GOP rep says Russia and China are 'laughing at us' after NSA director firing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/06/25 2:31 PM ET


Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy after demands from far-right influencer Laura Loomer, saying Sunday that China and Russia are “laughing at us” after that decision.

“I will tell you, this puts us back. It hurts us,” Bacon said in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation.” “Russia and China today are laughing at us because we just fired the absolute best leaders, the most qualified guys that we spent three-and-a-half decades preparing to have this role, and he’s gone,” Bacon continued. “And it’s heartbreaking to see that that decision was made without explanation, and it hurt us.”

Bacon, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, said he is not aware of any White House communication to Congress explaining the president’s decision to fire Gen. Timothy Haugh, a four-star general who was unanimously confirmed to lead the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command. He was fired late Thursday.

Haugh has more than 30 years of experience in the U.S. Air Force and led numerous cyber operations to counter efforts from Russia and other U.S. adversaries.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5234895-trump-fires-nsa-leaders/

[yourout]

1. Talk is cheap. If you really wants to do something he can recruit a couple of his buddies to go independent and...

Caucus with the dems
And put a stop to this nonsense.

[MadameButterfly]

7. Could you imagine if two or three Republicans

couldn't stand it any more and said no. The could put a halt to all of this. Remove tarriffs. They'd be heros. Put the NSA Director back. Restore the IRS, SS, Medicaid, USAID....it might even entice a few more to join them. Maybe even a lot of them. They could show up for town halls again.

Well, one can dream.

[Delarage]

2. Putin gets what Putin wants

At least from the United States

[travelingthrulife]

3. You made this farce Bacon. Own it.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. Loomer is a powerbroker - unfuckingbelieveable.

[barbtries]

6. she kisses his ass

literally. and everywhere else no doubt.

[barbtries]

5. what the fuck did they expect,

handing their power and allegiance to him?! he is demented, he is a psychopath and a malignant narcissist, and this was all known. years ago!

aargh

[J_William_Ryan]

8. "I will tell you, this puts us back. It hurts us," Bacon said..."

Yet another example of the stupidity of the Trump voter/supporter.

[republianmushroom]

9. They are laughing at REPUBLICAN GOVERNING.

Christ, I'm also laughing at it.