{"id":9032,"date":"2020-02-20T07:55:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T06:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=9032"},"modified":"2020-02-20T09:46:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T08:46:44","slug":"trump-names-richard-grenell-as-acting-head-of-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wehle.ru\/wp\/?p=9032","title":{"rendered":"Trump Names Richard Grenell as Acting Head of Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/19\/us\/politics\/dni-national-intelligence-director-grenell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York Times<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany who quickly antagonized the establishment after arriving in Berlin in 2018, to be the acting director of national intelligence overseeing the nation\u2019s 17 spy agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">By choosing Mr. Grenell, who has little experience in intelligence or in running a large bureaucracy, the president signaled that he wants a trusted, aggressive leader atop an intelligence community that he has long viewed with suspicion and at times gone to war against.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">As ambassador, Mr. Grenell made public statements that some German officials took as\u00a0expressing opposition\u00a0to the government there, an extraordinary intervention into domestic affairs that diplomats typically avoid.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The wording here greatly amuses me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/politik\/ausland\/2020-02\/usa-richard-grenell-us-botschafter-geheimdienstkoordinator-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Die Zeit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph article__item\">Der Trump-Unterst\u00fctzer nutzte sein Botschafteramt in Berlin f\u00fcr oftmals offensive Ansagen an die Bundesregierung und\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/2018\/24\/richard-grenell-us-botschafter-diplomatie-populismus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brach damit mit der \u00fcblichen diplomatischen Zur\u00fcckhaltung<\/a>. So forderte Grenell bereits kurz nach seinem Amtsantritt deutsche Firmen auf, sich aus dem Iran-Gesch\u00e4ft zur\u00fcckzuziehen, nachdem Trump aus dem Deal ausgestiegen war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph article__item\">Viel Kritik gab es in Europa f\u00fcr den Botschafter auch, als Grenell in einem Interview mit dem ultrarechten Internetportal\u00a0<em>Breitbart<\/em>\u00a0gesagt hatte, er halte es f\u00fcr seine Aufgabe,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/politik\/deutschland\/2018-06\/us-botschafter-richard-grenell-breitbart-interview-auswaertiges-amt-erklaerung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">konservative Bewegungen in ganz Europa zu st\u00e4rken.<\/a>\u00a0Er wurde von dem Portal mit den Worten zitiert: &#8222;Ich m\u00f6chte andere Konservative in Europa, andere Anf\u00fchrer, unbedingt st\u00e4rken.&#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph article__item\">Im August hatte\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/politik\/ausland\/2019-08\/usa-verteidigung-nato-truppen-deutschland-abzug-polen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grenell im Streit um die deutschen Verteidigungsausgaben<\/a>\u00a0mit einem Teilabzug von US-Soldaten und -Soldatinnen aus Deutschland gedroht, sollte die Bundesregierung den Wehretat nicht erh\u00f6hen. Zuvor hatte er der Bundesregierung in der Debatte um eine Beteiligung des chinesischen Huawei-Konzerns am Aufbau des 5G-Mobilfunknetzes mit Konsequenzen f\u00fcr die Geheimdienstzusammenarbeit gedroht. F\u00fcr seine Einmischung und\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zeit.de\/politik\/deutschland\/2018-06\/us-botschafter-richard-grenell-breitbart-interview-auswaertiges-amt-erklaerung\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kritischen \u00c4u\u00dferungen zog Grenell immer wieder den Unmut deutscher Politikerinnen und Politiker auf sich<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York Times: President Trump on Wednesday named Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany who quickly antagonized the establishment after arriving in Berlin in 2018, to be the acting director of national intelligence overseeing the nation\u2019s 17 spy agencies. 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