Ex nat’l security official. Accelerationist. Mr. Brightside. Host of
@iHeartMedia
’s The Whistleblowers pod. Author of NYT bestsellers “A Warning” & “Blowback.”
I'm done.
I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved. The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals.
I'm quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same.
Mr. President, this is not true. You were angry that DHS notified federal buildings to lower the flags for Sen. McCain. I would know because your staff called and told me.
I was never a big fan of John McCain, disagreed with him on many things including ridiculous endless wars and the lack of success he had in dealing with the VA and our great Vets, but the lowering of our Nations American Flags, and the first class funeral he was given by our....
I used to oversee the Secret Service. The fact that the Vice President’s Office was worried about danger — from President Trump turning against VP Pence — is both historically unprecedented & terrifying.
As a Republican, I never thought I’d say this: Donald Trump has made me more fond of Barack Obama, the U.S. Postal Service, and public health mandates.
To current & former Trump Administration officials: we have secured top-tier, pro bono legal counsel to advise those looking to speak out about the President. We’ve got your back. My DMs are open.
Is it just me, or does the federal government now look like a Trump business? Struggling for direction under the impulses of an unhinged CEO, deeply in debt, high manager turnover rate, low morale, countless lawsuits over questionable practices, and sinking brand reputation.
I think I speak for the majority of people who served under
@realDonaldTrump
when I say: he demonstrated his unfitness for office tonight. He’s unhinged, untrustworthy, and un-presidential.
If you need something to cheer you up this weekend: more ex-Trump officials are going to speak out against the President — and in favor of repairing our republic.
I’m feeling more confident that the Trump Administration is about to go the way of Trump Airlines, Trump Casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, and Trump University: out of business.
Trump confidantes have told me there are three things he fears more than losing: financial scrutiny, getting prosecuted, and being forgotten. If so, I suspect he’s in for a rough ride.
I spent a decade working in counterterrorism. The rhetoric we are seeing from leaders of my party — the Republican Party — is *directly* fueling violence and a spike in domestic terrorism. This is not a partisan observation. This is a public safety warning.
“In a monumental irony, both Julian Assange…and Edward Snowden…stand charged with the very same crimes that are likely to be brought against Mr. Trump. On both Mr. Assange and Mr. Snowden, Mr. Trump argued that they should be executed.”
Donald Trump is a man without character. It’s why I wrote “A Warning”...and it’s why me & my colleagues have spoken out against him (in our own names) for months. It’s time for everyone to step out of the shadows. My statement:
Ex-Pres Trump wanted us to block disaster aid to California and Puerto Rico because they didn’t like him.
Joe Biden doesn’t care about politics when it comes to saving lives.
Grateful for a sane President.
To my former colleagues on the fence: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” —Theodore Roosevelt.
Alas, I’ll take the bait. Haven’t forgotten you though! I guess the only way to prove it is to tell some stories. Maybe until the election. What do you think?
Many thousands of people work for our government. With that said, a former DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE named Miles Taylor, who I do not know (never heard of him), said he left & is on the open arms Fake News circuit. Said to be a real “stiff”. They will take anyone against us!
Trump's Cabinet debated invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him -- from early in his presidency to the very end. I witnessed some of those deliberations. On January 6, they should've done it.
Ex-Trumpers are often asked, “Is it as bad as it looks inside the Administration?” The answer, of course, is no. It’s not as bad as it looks. It’s much worse.
This bears repeating again and again: almost the entirety of
@realDonaldTrump
‘s national security cabinet felt he was unfit for office and his impulses made America less safe. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s not a talking point. It’s the truth. Don’t become numb to it.
I worked for
@realDonaldTrump
in a top national security job. And I will tell you this: he went SO SOFT on Russia, and America is LESS SAFE because of it.
NEW: Testimonial ad from Trump's Former DHS Chief of Staff
@MilesTaylorUSA
, declaring his support for Joe Biden and describing Trump's presidency as "terrifying" and "actively doing damage to our security."
