Meet Ambassador Rick Grenell, Donald Trump’s proposed “Acting DNI,” a position that only requires handling our nation’s absolutely most serious and sensitive intelligence on threats and possible world shattering events, including who might be prepared to attack us, which – lately, might be one of Trump’s best friends.

There is an internet claim going around that Grenell is such a rancid person that – in a first for our country – Germany, the country to which he was the friggin’ United States ambassador, officially requested he be removed.

That meme is incorrect.

Only “one” German official called for him to be officially removed, but it never got around to being an official request by the government itself. But let’s think about this for just a second. Imagine how big a dick you have to be for a government official in another government, to come out publicly, and call for the ouster of the United States’ ambassador. Not the North Korean ambassador, not an ambassador from Costa Rica that maybe got caught stealing (as a made-up example), but the American ambassador who was just basically an asshole.

I think it is quite safe to say that if one German official actually called for Grenell’s ouster, many  Germans, including some other officials, wanted the government to officially show him the door.

This is the man Trump wants.

Not because Trump thinks he will be great in evaluating intelligence, Grenell has no experience in intelligence, which means one cannot be great starting at the top.

Naming Richard Grenell to head up all US Intelligence agencies is like naming Captain Kangaroo, Colonel Sanders and General Mills as our country’s military leaders. Do ANY Republicans care about our nation’s security? https://t.co/v323Aag9PN

— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) February 20, 2020

Trump appointed him because Trump did know that Grenell would be “loyal,” and that means one hell of a lot when needing the DNI to tell Congress that “No, Russia isn’t doing anything to us, not much anyway, except they ARE trying to keep Donald Trump from winning because they cower in his almighty presence.”

As a total aside, I had a chance to read an article yesterday in which there was a quote from a former intelligence official that stated that if the DNI could not present intelligence that Trump will respect and act upon, or the DNI was not allowed to share with Congress, the intelligence communities would simply start leaking the intelligence directly to the public.

These public servants are not putting their lives on the line to have it not used, or used to simply further a tyrant’s control. I believe we can believe that’s true. After all, the fact that the New York Times got word that the Russians were helping Trump got leaked, and it happened because Trump got angry that a Democrat heard.

Here is Malcolm Nance’s opinion of Grenell, ignore the claim below it stating Germany called for his ouster, read it just as “some in Germany wanted him gone,” never an official call. We do strive for total accuracy.

This man is a complete moron. He has no idea how diplomacy works or why we try to understand the political systems of other governments. Remember, Germany wanted to strip him of diplomatic credentials. Yes. He’s that hated and incompetent. https://t.co/DD9dOuNrJI

— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) February 21, 2020

Peace, y’all

Jason

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