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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Rare Trump win, fuck the CIA

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ok but who do you think he's going to fire, and who do you think he's going to keep on? Do you think this will make the CIA better or worse? Keep in mind, none of his "downsizing" efforts have actually saved any money so far. Expect the CIA to have as much money as they need to do whatever Trump wants them to do.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Will they have enough resources to coup foreign governments or just terrorize domestic opposition? It could still be harm reduction.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

They'll have enough to do whatever Donald Trump wants them to do, and nothing to do anything Trump doesn't want them to do. So yes to terrorism and destabilization, but only for the countries that are unaligned with Trump and his owners.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All he's going to do is get rid of our good intelligence agents and fill the CIA with double agents.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I think there's no need for double agents anymore. Just fill the CIA with Russians, no one will bat an eye.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He will use this to stack the agency the way he stacked the courts. He'll turn all the three letter agencies into his personal Stasi.

This is not a win

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee -2 points 3 months ago

Were the Stasi involved in any coups? I don't know. If they weren't and if their violence was merely towards domestic enemies, then this is at least unintentional harm reduction by the Trump administration.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't understand why Trump doesn't like the CIA, they aren't that different from him in their head (though I am sure they tell themselves they are).

I mean for one, they both love to topple economies and democratically elected governments with poorly thought through schemes that end up making everybody less safe.