Trump Fires His Fourth Inspector General, This One Investigating Saudi Arms Sales | MSNBC

President Donald Trump has fired the State Department watchdog Steve Linick, at the recommendation of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Linick was investigating Pompeo’s decision to greenlight arms sales to Saudi Arabia, despite bipartisan congressional opposition to doing so. The IG was also investigating whether Pompeo was using a political appointee to perform tasks like walking his dog and making dinner reservations. Commentators say this is yet another strike at government oversight. Aired on 5/18/2020.
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Trump Fires His Fourth Inspector General, This One Investigating Saudi Arms Sales | MSNBC

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    1. You can run but you can’t hide. I truly believe that the BLUE TSUNAMI is coming this November and if it does all these Swamp Monsters currently in the White House will all be in jail.

    1. Kilgore Trout Watching Democrats is like watching a zombie movie.They have literally destroyed every single thing they have touched.Here in San Francisco people are leaving so fast it takes 5 weeks to get a UHaul truck.Democrats will act shocked when Trump wins his second term because they only know what their corrupt politicians and news agencies tell them.It’s sad to see their faithful gullible puppets can be fooled even with their record of total destruction.Now they are criticizing Trump for his actions during this world wide pandemic when it took veterans 7 or 8 months to even get an appointment , thousands committing suicide in frustration

    2. @William H You’re demented. Trump is only successful at lining his pockets at the taxpayer expense, and severely mishandling the pandemic.

    3. @John Carter What are you talking about? The VA is federally run, by Trump. You think he cares about veterans? I have a bridge to sell you. Trump only cares about Trump. He uses people like you.

    4. He is an utter disgrace! He is an OUTLAW who spits in the face of everything we hold dear. The Deep State Right and Left have tried to take this clown down two major times and blew it. WTF? The FBI has setup and hauled away his staffers to Political prisons and still, nothing! Each day, huge Political bombs go off all around him. Each day another ‘kicking screaming’ staffer is hauled out of the White House by Trump’s goons and thrown onto street. A trade scorned CCP sent him Covid-19 causing tens of thousands of deaths but even this, has had no real effect. Yet through all of this, he lives! He not only lives but he gains in power and as this brooding bully sloughs across the White House lawn, he flips the bird to MSNBC, CNN and ABC. To Political Scientists, Trump is the undisputed new Rasputin.

    5. Kilgore Trout And America is full of them. Many keep producing more and more of them, as well.

  1. He has and continues to abuse his office
    It’s the fault of the American people
    Call his abuse and stupidity

    1. @Gisa W Slonim Vote in november? No need to make him a martyr, just let history remember him for what he is, a fool.

    2. @RiPPER Hey RIPPER , Thanks you just ripped fric a frac-tion a new one. ( WATCHING FOX NEWS MAKES YOU STUPID) It’s scary that the FCC has not shut “””fox”” down for their false and misleading content.

    3. @Anouk129 How profound, You must be a Professor at a University. THANK YOU FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT. Keep up the good work.

    1. A M Oh,I’ve been awake! I saw through him from the get go & begged people not to vote for him! He’s more corrupt than I could of ever imagined though.God help us,please!

    2. @Rod Robbins stop using foreign invaders crossing the US borders to use them to vote democrat then with your new democrat party open borders. $200 billion a year and stop US dollars going outside the country on western union money orders to their countries, Mexico earns $30 billion per year going on money orders and that’s just Mexico not including south America. Attracting illegal immigrants to come here exchange to vote Democrat, no party such be using illegal foreigners to build a political party, period. No Republicans are not known to be dependent on US social services nothing compared to democrats

    3. @Skip Hoffenflaven so if someone gave you a 10 gauge shotgun with unlimited ammunition and you just happen to be at the white house right now, what would you do right now?

    4. Just a troll, @CTM. How can you defend this indefensible reprobate who isn’t even legitimately president? Can’t you think for yourself?

    1. SHOW SOME RESPECT, BECAUSE
      WHAT YOU MEANT WAS DICTATOR IN CHIEF. HA HA!!!!
      VOTE AMERICAN AND NOT REPUBLICAN !!!
      VOTE BLUE IN NOVEMBER 2020 !!!

    1. @William H The problem was that he was doing his job, not that he wasn’t. Trump and his remaining administration are as the most corrupt in US history. You know it as well as anyone. Nobody is clicking on your dubious link, fool.

