President Donald Trump flaunted his authority to mercilessly yank former officials’ security clearance on a whim early Tuesday, posting a tweet suggesting that former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was “being nice to me” to avoid losing his clearance.
Even James Clapper has admonished John Brennan for having gone totally off the rails. Maybe Clapper is being nice to me so he doesn’t lose his Security Clearance for lying to Congress!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 21, 2018
Clapper is one of several former — notably all Democratic — officials whose clearance Trump is considering halting. Trump pulled former CIA Director John Brennan’s clearance last week over his criticism of Trump and his role in the “witch hunt.”
“being nice to me” is the response of an immature child.
OMG, does the incredible narcissism ever end?
Let me get this straight: Trump openly admits that he is blackmailing former government officials. He is threatening folks with the loss of their clearances if they don’t accept his corruption.
Indeed. Trump’s life experience has imbued him with the belief that the only reason anyone would “be nice to him” is because they want something from him. It is, after all, the only reason he is ever “nice” to anyone. The psychologists call this “projection”. The rest of us call it “being an asshole”.
It is time got the “American People” to stop being nice to Trump and vote against anyone that has been remotely nice to the weak link in the White House, and I am not speaking of the FLOTUS.