Current Events > Scoop: Pentagon halts Biden transition briefings

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Absolutely fucked up and embarrassing if true.

https://www.axios.com/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings-123a9658-4af1-4632-a6e6-770117784d60.html

Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.
Behind the scenes: A top Biden official was unaware of the directive. Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller's action, or whether President Trump approved.
Why it matters: Miller's move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.
What happened: Meetings between President Trump's team and the Biden team are going on throughout the government, after a delayed start as the administration dragged its feet on officially recognizing Biden as president-elect.

• Then on Thursday night, Miller who was appointed Nov. 9, when Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper right after the election ordered officials throughout the building to cancel scheduled transition meetings.

Pentagon official response: A senior Defense Department official sought to downplay the move, calling it "a simple delay of the last few scheduled meetings until after the new year."

• "We had fewer than two dozen remaining meetings on the schedule today and next week," the official said, adding that "the DoD staff working the meetings were overwhelmed by the number of meetings."
• "These same senior leaders needed to do their day jobs and were being consumed by transition activities...With the holidays we are taking a knee for two weeks. We are still committed to a productive transition."

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They're going kamikaze on Iran

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Still trying to cling onto a Trump reinauguration.

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Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause.

So... it's plausible that whoever's relevant has gone home for the holidays?

Time to check out Predictit...

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mrgoatthief posted...

they are actually going to do declare war on Iran for Christmas. Those madlads are actually going to do it gyarados

It's not outside the realm of possibility

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pres_madagascar posted...

It's not outside the realm of possibility

Nah, it'll be Palestine.
What better way to celebrate Christmas than blowing up Bethlehem?

God damn it Trump you better wait until after the new year before you pull any s***

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Hexenherz posted...

With the holidays we are taking a knee for two weeks.

I mean......they really had to phrase it like that? C'mon, they're not even trying to hide their trolling at this point.

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BignutzisBack posted...

God damn it Trump you better wait until after the new year before you pull any s***

or contain all the fucked up shit to 2020

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Questionmarktarius posted...

What better way to celebrate Christmas than blowing up Bethlehem?

https://youtu.be/qDiYtD10LlQ?t=65
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shockthemonkey posted...

Thankfully theres nothing important going on so a smooth transition isnt very important

Still gotta air out all that McDonalds stench in the whitehouse anyway.

This means no one is getting intelligence briefings. Trump hasn't gotten one since before the election.
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They should be concerned that Trumps fucking best friend Putin hacked the ever loving shit out of us

Hexenherz posted...

Pentagon official response: A senior Defense Department official sought to downplay the move, calling it "a simple delay of the last few scheduled meetings until after the new year."
"We had fewer than two dozen remaining meetings on the schedule today and next week," the official said, adding that "the DoD staff working the meetings were overwhelmed by the number of meetings."
"These same senior leaders needed to do their day jobs and were being consumed by transition activities...With the holidays we are taking a knee for two weeks. We are still committed to a productive transition."

Maybe they would have less meetings if they started a month ago?


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