rant · moment 12 of 18
Why Does the CIA Hate Trump So Much?
from Crashing Down · #33
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
5 minContinued debate over whether CIA hostility to Trump stems from foreign policy interests like Syria pipelines versus a cover-up of a sexual blackmail operation, and how overt the conflict has become.
- 40:29Trump can't be manipulated the way other politicians can, so the CIA doesn't think they can run a snow job on him.
- 41:09Trump attacked the intelligence community and CIA directly, threatening their credibility.
- 42:01Instead of acknowledging Russian involvement in hacking, Trump completely dismissed it and acted like the CIA was crazy.
- 42:31Intelligence agency heads like John Brennan came out against Trump before the election, possibly viewing him as unfit.
- 43:03Trump operates like an authoritarian dictator with his own playbook, unlike Obama who works within normal political parameters.
- 43:30A well-meaning CIA director would want a malleable president they can brief and influence, not someone like Trump.
- 43:53The FBI had beef with the Clintons, possibly because New York office members were friendly with Rudy Giuliani.
- 44:15Whether or not human trafficking is real, there's a genuine issue between the FBI and the Clintons.
- 44:45The Clintons operate as a lawless crime family like the Bushes, accountable to nobody, yet the FBI operates similarly.
- 45:04Human trafficking might be grotesque enough to make institutions act, unlike the Franklin Scandal which the FBI shut down.
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