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National Security Adviser No Longer Advises
February 22, 2020 at 9:09 am EST By Taegan Goddard 126 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/22/national-security-adviser-no-longer-advises/
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When President Trumps national security adviser, Robert C. OBrien, convenes meetings with top National Security Council officials at the White House, he sometimes opens by distributing printouts of Mr. Trumps latest tweets on the subject at hand, the New York Times reports.
The gesture amounts to an implicit challenge for those present. Their job is to find ways of justifying, enacting or explaining Mr. Trumps policy, not to advise the president on what it should be.
That is the reverse of what the National Security Council was created to do at the Cold Wars dawn to inform and advise the president on national security decisions. But under Mr. OBrien, the White Houses hostage negotiator when Mr. Trump chose him to succeed John Bolton in September, that dynamic has often been turned on its head.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)deep doo-doo.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)he'll pull out of NATO and South Korea.
There is no longer anyone who would question such an order from him.
Faux pas
(14,667 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)This country appears now to be in a very vulnerable position and our security has been compromised. That will continue to worsen in the foreseeable future.
Considering that our allies are not being respected and cultivated, that means any potential enemies are getting a green light or now considering how vulnerable we are. I would see it as an invitation or, at the very least, tempting.
Is this the setup for an emergency that will be the Trump that broke the camel's back and a prelude to cementing his tyrannical rule? He has been signalling that, IMHO. Any emergency or attack will do. The evocation of more powers will be a matter of course and they will usher in a situation that will have dire consequences for our democracy.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)This is Chairman Mao or Stalin territory. He wants to rule as a king, while living in a distorted reality.