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White House quietly trims dozens of national security experts
Washington Six days before President Trump chose Robert OBrien as his national security advisor in September, the president said the job would be simple.
You know why its easy? Trump told reporters. Because I make all the decisions. They dont have to work.
As a key White House advisor, OBrien clearly works but he meets Trumps other job requirements: He avoids publicity, he gets out of the way on policy decisions, and he dismisses employees Trump views as meddlesome.
Unlike his predecessors, John Bolton or H.R. McMaster, who pursued their own agendas or tried to block some of Trumps impulses, OBrien has taken a wrecking ball to parts of the National Security Council, the intelligence and foreign policy hub of the White House, to satisfy a president who doesnt trust experts, is suspicious of career government employees, and acts on his own whims.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-02-12/white-house-quietly-trims-dozens-of-national-security-experts
underpants
(182,788 posts)☎️
leftieNanner
(15,084 posts)When Putin is just a phone call away.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)When do Executive Directives become Treason?
WyattKansas
(1,648 posts)At this point, republican Senators and House members who keep propping up this Russian 'Idiot' should take out their pistols, point it at their temple, and pull the trigger to do the country a favor.