partisan, political hack who cannot be trusted with the secrets to our country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2018
(Of course this tweet pretty much sums up my thoughts on Trump’s latest tweet:
Fixed it! pic.twitter.com/60Q9TCBQC5
— Shit tRUmp Says…now in Russian! (@HopeHacks) August 18, 2018
But I digress.)
So the next thing I can look forward to is this: Since we have now set the precedent that all it takes for a security clearance to be revoked is erratic behavior, frenzied commentary, and unfounded and outrageous allegations, I am looking forward to Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 9:01 AM when President Trump will lose his security clearance.
And I do find it ironic that had he not been elected President, Trump himself would likely NOT have cleared the background investigation needed for a security clearance. (The foreign contacts, the repeated bankruptcy, hell even all of his marriages and infidelities would have taken years to complete.) Additionally, Jared “Nepotism” Kuschner couldn’t get security clearance for the first year (and likely only got one under direct threat from the evil emperor himself). I find it just simply astonishing that a President who wouldn’t be able to get a clearance himself is now determining who can keep their security clearances.
The world continues to turn upside down.