RUSH: I want to mention a name to you: Ric Grenell, Richard Grenell. He has been named by President Trump to take over the job of Director of National Intelligence. He\u2019s also Trump\u2019s ambassador to Germany. He will remain Trump\u2019s ambassador to Germany while remaining acting Director of National Intelligence. This is the job James Clapper had for Obama. The Director of National Intelligence oversees every intelligence agency from the CIA to the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency), to the National Security Agency, the NSA.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a bunch of them, and the DNI is actually a clearinghouse and collection point for all the intel that is raised. This is why Clapper had a key role with John Brennan, the CIA director, in running the silent coup against President Trump. Now, the acting director that he replaced had to leave because acting directors can only serve for so long. You can\u2019t put an acting director in forever. They have to, at some point, be confirmed. So Grenell will not be there forever.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know if Trump is gonna try to make him permanent or not, but he does have a limited amount of time to get things done.<\/p>\n
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His job is to clear out every Never Trumper he can find. Trump has finally gotten serious about this. You know what happened? I\u2019ll tell you what happened. I now know what happened. Trump wins in 2016 — and it was a bruising battle. There were Never Trump Republicans and there were the Paul Ryan-establishment Republicans who didn\u2019t like Trump, and Trump attempted to forge an alliance by putting some establishment Republicans in his administration and even some Never Trumpers.<\/p>\n
Remember, I met with Trump for the first time after his election in February. It was here at Mar-a-Lago — and pardon me if you\u2019ve heard the story, but, remember, we have people tuning in for the first time every hour on this program. I\u2019ll never forget. I met with him for an hour while walking through Mar-a-Lago. Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon were with him, and he said one of the things that surprised him…<\/p>\n
This is a month into his administration.<\/p>\n
One of the things that surprised him was he thought that after this much time, after a month that we\u2019d be well on the way to unity in the country, not just with the Republicans — and I was floored. I was flabbergasted, but I shouldn\u2019t have been. Trump loves everybody, and he wants to be appreciated and loved by as many as possible. I looked at him and I said, “Sir, they are always gonna hate you. They are never going to love you. Please. That\u2019s not gonna happen. These people are not going to stop trying to undermine you.”<\/p>\n
I was talking primarily about media and the left, and he looked disappointed when I told him this. At any rate, he really tried to forge a common ground alliance, at least on the Republican side, with the people whose noses were out of joint and who had worked against him. He did this for a couple of years, and he was (chuckling) obviously very patient with it — and now he\u2019s had it. He\u2019s had it with all of it, and that\u2019s what Ric Grenell is in there to do.<\/p>\n
Ric Grenell — and he will do it. Ric Grenell is Harvard educated, but that\u2019s not a deterrent in this case. He\u2019s one of the most accomplished and one of the most achieved people. He is the… I\u2019m just gonna tell you, he is perfect for this job, temporary Director of National Intelligence. Go in there, get rid of the people that testified against Trump. There are so many moles that are still in there. Now you hear Trump talking about wanting to really reduce the staff, the White House West Wing staff.<\/p>\n
He doesn\u2019t need as many people as ex-presidents because he\u2019s not undecided on so much. He knows what he wants to do on a whole lot of things. He doesn\u2019t need 15 advisers, position papers and all this. He doesn\u2019t need a bunch of moles in there undermining him and writing anonymous pieces in the Washington Post saying, “Don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s still some adults in here and we\u2019re making sure Trump won\u2019t do any damage.” This stuff frosts him.<\/p>\n
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Grenell\u2019s gonna find out who these people are and, in addition to that, Grenell is gonna set up the intelligence community in a way that\u2019s beneficial to the country and to Trump, as it should be. Now, we may not hear of individuals canned, let go, what have you, unless they speak up. But I just wanted to let you know. If you\u2019ve heard the name Grenell, if you\u2019ve heard about his appointment, I just wanted to tell you it\u2019s one of the best things Trump could have done — and I want to tell you what else about Grenell.<\/p>\n
He is gay — and it doesn\u2019t matter a hill of beans to me or anybody else who is supporting him in anything that he\u2019s doing.<\/p>\n
“Why did you have to mention that?” Because I just want everybody to know that this guy… He\u2019s openly gay. It\u2019s not a secret. It isn\u2019t a big deal. Now, let\u2019s see if the Drive-By Media runs a series of stories on my supporting this guy and his work. I know it\u2019s not gonna happen, but I just put it out there. Keep a sharp eye. Ric Grenell. He\u2019s ambassador Germany, now acting Director of National Intelligence. This is awesome. Even the timing. You might think it\u2019s a day late, dollar short.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s happening in an election year.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a good thing to happen no matter when it happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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