President Donald Trump announced that he has named Richard Grenell, a staunch loyalist and US ambassador to Germany, as acting spy chief. #CNN #News
Trump taps staunch loyalist as acting intelligence chief
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Sounds right. We have a president with no intelligence experience either.
no intelligence AND experience also
Big ups
Good one.
Lol
Now, he’s hell-bent for destruction, he’s afraid and confused
And his brain has been mismanaged with great skill
All he believe are his eyes
And his eyes, they just tell him lies.
But there’s a woman on my block
Sitting there in a cold chill
She say who gonna take away his license to kill ?
Only if Trump appoints a radical leftist in his cabinet will Fake News support that. Wait a minute, I forgot …..resist everything. They would hate him also.
Trump’s has to surround himself with “Yes” men. That’s the number one rule of a Mafia crime boss
Haven’t like 60 people been forced to resign because they absolutely hate working for this obese lard in the office.
Is that all you got? Can’t stand Trump winning so much. He’s got more don’t in less than one term than Obama got done in 8 years.
Can anybody really say what Trump has done specifically for this country? If not then you guys only like a racist because you’re racist. Simple math really.
@William H Music 2020 Donald Trump have had eight individuals indicted and prosecuted what are you talkin about.
@Richard Gutierrez no one seems to want to tell the truth, but one thing about the truth a la is a lie until the truth comes and set the lie free . 45% American population A bunch of racists in America still clinging to that old Civil War treasonous Confederate flag, gun in one hand, Bible in the oven holy scriptures of love happiness and togetherness while burning crosses of racial hate ignorance and stupidity just rejects leftover from their so-called heyday when they could get away with anything not talking about you if it’s not you.
I can actually picture Vladimir Putin literally crying tears of joy right now. He’s achieved more to weaken America than anyone else before. He’s gotten more than he could ever have imagined.
With President Obama you don’t have to go back to no videos, to know he always was looking at peaceful policies among superpowers that’s for sure. He understood he was dealing with a racist do-nothing congress he had to work around so I’m sure he was saying man the man don’t worry about them when it comes to we can get down. Unlike pathological lying Donald Trump , make-believe gangster, pimp, con man, professional liar, mafia boss Putin have played this useful idiot. And the Russian bear have nailed the American Eagle to the cross. Keep believing Donald Trump got you a victory instead of a loss pathological lying con men always sell you off.
My question: is this the year that China’s dictator Xi Jinping going to try to take control of the illiterate, cortical atrophied Trump? 🤪
@Chris DiDomenico Don’t call me a “libtard. I am a Republican turned Independent, and voted Republican (but not for Trump). You must have been looking in the mirror when you called me crude names. That foul mouth and name-calling reflects on *you*.
@Tigers Wood Not true? You watch too much FOX and OA. Read the *_documents!_*
@Chris DiDomenico “Toughest sanctions ever”?! Does that include meetings in the Oval Office? And _who_ put the sanctions … Trump … or *_Congress?_*
What the hell I thought I was going to get that job I do air-conditioning and heating but I’m just as qualified very unfair very very unfair
Jackie Treehorn, good deal. Bring that old 502. We won’t vent it to the atmosphere since that’s illegal. But I haven’t seen any laws against filtering it through Donald. This’ll be great fun!
@Jackie Treehorn Careful not so loud, next thing you know there is a lineup of people at my door. All they want to do is love me…. Just kidding you see, you can create an enemy with one word. To have friends and build relation ship its an art form, and trust me I am an artist. And don’t think I’m going to give you a break, bringing the toolbox to the roof, you asked for it and you will get it. Maybe I will think about the compressor but that’s about it. Peace, love and happiness. I don’t care where on earth anybody lives. We are all the same.
@Brian Walsh You actually believe he would understand half of the words that you have said. Don’t forget you are dealing with a seven-year-old and if you mention R-12 he thinks you are talking about 12 Republicans, and by the way, if I want to be vice president. I’m not going to talk unless I’m next to a helicopter. And I am sticking with my story.
