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Joe Biden Shows Donald Trump Who’s the Boss Now

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This is such a Trumpish move from our newly elected president:

President Biden said on Friday that he would bar his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, from receiving intelligence briefings traditionally given to former presidents, saying that Mr. Trump could not be trusted because of his “erratic behavior” even before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

....“I just think that there is no need for him to have the intelligence briefings,” Mr. Biden said. “What value is giving him an intelligence briefing?” Mr. Biden added. “What impact does he have at all, other than the fact he might slip and say something?”

Oh man, who knew that Biden had such serious game? He is trolling Trump so hard I'm surprised he didn't sprout green hair out of his ears. Trump will, of course, claim he doesn't care because the intelligence briefings are useless anyway, but you know this is going to stab him deeply in his vengeful little heart.

And while we're on the subject, Trump's best friend just got canceled:

Fox News Media has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by television’s staunchest supporter of Donald Trump and of his assertions of voter fraud in the 2020 election, The Times has learned.

....The cancellation comes a day after voting software company Smartmatic filed a $2.7-billion defamation suit against Fox News and three of its hosts — Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro. The company claims the hosts perpetuated lies and disinformation about Smartmatic’s role in the election, damaging its business and reputation.

No word on what's going to happen to Bartiromo and Pirro.

21 thoughts on “Joe Biden Shows Donald Trump Who’s the Boss Now

  1. J. Frank Parnell

    Donald doesn't care about intelligence briefings. Too long, too wordy, not enough pictures, too much fake news. He prefers the right wing fever swamp cornor of the internet to get the straight juice. That's what made him such a great president (s).

    1. seitz26

      He doesn't care about the actual briefings, but he almost certainly cares about being denied access to one of the traditional trappings of being a former president. The substance doesn't matter, but the slight really digs.

  2. Traveller

    I disagree...I think that Trump at some point past the impeachment process would want to have the security briefings...either to pass information on to Jared, or somehow monetize this for himself.

    Mr. Trump is not the sort to leave a dollar lying on the sidewalk...he could not pass easy money without blinking. Mr Biden was smart to know this. Best Wishes, Traveller

    PS I appreciate the blog roll, is this place evolving? It seems so, in a good way.

    1. MontyTheClipArtMongoose

      Exactly.

      Any intelligence shared in a Presidential Weekly Briefing for an ex-president, if supplied to El Jefe, is getting dealt for cash to highest bidder.

      1. bbleh

        Absolutely concur. Look, briefers and senior intelligence officials for former Republican presidents have said he's a security risk. And it isn't just money; he tosses out intel just to impress people, just to make himself feel important -- look at what he handed to the Russian Ambassador early on.

        It may take a little getting used to, but not all actions by presidents are taken solely to embarrass their political opponents. There are real policy and intelligence reasons, with real consequences, to keep Trump as far away from any national secret as possible.

        1. Martin Stett

          You know that talk that new presidents get, about the real state of the world? Biden's probably gotten the one on Trump.

  3. DFPaul

    Highly recommend the NYT podcast The Daily yesterday, Friday, on the lawsuit against Fox. I don’t watch Fox at all so I wasn’t aware how clearly and repeatedly those voting companies had been libeled. Rudy especially sounds like he is utterly trapped.

  4. golack

    So, is the House of Cards finally collapsing?
    Various officials from previous administrations normally retain security clearances. That is done, in part, so that they can be called back in to help with certain situations. Trump famously cancelled those for some members of past administrations. Now, should any member or appointee of the Trump administration retain any security clearance? Ok, Wray is still at the FBI--but any others?

    1. MontyTheClipArtMongoose

      This is BAD NEWS for JOHN MC C--... DAVID GERGEN.

      (Still shocked that disaster crapitalist never showed up at the Trump White House to steer El Jefe thru the COVID19 spin & into a second term.)

  5. James Wimberley

    Any ideas why Domioion left Fox off their otherwise very similar libel lawsuit? Smartmatic's inclusion of Fox looks good sense: Fox is rich, compered to the individuals; the interests of the individuals and the corporation diverge, so they are likely to try to pass the blame to the other; and the central allegation is a conspiracy involving both groups.. Ditching Dobbs is only Fox's first move in the faling-out.

    The orange typeface is for draft comments is hard on the eyes. Try blue instead.

  6. cld

    Saw Bill Clinton say somewhere these post-Presidential briefings are only given upon request and limited to some particular topic. Bill said he'd only gotten them twice, both times when he was planning to travel to a foreign country and wanted to be up to speed on it.

    1. MontyTheClipArtMongoose

      I thought it was pro forma to give weekly briefings, or some other interval less frequent than the sitting president's daily schedule of receipt, but I heard recently that only George H.W. Bush took advantage of it, while the other (at the time) living ex-presidents declined.

  7. rick_jones

    Unless they needed to be briefed in advance of something with which they've been asked to assist, why would former president's need to receive any intelligence briefings in the first place? Do they actually receive regular briefings??
    Otherwise, I would think that simply not asking Trump to assist with anything would be just as effective and have dealt with the matter just fine.

  8. Altoid

    I agree with Kevin, this was pretty high-level trolling on Biden's part. He could have just ducked the question. But it makes sense in advance of this Senate trial, and whatever might be in the works for March 4th, to needle Cheetoh's thin skin and try to draw out the crazy.

    I have to say, I think Biden's been astoundingly straightforward so far. He didn't have to say anything about whether he thought trump should be convicted either, or whether the parliamentarian would allow that $15 wage provision in his covid package, or any number of things he's said so far. Far more direct than I remember him being before, and much more than any centrist or center-left pol I can think of offhand, and much more than his press secretary. Refreshing.

    It seems to continue a pattern of astuteness that emerged seriously around the SC primary, maybe. Either his antennae and judgment are much better than anyone thought, or he's getting much better advice, or some combination. Pitching to the voters, rather than trying to play nice with all the gop Lucy types in Congress, is old-timey but very smart, imho, and not necessarily the expected move for someone with most of a lifetime in the Senate. Good on him.

  9. Doctor Jay

    Put me down with the folks who think Trump is a security risk. Remember that Nancy Pelosi says to reporters, "I don't know what Putin has on Trump, but it's got to be big."

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