CIA Director John Ratcliffe has emerged as President Donald Trump’s “quiet hammer”. He goes in, accomplishes whatever mission the President gave him, then disappears back into the shadows. The Agency seems to have adopted the same approach, so Trump actually deserves credit for turning the CIA into an instrument of America First power. Ratcliffe has been reshaping and reforming the CIA in Trump’s vision — a monumental task given the damage done to the Intelligence Community (IC) during previous administrations and under previous CIA directors particularly John Brennan during Barack Obama’s administration.
“Under Director John Ratcliffe, CIA is back to focusing on mission and is executing on President Trump’s national security priorities,” CIA Director of Public Affairs Liz Lyons told Breitbart News. “This is a more aggressive CIA willing to take risks to give the United States a decisive advantage. In less than a year, CIA helped deliver historic wins — especially in the Middle East and Western Hemisphere — to safeguard American interests and bolster our National Security”.