WATCH & go to for more.
Since the President has purged most of the adults, the US gov’t is now being run by an armada of “acting” officials & an army of MAGA-brainwashed child soldiers. Trust me: you don’t want to see what a second term would look like.
The woman who said “We would have won” if she’d led the terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol … is now on the Committee charged with countering terrorism.
MTG is a danger to national security. Really.
Reminder to those who haven’t yet voted: Trump wanted us to explore gassing, electrifying, and shooting migrants at the border. Is that who we are? Vote him out.
To the skeptical: these aren’t “mainstream media” lies. This is who the Commander-in-Chief really is—and everyone in his orbit knows it. Character is all that matters in this election.
“Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”
Trump said of visiting US war dead at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018, sources tell
@JeffreyGoldberg
. He also referred to the more than 1,800 Marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as “suckers.”
I’m tired of MAGA people telling me Trump was good with national security & I don’t know what I’m talking about. I was in the damn room. He put spies & soldiers in danger with his reckless behavior and ignorance. Enough. Never again.
Mar-a-Lago was targeted by foreign spies … Trump stashed codeword, top secret information there … DOJ / Secret Service have real concerns about the facility’s security.
This isn’t about “documents.” It’s about Trump putting America in danger.
Note to
@JoeBiden
’s team: An incumbent President can gain “special access” to a former president’s records (i.e. Trump). You should review his calls with foreign leaders. There is repair work to be done—also, your heads will 🤯.
Coming off Twitter break to say: WOW.
The Dominion Voting Systems story is one of the MOST breathtaking examples of moral cowardice in media. Maybe ever.
Fox News was ready to trade the American republic for their ratings.
It’s time for a full-fledged investigation into how
@realDonaldTrump
has sought to abuse the presidential pardon for personal political benefit. I’m happy to offer testimony.
Julian Assange was offered a presidential pardon if he helped to resolve the "ongoing speculation about Russian involvement" in the hacking of Democratic National Cmte. emails leaked during the 2016 U.S. election campaign, a London court was told Friday.
The polls show
@realDonaldTrump
losing badly with women. He’d be doing worse if they saw the misogyny I witnessed inside the Trump Administration. *A short thread.*
Hearing
@DHSgov
White House Liaison has been tasked with “digging up dirt” on me. No worries—I can take it! But another possible case of WH using DHS and taxpayer $$ for political purposes. Cc:
@DHSOIG
Let’s not forget that
@realDonaldTrump
is the first impeached president to appear on the general-election ballot in U.S. history. He deserves to be unemployed, not re-elected.
🚨 This is a BIG deal. Gen Selva sat almost every week in the White House Situation Room under Trump, has seen the chaos of this Administration, and clearly knows that a second term is untenable.
Retired Gen. Paul Selva, a former senior military adviser to President Trump, is one of nearly 500 national security experts and former officials who has signed a letter in support of Joe Biden for president.
Serious question for
@WhiteHouse
: Is the President able to fully discharge the powers & duties of his office? We need an update on this every single hour until he beats the virus.
Here’s why
@VP
Mike Pence doesn’t deserve a second chance: I never once saw him stand up to
@realDonaldTrump
—not when the President abused his office for personal gain, made sickening comments about women & immigrants right in front of us, or gave unlawful orders. Never.
Donald Trump reportedly reached out to a Wisconsin legislator last week to urge him to de-certify Biden’s 2020 election win…20 months later.
This is what we would call “an active crime scene.”
“I know John Kelly. He was with me. He had no temperament,” Trump says when asked why his former chief of staff hasn’t denied the Atlantic story. Trump says Kelly was “unable to function” and “exhausted” by the time he left. “He was unable to handle the pressure of this job.”
I can't emphasize this enough: the people who cheered on the storming of the U.S. Congress are now trying to get elected to it. Wake up, America. We can't let them launch an insurrection from the inside.
