President-elect , Donald Trump , has picked his previous national intelligence producer,  , John Ratcliffe, to be the director of the , Central Intelligence Agency, selecting a furious nationalist from his first leadership to lead the world’s knowledge equipment.
Ratcliffe, 59, is expected to bring a large emphasis on countering regional security threats and unusual adversaries like as , China , and , Iran , to the place. He will guide an organization that Trump had a frequently hostile relationship with during his first name if confirmed by the Senate .
During his first , White House , word, the president-elect usually launched attacks on social media against , U. S.  , knowledge authorities while at times praising opponents including Russian President , Vladimir Putin , and North Korea ‘s , Kim Jong Un.
That contentious marriage was mostly driven by the companies ‘ instructions that , Russia , meddled in the 2016 vote in Trump’s pursuit. He accused the “deep condition” of being “weaponized” against him and his friends. At a conference in , Helsinki , in 2018, he reportedly sided with Putin over , U. S.  , companies ‘ analysis of Moscow’s vote intervention.
Ratcliffe” may fight unafraid for the legal rights of all Americans while ensuring the highest rates of regional security, and PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH,” according to a statement released on Tuesday.
Ratcliffe was director of national intelligence at the end of Trump’s second word, after serving as a Republican senator from , Texas, where he was first elected in 2014.
Ratcliffe was under fire when Trump initially suggested him for the position of director of national intelligence, but he withdrew his name from the list due to allegations that he had exaggerated his skills.  , Senate Republicans , soured on Ratcliffe over concerns about whether he misrepresented his position in prosecuting violence and immigration situations when he worked at the , Justice Department.
But, Ratcliffe later won help for the election following his ardent defence of Trump during the previous president’s first impeachment. That moving involved charges Trump abused his power by trying to coerce Ukrainian President , Volodymyr Zelenskyy , to open an investigation into , Joe Biden , before the 2020 vote. Ratcliffe was confirmed by the , Senate , as national knowledge producer in , May 2020.
In a letter Ratcliffe wrote on X in October, referring to Trump’s Democratic competitor in the presidential poll,” The Trump administration will inherit an incalculably massive and risky system of terrorist threats embedded within the 10 million people allowed to illegally enter the U.S. by border king Kamala Harris.”
Trump’s relaxed attitude in handling some of America’s closest-guarded techniques may also enhance concerns about his ability to protect the company’s sources and methods. Early in his first tenure in the , White House, Trump shared sensitive intelligence from , Israel , with visiting Russian officials and later was found to have kept highly classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club after he left office.
Gina Haspel, who led the , CIA , under Trump’s first term, reportedly threatened to resign in late 2020 when Trump sought to install , Kash Patel, a close ally of his, as her deputy, according to , Axios.
Ratcliffe currently leads the America First Policy Institute ‘s , Center for American Security, along with other former aides from Trump’s first administration,  , Keith Kellogg , and , Fred Fleitz. Half a year after Putin’s invasion of , Ukraine, the trio authored a report titled” Ending Putin’s Invasion” calling on the US to map out plans to convene peace talks between , Ukraine , and , Russia.
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