02-08-2025, 03:58 AM
(02-08-2025, 03:16 AM)benji wrote: I don't know why former Presidents keep their clearances and get briefings anyway. Same with Secret Service protection or salaries* plus benefits for life. But I'M THE WEIRD ONE for questioning any of this in a republic.
*Okay, technically I do know why this one is the case but one destitute president from debts shouldn't have made it a thing. He was the only one "poor" before taking office too. Congress could have legislated just for him. Now it wouldn't even be necessary, they're all handed millions the instant they leave office.
my immediate thought was that he didn't want biden learning about what's going on behind the scenes and leaking it...or people using biden to ask what's going on behind the scenes and getting it relayed to them and leaking it