Interview · moment 5 of 23
Obama's Compliance vs. Trump's War with the CIA
from #259 - Independence Day with Glenn Greenwald | The Tim Dillon Show · #259
4 min
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Greenwald contrasts Obama's easy co-option by the security state with Trump's inferiority-complex-driven hostility toward the CIA/FBI, including the Comey Steele dossier briefing and Trump's public feuding with intelligence agencies before inauguration.
- Trump's Queens background and inferiority complex toward Manhattan establishment shaped his hostility toward institutions.
- CIA and FBI worked against Trump starting in 2016 campaign; both prior CIA directors endorsed Hillary Clinton.
- Trump immediately turned against the CIA after winning, and they moved against him from the start.
- Trump mocked the CIA for claiming Russia won him the election, citing their Iraq weapons of mass destruction lie.
- Chuck Schumer warned Trump on Rachel Maddow that the CIA has six ways to get back at you if you mess with them.
- Most people don't understand what the CIA actually does or how it operates.
- The CIA functions as the enforcement arm of the military-industrial complex and deep state, paving the way for corporate and defense interests.
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