Of course Trump attacking “intelligence” is probably the dream come true of every one of his supporters. Unfortunately, Trump attacking our intelligence gathering community is a giant risk to the safety of all of us, and puts our very freedom at risk. This is very very dangerous stuff he’s fooling around with.
Yesterday, Trump's advisors hinted he would restructure the intelligence community.
Although the sources claim Trump is motivated by a belief that the DNI has become “bloated and politicized,” Trump’s decision would inevitably raise questions about whether he is motivated by anger over the consensus view throughout the intelligence community that Russia was behind the election hacking activities.
We as Democrats have to be harsh critics of the near Treasonous behavior, but we are usually preaching to the choir. It takes conservatives criticizing Trump and his GOP cronies to really draw some attention.
Evan McMullin, an X-CIA agent and presidential candidate, has been relentless at criticizing the national security threats Trump and the GOP represent to America. After Trump lied about having secret information about the Russian hacks that he would release Tu. or Wed. and then announced his threat to the intelligence community, McMullin went on MSNBC to denounce Trump’s threats and tweeted the following.
There are some other conservatives out there who have put their country above their party, and although we may differ with them on almost all policies, we need to join with them when they speak out to the real danger the Trump/Pence/McConnell/Ryan administration is to our country and the world.