"I'm not going in after all," he said. "They tell me I can't pass vetting."
Now, it's good to vet people. However, I have no idea what could possibly be behind this. This guy is a retired Army officer decorated with a Bronze Star for service in Iraq. To my certain knowledge he has possessed a TOP SECRET clearance with SCI designation and been read into extremely sensitive classified war plans. He worked on both Trump campaigns, has met the President many times and been invited to Mar a Largo, and as mentioned was personally appointed by President Trump to serve in a high role in the first administration. His finances are fine; he owns his own home and several nice cars and motorcycles.
All I can figure is that they're running 'vetting' through Twitter influencers now, and they can't vouch for him because he doesn't have an "X" account. That's not ideal.
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That does sound troubling. Get back to us on what you think is down that road.
Very odd. If that's a requirement for officials, surely that's something a secretary would be assigned to handle--and you'd not be able to tell much about the official from the results.
I think it might be something being taken quite seriously at high levels, and small wonder. Trump was blasted in the media for asking for "loyalty" in his first administration, and then betrayed by almost everyone: his SECDEFs wrote memoirs against him, his Secretaries conspired with China promising to warn them if he intended military action, his own National Security Council conspired with opponents in Congress to impeach him, his FBI and DOJ conspired against him on the RussiaGate matter.
Paranoia strikes deep, as they say. Even if, indeed, it's not irrational and some people really are out to get you.
While I defer to your more intimate knowledge of the situation, I will point out that while he might not be active on social media that might not be true of his spouse, children, other close relatives, or associates and who knows what might have turned up in those accounts that would either cause questions or be viewed as possible lines of attack by Trump's opposition.
I suppose I don't know much about his family's social media use. Perhaps there is some family member the administration has decided is untrustworthy.
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