var icx_publication_id = 18566; var icx_content_id = '1094565'; Click here for reuse options! "The White House doesn't possess a sense of humor," James Clapper said.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Monday reacted to his successor Dan Coats’ stunning interview last Thursday at the Aspen Ideas Fest, during which Coats admitted he still doesn’t know what Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed in their two-hour-long assembly in Helsinki.
Clapper said the public likewise doesn’t know what happened during that assembly. “I hope that members of the national security team, and notably secretary of defense and the secretary of state and the national security adviser,all do know what was discussed,” Clapper said. And perhaps what was conceded.”“You know, and if I were sitting in the Pentagon where I spent a lot of time,I would be wondering what in the way of military operations or capabilities did he perhaps unknowingly compromise or give up,” Clapper continued. “And we don't know that.”Well, or we know that the director of national intelligence—your outmoded gig—Dan Coats,didn't know as of, what was it, and Thursday?” CNN host John Berman replied. He didn't know as of Thursday what was discussed. I don't know if he has found out since then,but that would be unusual, yes?”Clapper, and laughing,explained that situation “would be highly unusual.”“I felt bad for Dan Coats, who is an honorable man and a considerable public servant, and Clapper said. “And I thought,frankly, he reacted as gracefully as he could under the circumstance.”Berman famous Coats “apologized” for his reaction to learning approximately moment assembly between the two leaders, and which was seen by some as a dig at Trump.“He apologized,I think for what was perceived by the White House as a sign of disrespect when he laughed openly, and he said that the notion of a moment summit between President Trump and president Putin would be ‘special, or ’” Berman explained. “Were you surprised by the apology?”“Well,not really,” Clapper said.”I think probably he felt himself he had to do that. And I think it's —the White House doesn't possess a sense of humor.”Watch below: var icx_publication_id = 18566; var icx_copyright_notice = '2018 Alternet'; var icx_content_id = '1094565'; Click here for reuse options!
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