@Joe Bertolini Don’t get mad at him he is doing his best, honestly it blows my mind when I see this kind of a common people say no clue or education. No wonder they love orange man
@Joe Bertolini Don’t worry my friends it’s a piece of cake. Only the first 28 years is the hard part. The rest of the way is easy sailing
Richard Grenell = John Bolton
Richard GrenellFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchRichard Grenell Acting Director of National IntelligenceDesignateAssuming office
February 20, 2020PresidentDonald TrumpSucceedingJoseph MaguireUnited States Ambassador to GermanyIn office
May 8, 2018 – February 2020PresidentDonald TrumpPreceded byJohn B. EmersonPersonal detailsBorn (1966-09-18) September 18, 1966 (age 53)
Jenison, Michigan, U.S.Political partyRepublicanDomestic partnerMatt LashleyEducationEvangel University (BA)
Harvard University (MPA)Richard Allen Grenell (born September 18, 1966) is the current United States Ambassador to Germany. He previously served as U.S. spokesman under four ambassadors at the United Nations. Grenell served for a time as foreign policy spokesperson for Mitt Romney in his 2012 campaign for President of the United States, becoming the first openly gay spokesperson for a Republican presidential candidate.[1][2] In September 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Grenell to be U.S. Ambassador to Germany.[3] He was confirmed by the United States Senate by a vote of 56 to 42 on April 26, 2018.[4] He presented his credentials to the President of Germany on May 8, 2018.[5] On February 19, 2020, President Trump announced his intention to install Grenell as the acting Director of National Intelligence.[6] Contents1 Early life and education2 Career 2.1 United Nations (2001–2008)2.2 2009–20172.3 Ambassador to Germany2.4 Expected acting director of national intelligence appointment3 Personal life4 References5 External linksEarly life and education[edit]Grenell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Government and Public Administration from Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. He received a master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government [7] Career[edit]Prior to his post at the UN, Grenell was a political adviser to a number of prominent Republicans, including George Pataki and Dave Camp.[8] United Nations (2001–2008)[edit] Grenell voting at a UN Security Council meeting in 2005In 2001, Grenell was appointed by President George W. Bush as Director of Communications and Public Diplomacy for the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Serving in that role until 2008, Grenell became the longest-serving U.S. spokesman at the United Nations, advising four different U.S. Ambassadors. During his tenure, Grenell led communication strategies on such issues as the War on Terror, global peacekeeping operations, Iran and North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, and the UN Oil for Food corruption scandal.[7] 2009–2017[edit]In 2009, Grenell founded Capitol Media Partners, an international strategic media and public affairs consultancy with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Washington, D.C.[7] He was under contract with Fox News where he worked as a contributor, commenting on foreign affairs and the media.[9][10] He has written for The Wall Street Journal,[11][12] CBS News,[13][14] CNN,[15] Politico,[16] Huffington Post,[17] The Washington Times,[18] Newsmax,[19] and Al Jazeera.[20] In 2012, CNN ranked Grenell’s social media outreach as one of the top 5,[21] and Time magazine named Grenell as one of the Top 10 Political Twitter Feeds of 2014.[22] In 2013, Grenell was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[23] Ambassador to Germany[edit] Grenell (left) with Berlin Governing Mayor Michael Müller in 2018In September 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Grenell to become the United States Ambassador to Germany. After a significant delay, the Senate confirmed Grenell 56–42 on April 26, 2018.[24] He was sworn in by Vice President Mike Pence on May 7, 2018, making Grenell the highest-ranking openly gay official ever in a Republican administration.[25][26] Grenell was also under consideration for the posts of U.S. Ambassador to NATO and United States Ambassador to the United Nations.[27][28] In May 2018, within hours of taking office in Berlin as US Ambassador, Grenell offended diplomats and business leaders when he tweeted that “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.”[29] The tweet was widely perceived as a threat, with the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, commenting that “This man was accredited as ambassador only yesterday. To give German businesses such orders … that’s just not how you can treat your allies.”[30] The leader of Germany’s Social Democratic Party stated that Grenell “does appear to need some tutoring” in the “fine art of diplomacy”, while the Die Linke party urged the Merkel government to summon Grenell to explain his comments.[30] In June 2018, Grenell stirred controversy by telling Breitbart News, “I absolutely want to empower other conservatives throughout Europe, other leaders.”[31] It was viewed as anti-establishment.