I believe Trump intended to incite an insurrection as a pretext for declaring some form of marshal law. He mused about invoking the Insurrection Act YEARS before Jan 6 — calling it a “magic power” — in convos I witnessed & was briefed on.
A former Member of Congress to me: “Trump has not only made Congressional Republicans fear for their political lives, but for their actual ones. They worry about the safety of their families if they oppose him, even now. That’s how bad it is.”
Last year I warned that Trump might refuse to accept the election outcome. It’s been worse than imagined.
Whether you voted for him or not, I hope ALL Americans will support
@JoeBiden
’s efforts to restore faith in our democracy.
We were in the room. We saw what happened. And we believe the President’s character & conduct make him unfit for office. Every American voter—especially those unsure of who Trump is—should watch tonight.
Another message to my fellow ex-Trumpers: You’ve spent your lives singing about the “home of the brave.” Time to speak out & prove it! My DMs are open. If you are ready to make the plunge, an army of us will protect you.
I watched Cabinet members debate invoking the 25th Amendment early in Trump’s term. They feared destabilizing democracy.
But the hand-wringing must stop. And the Cabinet must be ready to step up. This man is truly deranged and is actively defacing our democracy.
The Twitter Files are silly. I was in the room when top tech companies briefed public officials about election security efforts on their platforms. You know who was also in the room? Trump White House officials! They never protested.
I lot of attention is focused on Trump’s missing call logs, so I’ll say this:
The Trump Presidency wasn’t nearly as bad as it looked from the outside…
…it was so much worse.
What was the biggest threat I saw at DHS? It wasn’t foreign enemies. It was Donald Trump himself, who put the country in danger time and time again.
He remains — literally — the most serious danger to the homeland security of the United States.
BREAKING—The Trump Administration will soon achieve the same status as Trump Airlines, Trump Casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, and Trump University: out of business.
If Trump somehow wins the GOP nomination in 2024, I will run against him as an independent. And recruit more conservatives to do the same.
We will split the vote and sink him.
I can confirm—having helped run the Department building it—that Mexico is NOT paying for the Wall. For those who still believe
@realDonaldTrump
, may God have mercy on your soul.
For the third consecutive night, Trump lies, "Mexico is paying for the wall." Americans are paying for the wall, in part with billions Trump has diverted from other budgets.
The White House declined to comment when I asked them yesterday to explain how Mexico is paying.
I am a gun owner. A Republican. And a former Trump official.
@JoeBiden
is NOT going to take away your guns & 2nd Amendment rights. Get real, people, and ignore this carnival barker.
Trump having a normal one talking Texas on Fox & Friends: "They want to take away your guns, your oil and your god, okay? That’s what they want. They want to take away your Second Amendment, they want to take away fracking and oil. They don’t care, they want to take it away."
Y’all I don’t have a hot take for you tonight. Just the simple truth: I worked for this Trump guy, he’s genuinely not a good person OR president, and America deserves better.
We served on Trump’s homeland security team. We are calling on him to stop his efforts to overturn the election & for him to concede. Read our statement.
A (very incomplete) thread of foolish, unethical, un-American, and/or illegal things
@realDonaldTrump
asked us to do during my tenure...to which the only appropriate response was, “NO.” (1 of 25)
As I’ve said repeatedly, virtually everyone with half a brain and a fraction of a conscience in the Administration felt this way about the President. The dam is breaking.
The GOP is in shambles. Last week we convened top conservative voices to discuss a reform movement or launching a new center-right party.
More to come.
Miles Taylor on Good Morning America:
"I'm not going to mention any other names yet, but the president can expect that in the coming weeks and months he is going to hear from more people that served in his administration."
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I don’t mean this facetiously: Trump is an actual madman. No one could keep him in check. The only way of holding him accountable was for the people to fire him.
He keeps proving—every day—that he deserved it.
“Think of [Olivia Troye] as a domino that will start a chain reaction that will encourage more people to... to speak up,” says former DHS official
@MilesTaylorUSA
about the former Pence aide slamming Trump and endorsing Biden in a new video