Showing posts with label McMaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McMaster. Show all posts

Monday, September 28, 2020

McMaster: Trump suggestion he might not cede power is ‘gift to our adversaries’

Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might not cede power if he loses the presidential election to Joe Biden is “a gift to our adversaries”, the former national security adviser HR McMaster said on Sunday, though he added that “even talking about” the US military removing the president if necessary was “irresponsible”....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/27/trump-election-cede-power-hr-mcmaster


Saturday, April 7, 2018

Trump was reportedly confused that the CIA delayed a drone strike until the terrorist separated from his family: 'Why did you wait?' - Business Insider

President Donald Trump responds to White House visitors as he makes his way to board Marine One on the South Lawn before departing the White House, Thursday, April 5, 2018 in Washington. "Why did you wait?," Trump reportedly asked the CIA in January 2017 after watching a pre-recorded drone strike. ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-confused-cia-delayed-drone-strike-terrorist-alone-2018-4

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Trump Is Mindf*cking His Own Cabinet and Senior Staff - The Daily Beast

The Trump White House spent the latter part of this week teasing the likelihood that someone was going to be fired. It could be a National Security Adviser. Or the HUD secretary. Perhaps the chief of staff. Or all of them. By Friday morning, senior Trump administration officials were wondering if their own jobs were even safe. And then….. nothing happened. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-mindfking-his-own-cabinet-and-senior-staff

Former Bush official says John Bolton was 'by far the most dangerous man we had in the entire eight years' - Business Insider

A former member of the George W. Bush administration has called John Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the UN and rumored replacement for National Security Advisor H. R. McMaster, a "dangerous man." Richard Painter said that Bolton's potential appointment to security advisor role was "an invitation to to war, perhaps nuclear war" and "must be stopped at all costs." ....
http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-painter-john-bolton-most-dangerous-man-bush-administration-2018-3

McMaster calls for further U.S. punishment of Russia over ‘atrocities’ in Syria - POLITICO

At the museum, he invoked the memory of the Holocaust as he called for greater international action in the region. ....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/15/hr-mcmaster-russia-syria-crime-punishment-465841

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Trump lashes out on Russia probe after Friday’s indictment | PBS NewsHour -- AP Fact Check

President Donald Trump’s Twitter cannon roared over the weekend as the latest turn in the Russia investigation seemingly placed him on the defensive. He denied he had ever absolved Russia of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, despite his plentiful record of voicing doubts on that question....

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Unrest bubbles among Trump's key foreign policy aides: Sources

Frustration is mounting among leading foreign policy officials in President Donald Trump's administration as they chafe at some policy and bureaucratic defeats and complain they lack independence to do their jobs, officials say. The clash between internationalists urging the traditional U.S. leadership role in the world and advocates of an "America First" approach has worn down foreign policy and intelligence professionals inside the government, according to the officials....
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/25/unrest-bubbles-among-trumps-key-foreign-policy-aides-sources.html


Saturday, July 22, 2017

Trump reportedly sometimes ‘tunes out’ his national security advisor, HR McMaster -- Business Insider

President Donald Trump will sometimes "tune out" his top national security adviser, Axios reported on Friday. When National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster gives Trump daily national security briefings, he likes to stick to his points, sources who have worked with him told Axios. Trump, however, often "likes to be discursive and will frequently turn to others or meander into other subjects."...
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-reportedly-sometimes-tunes-out-his-national-security-advisor-hr-mcmaster-2017-7

Monday, March 27, 2017

Calling On a Few Good Men

Memo To: Secretary of Defense James Mattis, National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, C.I.A. Director Mike Pompeo and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 

Dear Sirs, I am writing you today as the five adults with the most integrity in the Trump administration. Mattis, McMaster and Kelly, you all served our nation as generals in battle. Pompeo, you graduated first in your class at West Point and served as a cavalry officer. Tillerson, you ran one of America’s largest companies.

I am writing you directly because I believe you are the last “few good men” who can stand up and reverse the moral rot that has infected the Trump administration from the top....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/opinion/calling-on-a-few-good-men.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_ty_20170322&nl=opinion-today&nl_art=3&nlid=78638145&ref=headline&te=1&mtrref=undefined&assetType=opinion









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