Eric McDaniel
speaker
828 appearances
99 recordings
3 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 31 Aug
Eric McDaniel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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First, he'll hold back Jay Clayton, his permanent pick as director of national intelligence, until Clayton's replacement as a federal prosecutor gets confirmed by the Senate.
That leaves the very controversial Bill Pulte in the job as acting DNI.
Second, Trump says he'll block renewal of a key spy law until Senate Republicans pass his election security bill, the Save America Act.
They've tried twice and failed twice because the election bill doesn't have enough support to become law.
It's unusual for the president to block the confirmation of his own cabinet nominee and the surveillance tool the government says is responsible for 60% of the material in the president's daily intelligence briefing.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
So there's an unbridgeable divide between the things the president wants and the things Congress is able to deliver.
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In an overnight Truth Social post, Trump made two demands.
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This is the Save America Act.
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Second, the president wants to see Clayton's replacement confirmed for his current federal prosecutor job before he allows Clayton to start the confirmation process.
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So there's an unbridgeable divide between the things the president wants and the things Congress is able to deliver.
In an overnight Truth Social post, Trump made two demands.
First, he wants the Senate to pass his election security bill.
This is the Save America Act.
Second, the president wants to see Clayton's replacement confirmed for his current federal prosecutor job before he allows Clayton to start the confirmation process.
His demands for the Senate aren't achievable, according to top Senate Republicans, including leader John Thune, who said this yesterday in an interview with Fox News.
They voted on the Save America bill twice.
It has failed twice.
It needs Democratic support to pass, that is, unless they get rid of the chamber's de facto 60-vote majority, which there isn't support to do.
So the president is demanding something that there is truly no path for.
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