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turbinetree

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Thu Feb 20, 2020, 11:06 AM Feb 2020

Trump's new intelligence director has zero intelligence experience [View all]

By Emily Singer -February 20, 2020 9:57 AM

Richard Grenell has never worked in any intelligence agency, but he has spent thousands at Trump's hotel chain and earned himself a loyalty 'Trump Card.'

Donald Trump on Thursday officially appointed Richard Grenell to be acting director of national intelligence, putting a man with zero intelligence experience in charge of the country's intelligence agencies.

Grenell currently serves as the U.S. ambassador to Germany. And because he has already been confirmed by the Senate in that role, the law says Trump can move him to any other role within the government without needing to go before the Senate again for approval.

And that works out for Trump, as Grenell — who became well known as a Twitter troll for feuding with reporters on the social media platform — might have a hard time earning confirmation for a job he has no experience in.

"Ambassador Grenell was confirmed to his role as Ambassador by the Senate in April 2018, and he has years of experience working with our Intelligence Community in a number of additional positions, including as Special Envoy for Serbia-Kosovo Negotiations and as United States spokesman to the United Nations," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement on Thursday.

https://americanindependent.com/richard-grenell-donald-trump-director-of-national-intelligence-dni-ambassador-germany-twitter-troll/



November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough......................unless we go into the streets first

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