02-01-2021, 05:51 PM
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536785-white-house-reviewing-whether-trump-should-continue-receiving-intel?fbclid=IwAR038qbLcXkkRAlQetwhC5h4StY1fctIAgf-5GXGZt3iMMmd8Qrx9Tyb9Ik
The immediate joke is "well he never read them anyways, they had to give him pretty pictures", but former presidents usually continue to be given access to security briefings.
The Biden admin is reviewing this decision while a former Trump deputy DNI warned in an oped that he cannot be allowed access as he is “unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent.”
Should POTU in general be given access? If yes, should Trump?
I'd say that the tradition should not be a tradition, but rather a decision the next POTUS can make if they use the former POTUS as an unofficial advisor or confidante. In Trump's case, he has shown that he cannot be trusted to put this nation before personal gain and aims.
The immediate joke is "well he never read them anyways, they had to give him pretty pictures", but former presidents usually continue to be given access to security briefings.
The Biden admin is reviewing this decision while a former Trump deputy DNI warned in an oped that he cannot be allowed access as he is “unusually vulnerable to bad actors with ill intent.”
Should POTU in general be given access? If yes, should Trump?
I'd say that the tradition should not be a tradition, but rather a decision the next POTUS can make if they use the former POTUS as an unofficial advisor or confidante. In Trump's case, he has shown that he cannot be trusted to put this nation before personal gain and aims.
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