[32][33] This was described as a breach of diplomatic protocol and a breach of Article 14 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which requires ambassadors to be politically neutral in the domestic politics of the countries where they serve.[34][31] Prominent German politicians called for Grenell’s dismissal.[35][36][37][38] Martin Schulz, former leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, said, “What this man is doing is unheard of in international diplomacy. If a German ambassador were to say in Washington that he is there to boost the Democrats, he would have been kicked out immediately.”[35] Grenell was a regular contributor on Fox News’s Tucker Carlson Tonight during the first few months of his Ambassadorship in Germany. In November 2018 he made an appearance where he repeated his criticism of Angela Merkel’s immigration policies and compared her unfavorably to the recently-elected Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz, whom he claimed “won in a very big way” because of his strict stance on immigration. The magazine Der Spiegel called it a “thinly veiled call for a change of government in Berlin”.[34] In December 2018, during the affair surrounding Der Spiegel journalist Claas Relotius, Grenell wrote to the magazine complaining about an anti-American institutional bias (“Anti-Amerikanismus”) and asked for an independent investigation.[39][40] Grenell wrote that “These fake news stories largely focus on U.S. policies and certain segments of the American people.”[41] In January 2019, Grenell told Handelsblatt that European companies participating in the construction of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline are “always in danger, because sanctions are always possible”. The Trump administration has long opposed the Russian-backed Nord Stream 2 — a pipeline for delivering natural gas from Russia to Germany.[42] Within that context he also sent letters to German companies involved in the construction of said Nord Stream 2, threatening sanctions.[43] In response, Angela Merkel’s successor as leader of the Christian Democrat Union, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, stated that “The American Ambassador operates in a, shall I say, somewhat unusual diplomatic manner.”[44] Der Spiegel published a profile of Grenell on January 11, 2019, using interviews with 30 “American and German diplomats, cabinet members, lawmakers, high-ranking officials, lobbyists and think tank experts”. The magazine claimed that “Almost all of these sources paint an unflattering portrait of the ambassador, one remarkably similar to Donald Trump, the man who sent him to Berlin. A majority of them describe Grenell as a vain, narcissistic person who dishes out aggressively, but can barely handle criticism.” The profile claimed that Grenell is politically isolated in Berlin because of his association with the far-right Alternative for Germany Party, causing the leaders of the mainstream German parties, including the Chancellor herself, to avoid contact with him.[34] The sources claimed that Grenell “knows little about Germany and Europe, that he ignores most of the dossiers his colleagues at the embassy write for him, and that his knowledge of the subject matter is superficial.”[34] In February 2019, it was announced that Grenell was leading the Trump administration’s newly formed effort to promote the decriminalization of homosexuality in nations in which homosexuality was illegal.[45] In March 2019, Wolfgang Kubicki, deputy chairman of the Free Democratic Party, called for Grenell to be expelled from Germany, stating, “Any U.S. diplomat who acts like a high commissioner of an occupying power must learn that our tolerance also knows its limits.”[46Read more Show less
@Johnathan Miller What’s your point?
Joseph de Maistre “Every country has the government that they deserve and in a democracy they have the leaders that they deserve”. Vote and Vote paper ballot!
@B 81 What communism?
@B 81 Of course not.
Russia is communist and they will once again try to hack our elections to reelect trump.if you are trying to slam Bernie please take the time to learn that Bernie is not a communist.
Socialism is NOT communism, and Bernie’s socialist agenda is closer to FDR’S agenda than any other former president.
@Andrew woodworth – If that were the case, than all the free world countries that have universal health care would be bankrupt, and that just isn’t so. tRump is using scare/fear tactics to make you opposed to UHC.
@Just For Fun were already headed for bankruptcy , if you look at the other countries that have it you will find that when they started to implement it the weren’t in such financial trouble. England 1st try at it didn’t work just saying
He’s not draining the swamp, he’s restocking the swamp.
@Bohem
It was a cesspool from Jan 20th 2017, just filling it with rats and all types of vermin.
And it stinks to high heaven! We’re gonna need some heavy cleaning products to clean house in November.
@Cynthia Gonzalez
High heaven, more like the bowels of hell with what it is now.
Swamps are an integral part of the ecosystem; whereas the traitor felon, Donnie Trumpski is releasing his toxic criminal cesspool upon the world! 💀
MAKE A SWAMP GREAT AGAIN
Trump has picked a man who will turn his head, when Trump is ready to commit a another crime. And now the American people are the ones who will have to pay for Trump crime spree.
