re: The entire “clearance issue” could be an excellent learning opportunity

Definitely above your pay grade!

This smacks of allowing no dissension. It's how petty despots grow in power, it reeks of insecurity, and it's bad to juju to surround yourself with only yes men. His silencing the opposition and will only foster resentment and segregate his base even more from those moderate republicans and sympathetic independents which he needs to remain in office, be re-electable and govern in between.

This guy's clueless to the discourse he's fomenting as September draws near in an midterm election year.