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Department of Homeland Security Former Chief Of Staff Blasts Trump, Says He Will Support Biden

  

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By:  john-russell  •  4 years ago  •  22 comments

Department of Homeland Security Former Chief Of Staff Blasts Trump, Says He Will Support Biden

Miles Taylor worked in the Trump administration as chief of staff to Trump DHS head Kirstjen Nielsen from 2017 to 2019.  He describes first hand being present in meetings with Trump where the president exhibited conduct detrimental to U.S.national security


Top DHS officials were regularly diverted from dealing with genuine security threats by the chore of responding to these inappropriate and often absurd executive requests, at all hours of the day and night. One morning it might be a demand to shut off congressionally appropriated funds to a foreign ally that had angered him, and that evening it might be a request to sharpen the spikes atop the border wall so they’d be more damaging to human flesh (“How much would that cost us?”). Meanwhile, Trump showed vanishingly little interest in subjects of vital national security interest, including cybersecurity, domestic terrorism and malicious foreign interference in U.S. affairs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/at-homeland-security-i-saw-firsthand-how-dangerous-trump-is-for-america/2020/08/17/f10bb92e-e0a3-11ea-b69b-64f7b0477ed4_story.html

Miles goes on to say 

"The president has tried to turn DHS, the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, into a tool used for his political benefit. "

Mr. Taylor has recorded an ad for the group Republicans Against Trump. 


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JohnRussell
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1  author  JohnRussell    4 years ago
Miles Taylor is the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in President Donald Trump‘s administration, who on Monday endorsed Joe Biden for president, calling his experience in the administration “terrifying.”

In a Washington Post op-ed, Taylor said that the United States is significantly less safe under Trump’s presidency, and that Trump governs “whim, political calculation and self-interest.”

Taylor is currently on leave from a cybersecurity position at Google, and he served as chief of staff to former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw the country’s controversial Muslim travel ban and family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexican border.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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1.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @1    4 years ago

Probably another commie, right Trumpsters ? 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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2  Gsquared    4 years ago

A patriotic American.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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3  author  JohnRussell    4 years ago
calling his experience in the administration “terrifying.”

I can't recall any former officials in the Obama administration describe his administration that way. jrSmiley_10_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
bbl-1
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4  bbl-1    4 years ago

"I'm like a really smart guy."  And, "Stormy who," is DJT in a nutshell minus the shell--leaving only the nut.

This too, Donald J. Trump in his whole adult life has conducted himself and his businesses in every manner which is detrimental to someone or something.  This is what he is.

Good for Mr. Taylor for speaking truth in times such as these, but------------the devoid quality of character, integrity and honesty are most certainly not an unknown quantity concerning New York flim flam man Donald J. Trump.

On an aside I wonder if Trump muttered a prayer for his brother while he was on the golf outing this past weekend?  Just wondering.

This too.  Could you imagine the funeral, taking into consideration that most of Donald's family do not view him in the brightest of lights?  Will Trump attend or cop out because of 'security concerns?

 
 
 
TᵢG
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5  TᵢG    4 years ago
The president’s bungled response to the coronavirus pandemic is the ultimate example. In his cavalier disregard for the seriousness of the threat, Trump failed to make effective use of the federal crisis response system painstakingly built after 9/11. Years of DHS planning for a pandemic threat have been largely wasted. Meanwhile, more than 165,000 Americans have died.

From a similar article .

Never thought we would have a PotUS where allegations such as these are easy to believe.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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6  Tessylo    4 years ago

I believe Melania is supporting Joe Biden at this point.  

 
 
 
bbl-1
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6.1  bbl-1  replied to  Tessylo @6    4 years ago

No.  Melania is crafting her escape with her son to Slovenia, leaving behind divorce papers and US lawyers for her rightful economic take of what is left of the Trump fortune.

 
 
 
Gsquared
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6.1.1  Gsquared  replied to  bbl-1 @6.1    4 years ago

If it comes to a divorce, is there any doubt that Trump is going to claim Melania owes him money?

 
 
 
bbl-1
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6.1.2  bbl-1  replied to  Gsquared @6.1.1    4 years ago

Probably.  But as with all things Trump, that too will be a lie.

 
 
 
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6.2  Account Deleted  replied to  Tessylo @6    4 years ago

Probably hoping for a pardon.

 
 
 
Dulay
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7  Dulay    4 years ago

Here is the video of the ad:

It's devastating.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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7.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  Dulay @7    4 years ago
It's devastating.

I watched it, and you are right. Of course it will be met with dead silence from the right.  That or they will throw complete nonsense at it. 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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8  author  JohnRussell    4 years ago

This article has been up for 4 hours now, and not a single comment from the right. 

 
 
 
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8.1  Account Deleted  replied to  JohnRussell @8    4 years ago

I have some choice 8 year old rants from a late NVer that I saved. He was a real piece of work deserving of grudging respect for his poetic use of language.

I could up date them a little and post them if you like.

 
 
 
TᵢG
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8.2  TᵢG  replied to  JohnRussell @8    4 years ago

Are you dying to hear people attack the messenger and/or engage in deflection?  

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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8.2.1  author  JohnRussell  replied to  TᵢG @8.2    4 years ago

I'm not doing anything, just pointing out that the material in the article and in the video Dulay posted is likely irrefutable and so Trumpsters are nowhere to be found. 

 
 
 
Gsquared
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8.3  Gsquared  replied to  JohnRussell @8    4 years ago

They're waiting for the talking points memo from the propaganda ministry.

 
 
 
TᵢG
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8.3.1  TᵢG  replied to  Gsquared @8.3    4 years ago

Very likely, sorry to say.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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9  Buzz of the Orient    4 years ago

I wonder if Trump told Taylor he wanted to ban Chinese food because it was a threat to America's "National Security".  

 
 
 
JBB
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9.1  JBB  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @9    4 years ago

November 3rd he is to be cooked like that famous waddling quacking webfooted fowl formerly of Peking.

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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9.1.1  Buzz of the Orient  replied to  JBB @9.1    4 years ago

Over a wood fire and sliced up. 

 
 

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