{"id":2010138,"date":"2023-08-23T23:09:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T03:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-concedes-he-didnt-know-everything-the-cia-was-doing\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T23:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T03:10:24","slug":"trump-concedes-he-didnt-know-everything-the-cia-was-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-concedes-he-didnt-know-everything-the-cia-was-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump admits he lacked knowledge of CIA activities."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-concedes-he-didnt-know-everything-the-cia-was-doing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2010138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump&#8217;s Surprising Admission About the CIA<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent\u200b interview with former Fox News\u2062 anchor Tucker Carlson, former \u2062President Donald\u200d Trump made a \u200bstunning\u2064 revelation about his knowledge of the Central \u2062Intelligence Agency (CIA) during his time in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;No, \u2062I&#8217;m\u2063 not,&#8221; President Trump responded when asked if he was \u2063confident in knowing everything the CIA was\u2064 doing.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to describe the CIA as\u2062 &#8220;a very interesting group of people&#8221; and expressed his surprise at not\u2063 being fully\u2062 aware of their \u200bactivities\u2063 despite having good relationships \u2062with CIA personnel.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This candid admission by the former president\u2064 sheds light on the complex\u2063 dynamics between \u2062the\u2062 president and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-impeachment-appears-to-be-distraction-from-what-democrat-leadership-knew-about-jan-6\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson: Impeachment Appears to Be Distraction From What Democrat Leadership Knew About Jan. 6\">intelligence agencies<\/a>. It also raises questions about the extent of transparency and information sharing within the highest levels of \u200cgovernment.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Praise for the CIA&#8217;s Actions<\/h3>\n<p>Despite his lack of complete knowledge \u200babout\u200d the CIA&#8217;s operations,\u2063 President Trump credited the agency\u200b for their \u2062involvement\u200b in\u2063 significant \u2062actions, such as the \u200delimination of Qasem Soleimani, the \u2064leader of Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary \u200dGuard Corps.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We did some very good work with\u200d the\u2063 CIA,&#8221; President Trump acknowledged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These remarks highlight \u200dthe collaboration between the president and intelligence agencies in carrying out critical \u2063missions and\u2064 addressing national security \u2062threats.<\/p>\n<h3>Keeping the\u2063 FBI and CIA &#8220;Under Control&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>During the interview, \u2063Tucker Carlson asked\u200b President Trump about his\u200d approach \u200dto managing the FBI and CIA to ensure they remain accountable and within bounds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I \u200dfired Comey. That was a great thing,&#8221; President Trump responded, referring to his decision to dismiss FBI \u2063Director\u200c James Comey. He attributed his ability to \u200cspeak freely about politics to this action.<\/p>\n<p>President \u2063Trump also expressed his opinion that\u200c the FBI&#8217;s investigation into\u2064 his campaign was part of a &#8220;coup&#8221; and praised\u200c the findings \u200cof Special Counsel\u2063 John \u200bDurham&#8217;s report, which exposed the bureau&#8217;s misconduct.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These statements \u200creflect President Trump&#8217;s efforts to assert control\u200c over intelligence agencies and \u200bhis belief that certain actions were taken\u200c against him for\u2064 political reasons.<\/p>\n<h3>The Impact of Inspector General Reports<\/h3>\n<p>President Trump commended the work of Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz, particularly his report on\u2064 the FBI&#8217;s investigation into the\u2062 Trump campaign \u200cin 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell\u2064 you who did a great job\u2064 was the Inspector General Horowitz. He did \u200da\u200b fantastic job,&#8221;\u200b President Trump emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These\u200d remarks underscore \u2063the significance\u2063 of independent oversight and \u200dthe role of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bombshell-report-secret-cia-files-show-agents-committed-sex-crimes-involving-minors\/\" title=\"Bombshell Report: Secret CIA Files Show Agents Committed Sex Crimes Involving Minors\">inspector general reports<\/a>\u200c in\u200b holding government agencies \u200baccountable.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, President Trump&#8217;s\u2062 revelations\u2063 about\u2063 his knowledge of the CIA, his \u2062praise for their actions, and his efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-concedes-he-didnt-know-everything-the-cia-was-doing\/\" title=\"Trump admits he lacked knowledge of CIA activities.\">manage intelligence \u2062agencies provide valuable insights<\/a> into the complexities of governance and\u2064 national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump admitted he lacked knowledge of the CIA&#8217;s activities during his time in the Oval Office. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, he confessed to not being confident in his awareness of the agency&#8217;s actions, stating, &#8220;No, I&#8217;m not.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1797,"featured_media":2010139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2010138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2010138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2010138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2010139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2010138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2010138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2010138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}