Intelligence chief resigns Another day, another administration official stepping down. This time it's national intelligence chief Dan Coats, who is expected to leave office in two weeks -- the latest chapter in President Trump's tense relationship with some of his top advisers. The former senator became director of national intelligence in 2017 and spent his tenure at odds with the President, leading an agency that Trump has publicly mocked, ignored and dismissed. The unsettling dynamic has created an unusual spectacle of this presidency and Trump has come close to firing him several times, but aides persuaded him not to. Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe will be nominated to replace him. |
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