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FBI Civil War, Clinton Corruption, and Trump's Unprecedented Candor

from What Does Your Brother Do In The Navy · #82

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5 min

Long rant on whether the FBI/CIA viewed Trump as illegitimate from day one, comparisons to Clinton Foundation corruption, and Trump's strange honesty moments like the 'we do a lot of killing too' Putin response, plus JFK files declassification being a nothingburger.

In this bit10 moments
  • 13:53Tim clarifies this isn't a defense of Trump or exoneration of his administration, but says nothing would shock him given the people they've had on the show.
  • 14:38The narrative that the FBI New York office were Trump loyalists who reopened the Clinton case contradicts the idea they were in his corner.
  • 15:06Tim suggests intelligence agencies viewed Trump as illegitimate from day one, possibly because they couldn't control him the way they do other presidents.
  • 15:43The Clintons are dirty, the Clinton Foundation is a slush fund, and Hillary took money from foreign leaders buying access to the Secretary of State.
  • 16:23Trump possesses a competence in getting away with things that sets him apart from the Clintons, who play ball with the system.
  • 16:41No president has called out intelligence organizations the way Trump has, except maybe Kennedy with his secrecy speech or Eisenhower on the military-industrial complex.
  • 17:00When asked about Putin and killings in Russia, Trump said "we do a lot of killing too"—one of the few non-cringe things he's said.
  • 17:25Trump declassified Kennedy documents that nobody wanted, which turned out to be nothing burgers because they're incredibly complex.
  • 17:45The FBI has essentially functioned like the Stasi, deciding outcomes and killing people, with a possible civil war playing out within the organization.
  • 18:02Tim mentions reading an article about Hezbollah and cocaine trafficking involving the FBI.
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FBIDonald TrumpHillary ClintonClinton FoundationRudy GiulianiCIAVladimir PutinJohn F. KennedyDwight Eisenhower

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