My guess Dan Coats is about to depart under those magical words "Your Fired"

Q has share for a number of people that the president can/has appointed a replacement two ways 1) for 120 days temporarily 2) or someone that's been through the confirmation process within x timeframe

The line of succession for the Director of National Intelligence is as follows:

1) Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence

That's Principal Deputy Director M Susan Gordon, appointed by POTUS and confirmed in 2017

BUT this whole article locked her in for me..

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/sue-gordon-speaking-truth-power-including-president

"Gina Haspel as CIA Director: “Gina is one of my dearest friends and favorite colleagues. For those of you who don’t know her, she is so solid, true and not breathless. She will be an amazing leader of the CIA, particularly following [Secretary of State nominee] Mike Pompeo, whose aggressiveness and assertiveness actually established a really good beachhead for intelligence. [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats plays a different role. He is the voice of reason. Pompeo and Coats had a really good relationship. I think Pompeo and Haspel get along exceptionally well.

Good is not the same as exceptional;

POTUS is the one to be evaluating the information, does he really need someone else to be "the voice of reason" ?

Sorry Dan Buh Bye