@galaxy s Where is the lie? Grenell is a shitshow. Trump made him ambassador because he’s a loyalist. How did he fare? Why not ask the germans: https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/botschafter-wird-trumps-geheimdienstchef-deutschland-braucht-richard-grenell-mehr-denn-je/25564528.html
“Zum Glück ist er weg” ~ “Good riddance!”
“Das kollektive Aufatmen[…]” ~ “collective sigh of relief”
“Grenell eckte an, drohte […], wann immer es ihm passte.” ~ “Grenell gave offense, threatened as he pleased”
Americans aren’t the only ones watching. You can only get so far by lying to your base.
galaxy s he is not qualified per the stipulation of that appointment. PERIOD! trying to defend that makes you look ignorant.
That opens things up for foreign interference into our elections very nicely, for Fake 45. He knows he cannot win without it!
But he did win without it.
@Kyle # there is always a few of you who want to believe that lie.
*MAGA 👉👉 Manipulating America’s Gullible A–holes!* 😆🤣😂💦
@Caspian Blue go put your tin foil hat on you nut bag the russians are coming hahaha
At least where I am, even public school substitute teachers need certification from the state… Woof.
We are witnessing the emergence of a Kleptocracy….sadly, it is in America.
IT WAS THERE WAITING TO AMBUSH TRUMP, 3 years of total EVIDENCE RIGHT NOW !
Bruce Bryant are you talking about Hil and Bummers & co.
Thanks To The Deep State.
@Ron Wuerch 🤭😂
I’m surprised he didn’t rename the position to “Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel”.
I am sure this new director of national intelligence is busy googling “what does a director of national intelligence do” and he is reading whatever information Wikipedia has on it, so it is wrong to say he is not qualified for this job. Most people would get mad if a professional sport’s team hired someone with no experience to manage or coach their favorite team because they understand you can’t just walk in off the street and do that stuff, but when it comes to the government, a lot of people think it is easy to be president or a top government official. They don’t realize that it takes knowledge and experience to run parts of the government. They love their teams, and they respect their knowledge and expertise, even if they disagree with some of their decisions. They would never want a totally inexperienced person doing such an important job. National security jobs, on the other hand, are joke to them.
Nothing like a pilot flying the plane that’s never once flew a plane , it’s all about Trump staying in power, not about anybody else , just himself.
@Ron Kek idiot
@Alla Veles They learn the same way anyone learns how to be a professional anything, starting at the bottom and working their way up as they gain education and experience. They don’t learn how to fly their first plane by piloting Air Force One, which you would have realized if you had put any thought into your comment. They go to flight school, get their pilots license, and start out flying smaller aircraft for a regional airline until they gain enough experience to work for a larger airline.
Ron Kek you’re ignorant!
Yevgeniy B you just made a great argument to why he should not be acting DI no experience that is a stipulation that Trump ignored. Trump supporters are a special kind of stupid.
@Cynthia Gonzalez ….I am a Trump Supporter, I work as Engineer, I have a BENG and a degree in Mathematics. I support the President because he has turned the US Economy around and rebuilt the US Military. He has called other Countries to be more accountable and made Trade Deals that benefit the US People.
“INTELLIGENCE” NOT REQUIRED….
Who need’s to think if the President is there to tell him what to do and believe?
But that could be said for all of Trumpty Dumpty’s cabinet choices, they are the exact opposite of who you would want to be in control of a government agency.
And the Bloated Buffoon brings them in as temps because he knows most of them wouldn’t get approved and they will support whatever he wants.
He’s surrounding himself with those that worship him, that way he’s never questioned.
Who would be stupid enough to worship a narrasist control freak that take slaves , chops people’s heads of if they don’t believe his ( expert) spinstories on life and death .. ???? Silly human fools
Ali Bomb Bali Yusuf Only in your sick head: TDS
Hopefully, there will be at least one of them to sneak up behind him and thrust his sword into that greasy bag of rancid chicken gravy! 😜
@Bull Durham from your mouth to God’s ears.
@Bull Durham Wow, total TDS. Get some help dude.
The San Diego cops will steal money from a thousand dope dealers and never report it,so why should we expect them to report terrorists?
eh, he’s there to cover up the meddling of 2020 election.
Trump* in three months: “Richard Grenell? I never knew him. I never met the guy. I heard he was okay but it seems…….I never met him. Never knew him”.