‘Will Be Sharing His Expertise and Insight as a Trusted Friend Concerning Private Sector Cyber Security Problems’
Donald Trump‘s close advisor and surrogate, Rudy Giuliani, who spent months lying for the then-nominee, was actively gunning to be named the president-elect’s Secretary of State nominee. That did not happen, and Giuliani made clear he would accept no other cabinet position. But loyal to a fault and desperate to surround himself with yes men Trump has found a new role for Giuliani in his administration – actually, Trump has made up a new role for Giuliani in his administration.
Cyber.
“President-elect Trump is very pleased to announce former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector cyber security problems and emerging solutions developing in the private sector,” the Trump transition team announced in a statement Thursday morning. “This is a rapidly evolving field both as to intrusions and solutions and it is critically important to get timely information from all sources.”
The announcement literally makes little sense and sounds like Trump is handing his best buddy a job. It’s unknown if Giuliani will be compensated.
The statement continues, saying, “from time to time because of the changing nature of this problem, it is contemplated that the President-elect will be hosting a series of meetings with senior corporate executives from companies which have faced or are facing challenges similar to those facing the government and public entities today, such as hacking, intrusions, disruptions, manipulations, theft of data and identities, and securing information technology infrastructure.”
Giuliani sat down with “Fox & Friends” to announce his new position:
Of note, Giuliani will be focused only on private sector cybersecurity, not government sector issues.Â
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