While the details of exactly what he is proposing remain vague, President Trump is said to be planning to sign an executive order mandating various cabinet secretaries to “beef up” cybersecurity on government meansures, threatening to hold them all “totally accountable” when things go wrong.
Trump is to order “updates” to IT systems, and to work with private industry to shore up the electricity grid and “critical infrastructure.” The executive order was initially reported to be signed Tuesday evening, but this did not actually happen.
Trump presented the hacking of the Democratic National Committee as proof that more effort needed to be made in preventing future cyber-attacks, insisting the Republicans had “a very strong defense system” and that’s why they were never successfully hacked.
Such vague orders to do more on cyber-security have been common in recent years in the US, though they do not appear to have had a significant impact on the number of successful cyber-attacks launched, usually following media reports of significant attacks.
I, for one, would like to know how Trump plans on paying for these “updates” and what exactly “beef up” means to “government meansures” – whatever that is.
You know, if this had been Obama issuing Executive Orders left and right, never mind the fact that they tend to be ambiguous and poorly written, the Republicans would be coming unglued, en masse. Aren’t they still concerned about the Executive Branch straying into the purview of the Legislative Branch? Where’s the squealing over a Constitutional crisis now?
It is definitely a curious contrast isn’t it. Trump’s support amongst his base is said to be constant and stable, even in the face of all the crazyas-sed blunders he’s pulled off in his 11 days.
That begs the quesiton, why did they turn so hard against Obama, as evidenced by their vitriol spewed out against him, but are able to continue to support Trump for far worse.
There are still a few Trump supporters on this site so maybe they would like to point out the distinction in their minds at least.
It’s no secret that Trump got the support of those who felt left out and disenfranchized, but why would they continue to support him now that it’s pretty obvious he’s not going to help them?
We shouldn’t expect a logical answer but you raised the issue well and I’m all for pursuing it for a while.
“…why would they continue to support him now that it’s pretty obvious he’s not going to help them?”
Oh, that’s easy. Just like the die-hard Obama supporters, they believe that it’s just a rough-start – a blip – and that things will get on-track shortly…soon, really soon. All the while bolstered by their own belief that they (the voters) did not make a mistake – no one likes to hear that they screwed up, especially when those pundits they get their beliefs from are so damned confident and sincere and would never lead them astray.
Terror pimp Rudy Giuliani gets a fat contract.