I know this violates “norms” but honestly it seems like small potatoes. Like, maybe being a former holder of public office shouldn’t grant you access to secure information. Why does GW Bush, or Bill Clinton, or Biden, or Obama, or Harris need a security clearance as private citizens?
In a functional world, previous office holders could do their limited duty and give up to date advice to the decision maker.
Presuming this is still a functional world, Trump doesn’t see a scenario where he would trust their advice. So he’s following your point of reducing the need to know list.
Because they can act in an advisory role based on their own experience in office. Not that the toddler in chief would ever need any of it to begin with.
I know this violates “norms” but honestly it seems like small potatoes. Like, maybe being a former holder of public office shouldn’t grant you access to secure information. Why does GW Bush, or Bill Clinton, or Biden, or Obama, or Harris need a security clearance as private citizens?
In a functional world, previous office holders could do their limited duty and give up to date advice to the decision maker.
Presuming this is still a functional world, Trump doesn’t see a scenario where he would trust their advice. So he’s following your point of reducing the need to know list.
Now, facing reality, he doesn’t want them calling out the bullshit he’s pulling that they might only find out about in these reports.
Plus his base goes “hell yeah brother, more DEI gone!” Or whatever it is they say
Because they can act in an advisory role based on their own experience in office. Not that the toddler in chief would ever need any of it to begin with.
Yeah, it’s petty but I don’t really care about it. These people couldn’t even save us the first time around.