CIA agents stood for Donald Trumps entire speech because he never said they could sit down

If you’re familiar with presidential protocol, or even if you’ve watched reruns of The West Wing, you’re aware that certain people within the government will always stand when the president enters the room, and they won’t sit back down until the president tells them to. Either Donald Trump isn’t aware of that protocol, or he abused it to his advantage, when he gave a speech at the CIA over the weekend. He bragged about getting long standing ovations from them. But in reality they were standing the entire time, because he never told them to sit down.

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/cia-agents-stood-for-donald-trumps-entire-speech-because-he-never-said-they-could-sit-down/1133/

Of Course The CIA Gave Trump Standing Ovations. He Never Let Them Sit.
President Trump is bragging about his standing ovations, but he never asked CIA employees to take their seats.

WASHINGTON – While President Donald Trump brags about how hundreds of CIA employees gave him standing ovations during his Saturday visit, it should not have come as a surprise.

He never told them to sit.

The 400 agency staffers were standing when Trump entered the room, were still standing when he came to the lectern, and then remained standing through his 15 minutes of remarks.

“You know that the CIA will not sit down until the president tells them to,” said Yael Eisenstat, who spent more than half of her 13-year career in counterterrorism and intelligence work at the agency.

On Sunday morning, Trump tweeted: “Had a great meeting at CIA Headquarters yesterday, packed house, paid great respect to Wall, long standing ovations, amazing people. WIN!”

It’s unclear whether the new president understood that federal employees, regardless of the agency ― but particularly in national security fields ― will likely remain standing until he tells them otherwise. Military audiences, in the presence of their commander in chief, will absolutely remaining standing until instructed to sit.


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