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Good point and that’s poor phrasing on my part. I should’ve said “intelligence was seemingly ineffective when it was Russia”
But yeah I guess I want to wish/hope that someone will do something I just don’t think it’s the intelligence community anymore 😞
A lot of someones are doing a lot of somethings. Trump isn't entering some kind of vacuum uncontested. He's the point of the spear by which a group of theological fascists are carving their way into the higher ranks of government.
There are large parts of the DC intelligence and law enforcement communities that are big Trump-heads. And there's a sizable chunk of the media establishment (The Epoch Times, the Washington Times, OAN, the Clear Channel networks) that are openly advocating for his return. Evangelicals LOVE Trump, and they have enormous outsized sway in national politics thanks to their superior organization and fundraising abilities.
Liberals have sequestered themselves from these venues, so they're not seeing the mood inside Houston Second Baptist Church or the Florida Chamber of Commerce or the LAPD. But there's a real pro-Trump movement in this country that's regained its footing after Jan 6th. They're out fighting for his reelection far harder than the DC liberals are fighting against it.