Donald Trump's pint-sized ego is bruised and battered and he does't have to take it anymore. So after outgoing CIA director John Brennan suggested that Trump might have more national security responsibilities than just tweeting once he's pr*sident, Trump hit back.
The president-elect took to Twitter Sunday evening to respond to Brennan, saying over two tweets, “Oh really, couldn’t do much worse - just look at Syria (red line), Crimea, Ukraine and the build-up of Russian nukes. Not good! Was this the leaker of Fake News?”
Yep, that's the guy who's going to be running the country—ol' stumpy thumbs—dashing off tweets in a single synapse. Brennan had the gall to suggest that Trump wasn't fully aware of the danger Russia poses to our national security and, therefore, Trump concluded he leaked the unflattering intelligence dossier that was the worst kept secret in Washington. Naturally, Brennan was just trying to make a perfectly reasonable point.
“Now that he’s going to have an opportunity to do something for our national security as opposed to talking and tweeting, he’s going to have tremendous responsibility to make sure that U.S. and national security interests are protected,” Brennan said on “Fox News Sunday,” warning that the president-elect’s impulsivity could be dangerous.
Mr. Trump’s sustained criticism of the intelligence community is dangerous for more than just morale at the CIA or the FBI, Brennan said: It sends a message to other countries.
“The world is watching now what Trump says and listening very carefully,” he said. “If he doesn’t have confidence in the intelligence community, what signal does that send to our partners and allies as well as our adversaries?”
What message does it send if the country doesn't have any confidence in our commander in chief? A majority of Americans—55 percent—presently don't approve of stumpy thumbs. Worse yet, Trump’s transition to the White House has the lowest approval rating of any president in Gallup's history. That's what happens when the majority of Americans don't vote for you and you proceed to do nothing, nada, zip, zilch that inspires confidence thereafter.