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Richard Grenell Named Acting Director of National Intelligence

Calvin Trillin

March 3, 2020

Richard Grenell, US Ambassador to Germany, was recently appointed acting intelligence coordinator at the White House.(Sven Hoppe / picture alliance via Getty Images)

The flunky ranks begin to swell: Trump’s intel chief’s now R. Grenell, Who must repel what doesn’t jell With hokum all Fox anchors sell. On non-Fox facts he mustn’t dwell Or he will get a swift farewell.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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