- So, former CIA Director John Brennan, a harsh critic of Donald Trump, has lost his national security clearance. Others will likely follow. It’s a new chapter in White House retribution and an old chapter in media-diversion strategy.
Here’s a bottom line that’s as telling as it is sobering: a former CIA director loses his security clearance, but Ivanka Trump keeps hers.
- There are better ways than “Truth isn’t truth” to rationalize qualms about letting your client sit down with a special prosecutor. But that’s how Rudy Ghoul-iani, who should be assigned legal counsel, worded it. Maybe he’s wary of “alternative facts.”
- “Trust me, I’m like a smart person.” That was vintage Donald Trump in the early days of his presidency. Even by then, we already like knew enough of the reality TV huckster’s mental acuity. In short, he’s neither smart nor “like smart.” He’s actually unlike a smart person.