    2. @William H So you do not see anything wrong with firing an inspector general that is investigating you for wrong doing? Do you think it is ok if a politician breaks the law as long as they have the same political affiliation as you?
      Do you believe in the checks and balances our framers established or do you put party before country?

  2. Once again Trump makes it too easy to see through his total lack of transparency. Like a sleazy lounge magician with a bulging sleeve.

  3. “I studied history, what hamberder did I eat yesterday and I learned a lot, I will eat the same hamberder today. If I learned how it is writen? You are fake media!”

    1. The only information he takes in is McDonald’s placemat. That does not include the Hamburgler maze it’s too hard for him.

    1. @William H; Oh are you a sick fool, how do you figure, 3 million more didn’t want him four years ago, do you think that turned in his favor?

    2. @herb tender – Epstein and tRump we’re buddies for more than 15 years. tRump even said that Epstein was a terrific guy who loved girls a little on the young side. They were also accused once of raping a 13 year old girl. From the article which quotes a 2002 statement by tRump:

      “A Trump biographer, Tim O’Brien,Β tweetedΒ the quote from aΒ 2002 profileΒ of Epstein in New York magazine, in which Trump said: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy. He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”

      https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-trump-link-liking-women-on-the-younger-side-2019-7

  4. It seems like a huge loophole that the President has the power to fire the very people assigned to inspect corruption.

    1. Yeah, this loophole been baffling to me since I first learned about it. I need to look into how the IG system works.

    2. Checks and balances. And so many think it’s okay for him to sack those put there to investigate possible (dare I say, obvious) abuses of power

  5. There is nothing anyone can do. Trump knows it. This will continue and only get worse, right up to the election.
    If it goes beyond that, America will only have itself to blame.

    1. @Beth Large It’s the ‘when’ that worries me. It’s more accurately ‘if’, because looking at America from outside right now is a frightening prospect for the world.

    2. No matters which sides running the show. Your hole system needs tearing down and re structuring this is whats keeping you prople from being nromal like almost the rest of us. Its Your only real hope. Stop blaming one another ans start blaming your machinery and its parts

    3. Trump rules yay…
      Better get ready of 4 more years of…………………………
      I built the greatest economy…
      Well then let’s see u do it again el prezidente..
      Oh american people built the greatest economy and u gave a small percentage a tax break.
      Yeah that works for us all.
      No jobs out there but just go back to work..
      Ok yay 4 more years of the wartime el prezidente.
      Have yet to hear him say no more americans will die under my watch.
      Yay 4 more years of media is enemy of the people, phooooey..
      El prezidente did not protect us from russian hacking but he incorriged it . And now is not protecting us from CV-19 but he is prompting protests w guns and hatred
      Wow.
      Yay 4 more years of ohhh yeah if he wins he can get straight to work tearing down the democracy and making it in his own corrupt manner…
      And it’s not just him it’s our countrymen.
      Noone alive or very few have been slaves in america yet his people and his regime want to turn the clock back so they dont have to work but reap the benefits of slave ownership.
      Not gonna happen.
      GOAV
      GOAV
      GOAV
      GOAV……
      TAKINGAKNEE
      ABM……………….

  6. Trump ” I only hire smart people, I only hire the best people”. How many of these so called smart people are in jail, have been in jail or awaiting jail? How many of these smart people have been fired?. The list is endless and continues to grow. This is like a TV SHOW ( The Apprentice )—–“You are fired”

    1. His spiritual advisor is a crooked televangelist that is friends with crooked Kenneth Copeland.

    1. Canadians really are the only hope for the US now. Its not to late to let them in and restructure the system and talk normal about normal stuff on TV . serious it probably actually is the best plan.

  7. “Simply disgraceful” will be the title in the history books that covers this period.

    1. @vic321344 WOO HOO tin foil hat wearing trump cultist suffering from TDS ( trump Delusional Syndrome) ALERT πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£

    1. @Gerald Banks

      Yes , please vote for a president that takes care of the country and the people of the USA .
      NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP, he is an evil man and his administration.

    1. @Sekai Ni Heiwa So, you say you’ve heard that since then. You been around that long? I’m curious, please continue. Don’t hold back.

    1. “You got that right, Harley”. Especially those that voted for him. They are “the mother of all traitors”.

  8. The lesson is everyone is above the law in this criminal government! It’s sad how the rule of law died!

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