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Daily Beast: McMaster Goes to War—Against His White House Enemies
The national security adviser is purging the Trump White House of hardliners. But the ‘nationalists’ are quickly moving to strike back.
Empowered by a new chief of staff and goosed by a president angry over a lack of progress, National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is sweeping out some of the White House’s most fervent ideologues and Trump loyalists.
But McMaster has to move fast, senior administration officials tell The Daily Beast. The hardline nationalists at the core of Trump’s political base have declared war on the president’s top national security aide, and his own role is by no means secure.
“The president hasn’t liked the plans he’s been presented on Iran, Afghanistan, or ISIS,” one of the officials told The Daily Beast. “The process hasn’t worked like it should,” to produce the innovative plans President Donald Trump tasked his team with crafting—plans that look different from what the Obama administration, or even the Bush administration, tried before.
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Update: Kelly gives McMaster cover in West Wing battles (Politico)
WNU Editor: The role of a National Security Adviser is to give the President advice and information on national security issues. If the above reports are true .... purging dissenting points of view because you believe they are obstructing and/or impeding your agenda .... this does not sit well with me. It is by listening to dissenting points of view that one can learn something new .... case in point .... I know personally I have benefited tremendously over the years by reading dissenting points of view in this blog .... even though I may disagree 90% of the time with what is written, that 10% makes it worthwhile.
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