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Showing Original Post only (View all)WAPO ****BREAKING**** President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster [View all]

President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration.
Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is willing to take time executing the move because he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated and that there is a strong successor lined up, these people said.
The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House, where staffers are gripped by fear and uncertainty as they await the next move from an impulsive president who enjoys stoking conflict.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-decides-to-remove-national-security-adviser-and-others-may-follow/2018/03/15/fea2ebae-285c-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.b9a3a4a78336
Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is willing to take time executing the move because he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated and that there is a strong successor lined up, these people said.
The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House, where staffers are gripped by fear and uncertainty as they await the next move from an impulsive president who enjoys stoking conflict.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-decides-to-remove-national-security-adviser-and-others-may-follow/2018/03/15/fea2ebae-285c-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.b9a3a4a78336
This is like the Night Of The Long Knives
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WAPO ****BREAKING**** President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
OP
Yes. He's a fucking traitor to the U.S. and he MUST be prosecuted to the fullest! Bastard!!
C Moon
Mar 2018
#40
I was willing to give him a bit of a pass, being active duty and all, but he clearly swallowed
niyad
Mar 2018
#46
Sigh. As I posted elsewhere, McMaster is not out YET, and stories he'll be out soon have been
highplainsdem
Mar 2018
#7
That's exactly what I said earlier. It's like a bloodless night of the long knives but
smirkymonkey
Mar 2018
#11
When I read that McMaster was a friend of Jimmy Carter I knew he was sane/
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
#15