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| McMaster, On ‘Warpath,' Purges Key Trump Allies From White House NSC |
| 2017-08-03 |
| [Free Beacon] An ongoing staffing purge being conducted by White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster has thrown the West Wing into chaos, according to more than half a dozen Trump administration insiders who told the Washington Free Beacon that McMaster has been targeting long-time Trump loyalists who were clashing with career government staffers and holdovers from the Obama administration. The purge is part of a larger drama unfolding inside the administration, between veteran Trump staffers committed to the president's campaign vision of "draining the swamp"’ in Washington and entrenched bureaucracies seeking to maintain control over policy decision-making, according to these sources, who said that many of these actions against his supporters are being conducted without Trump's knowledge. The Trump staffers fired by McMaster had repeatedly clashed with career government staffers and holdovers from the Obama administration on issues as diverse as military strategies for Syria and Afghanistan, whether to tear up Obama's landmark Iran deal, the controversial détente with Cuba, the U.S. role in confronting Islamic radicalism, and the Paris Climate Accord, according to these sources. More purges are said to be on the way, according to multiple insiders who described a list of at least four other senior NSC officials McMaster intends to target. Other sources confirmed the likelihood of more purges, but disputed some details on that list. "McMaster basically has this list and over the next two weeks he's going to phase out" more senior officials loyal to Trump, said one administration insider intimately familiar with the upheaval occurring at the White House National Security Council. "They're taking out people who were chosen to best implement the president's policy that he articulated during the campaign." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Pro-Israel/anti Iran/Hamas/MB officials are being purged. Anti-Israel/pro Iran/Hamas/MB officials are being promoted. Since Russia is an ally of the Iran/MB/Qatar axis why shouldn't McMaster's activities be classified as objectively pro Russian? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-08-03 23:20 |
| #5 What's it like to be a government parasite? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2017-08-03 20:18 |
| #4 Plots within plots or more disinformation? Brier patch |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-03 17:31 |
| #3 Plots within plots or more disinformation? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-08-03 17:25 |
| #2 Who's pulling McMaster's strings? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-03 17:20 |
| #1 Swampy McMaster face - 8 UP |
| Posted by: newc 2017-08-03 16:43 |