The timing of the firing of the ICIG tells us a lot about the mind of Donald Trump

[kentuck]

What better time to fire someone you despise than in the middle of a pandemic? It shows how Donald Trump does not forget his enemies. He waits for revenge.

It is no small matter to fire the Inspector General who oversees all the departments in the Intelligence Community. It was a daring move. He dared the House and Senate to do anything about it. After all, he has the authority to hire and fire who he wants.

But, this just happened to be the Inspector General who talked with the "whistleblower" and determined that he had information that was credible and "urgent". He sent it to the DNI who was supposed to send it to the Intelligence Committee in the House. Instead, the DNI sent it to the Justice Department, under William Barr, who decided to bury it.

It was then that the IG decided he would inform the Congress about it.

It was he that was fired yesterday by Donald Trump.

[samnsara]

1. ...that means the ICIG did his job well!

[3Hotdogs]

2. Ya wonder. Did the Orange Buttplug think of this all by himself?

Who pulls strings in the White House?

[Dan]

3. From everything that I had read or heard

Donald (shithead) Trump is a vengeful sonofabitch. So, probably while the nation has been fighting the virus, he has been thinking about revenge. You have to keep your priorities straight with this administration.