Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Post-Presidency Trump Might Be A National Security Threat


A chilling article in the Washington Post explains the national security danger Putin stooge and malevolent narcissist Donald "Tovarich" Trump poses after he leaves office:

"As president, Donald Trump selectively revealed highly classified information to attack his adversaries, gain political advantage and to impress or intimidate foreign governments, in some cases jeopardizing U.S. intelligence capabilities. As an ex-president, there’s every reason to worry he will do the same, thus posing a unique national security dilemma for the Biden administration, current and former officials and analysts said. 

All presidents exit the office with valuable national secrets in their heads, including the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, intelligence-gathering capabilities — including assets deep inside foreign governments — and the development of new and advanced weapon systems. 

But no new president has ever had to fear that his predecessor might expose the nation’s secrets as President-elect Joe Biden must with Trump, current and former officials said. Not only does Trump have a history of disclosures, he checks the boxes of a classic counterintelligence risk: He is deeply in debt and angry at the U.S. government, particularly what he describes as the “deep state” conspiracy that he believes tried to stop him from winning the White House in 2016 and what he falsely claims is an illegal effort to rob him of reelection."

He has to be monitored by our intelligence services until he can no longer do harm. As the article notes, his deep anger toward the incoming administration and his need for an infusion of money for his organization make him a classic target for foreign intelligence operations. Maybe we'll get him for treason after all.

1 comment:

Paul said...

There is one advantage in all this:

trump barely if ever paid attention to the daily briefings. he's also not that great memorizing things. Put those two tidbits together and the risks of trump remembering enough details accurately enough to spill to Russia or other foreign adversaries is slim.

The only thing that WOULD be a risk is if trump had any of his handlers make copies - if that's possible, I know some things are copy-protected/burned after reading - or somehow document "the good stuff" that he could hold onto for later when he needed to drop that intel for cash or revenge...