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Swordsmyth
02-22-2018, 07:30 PM
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster may be headed back to the military amid ongoing tensions with the President, CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/hr-mcmaster-future-trump-white-house/index.html) reported Thursday.
https://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/gettyimages-643207730-e1487622202418_0.jpg
According to "half a dozen defense and administration officials," the Pentagon has been quietly considering options that would allow Trump to boot the three-star general out of his current role and back into the military. From CNN:

While administration officials have privately said the preference is to move McMaster into a position within the Army or Defense Department that qualifies as a promotion, some within the Pentagon feel he has become politicized in the White House and have expressed reservations about him returning to the military in a prominent role. Some defense officials caution that the President could also go as far as not to offer him a fourth star and force him to retire.
Five days ago Trump lashed out at McMaster over Twitter, after the National Security Advisor told an international audience at the Munich Security Conference that Russian interference in the US election is "now incontrovertible" following Special Counsel Robert Mueller's indictments of 13 Russian nationals - while failing to mention that "the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians," as told by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein," adding "the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems. Remember the Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company!"

General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems. Remember the Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18, 2018 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/965079126829871104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) This isn't the first time McMaster's neck has reportedly been on the chopping block, as West Wing rumors swirled over his departure last fall.

More at: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-22/mcmaster-finally-out-pentagon-paving-way-return-military-report


Is Flynn going to get his job back after retracting his guilty plea?

Raginfridus
02-22-2018, 07:36 PM
They are chomping hard at the bit for war with Russia. Any ratchet job will help. It has been the dream of many generals, I'm sure.

goldenequity
02-22-2018, 11:18 PM
They are chomping hard at the bit for war with Russia. Any ratchet job will help. It has been the dream of many generals, I'm sure.
hmmm...
I have an alternative thot.
McMaster is every bit as neocon as what Trump has surrounded himself with... aka why 'ratchet'? No need.

I'm thinking (hoping) Trump 'may' be (finally) aware (if not sickened) by what he's surrounded himself with.
If McMaster is simply replaced by another neocon bot... then I'm completely wrong/naive.
The 'replacement' would tell us a lot.

Swordsmyth
02-22-2018, 11:30 PM
hmmm...
I have an alternative thot.
McMaster is every bit as neocon as what Trump has surrounded himself with... aka why 'ratchet'? No need.

I'm thinking (hoping) Trump 'may' be (finally) aware (if not sickened) by what he's surrounded himself with.
If McMaster is simply replaced by another neocon bot... then I'm completely wrong/naive.
The 'replacement' would tell us a lot.
The replacement will be telling indeed, Rand should drop some suggestions off at the WH.

goldenequity
02-23-2018, 06:00 AM
Kelly & McMaster

Two top White House advisers may leave over tensions with Trump
http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Two-top-White-House-advisers-may-leave-over-tensions-with-Trump-543436?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

As Chief of Staff,
Kelly is the gatekeeper.. he's the 'filter' of who/what gets 'through' to Trump.
He literally purged the MAGA group (from 'campaign days') from the WH.
I think now 1 year on... Trump is now MUCH more savy. Understands the 'game'.

I think Kelly (no matter how hard he tried) has been 'by-passed' more and more.
'White Hats' and High Level whistleblowing has managed to 'get around' the gate.

Same with McMaster as gatekeeper of Intelligence.. 'white hats' are getting around/through.

It 'could' all 'blow over'... as it did w/ the Sessions and Tillerson rumors..
then again
maybe not.

Kind of ironic how Trump fulfills the 'reverse role' of 'The Apprentice'.... don't cha think??? :)

shakey1
02-23-2018, 06:43 AM
He can do better than McMaster to be sure.

enhanced_deficit
02-23-2018, 08:02 AM
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster may be headed back to the military amid ongoing tensions with the President, CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/hr-mcmaster-future-trump-white-house/index.html) reported Thursday.
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Is Flynn going to get his job back after retracting his guilty plea?


Not just McMaster, looks like Afghan War hero John Kelly could be ousted also.

If confirmed, this could be big win for Adelson-Kushner pro Israel/Syria war camp in the WH. And it could even increase chances of further US intervention in Syria .


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To give credit where due, Morning Joe had hinted this prediction :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsa0JDNrWRs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsa0JDNrWRs

From:Cartoon about President's son in law seems to have crossed the line (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?519554-Cartoon-about-President-s-son-in-law-amp-Jimmy-Kimmel-statement-seem-to-have-crossed-the-line&)


Why Adelson is backing the campaign against McMaster (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.807956)

White House Denies That McMaster Called Trump 'Idiot' in Conversation With Israeli CEO

Oracle CEO Safra Catz was part of Trump's transition team. Now a report says she told people one of Trump's closest advisers mocked the president in her presence

Amir Tibon (Washington)
Nov 20, 2017 8:23 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and H.R. McMaster, national security advisor, walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, June 16, 2017. Trump Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg WASHINGTON - White House National Security Adviser General H.R. McMaster reportedly described U.S. President Donald Trump as an "idiot" and a "dope" in a private conversation with the CEO of one of the largest software companies in the world. McMaster denies making the comments to Safra Catz (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.759841), the Israeli-born CEO of Oracle, who has also issued a denial after the allegations were reported on Monday by Buzzfeed News.

The White House issued a strong denial of these claims, stating that "actual participants in the dinner deny that General McMaster made any of the comments attributed to him by anonymous sources. Those false comments represent the diametric opposite of General McMaster's actual views. This story is just more fake news." Oracle also issued a denial to the story.

The sources who claimed to have heard about the conversation from Catz, said she considered McMaster's comments "jaw-dropping" and "inappropriate." Besides allegedly calling the president and "idiot," the sources claimed Catz also recalled McMaster comparing Trump's intelligence to that of a kindergartener.

It should be noted that in August, gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson, one of the largest donors to Trump and the Republican Party, and a strong supporter of Israel's right-wing, also mentioned a conversation he had with Catz about her meeting with McMaster.
Adelson wrote an email on that subject to Mort Klein, the president of the Zionist Organization of America, one of the most right-wing groups in the U.S. Jewish community. In that email, Adelson told Klein that he supports a campaign launched by ZOA calling for McMaster's resignation (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.807956), due to his positions regarding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the Iran nuclear deal and other Middle East policy issues.
Adelson explained that he was at first skeptical about ZOA's campaign against McMaster, but had changed his mind after speaking to Safra Catz. The conversation with Catz, Adelson wrote, "enlightened me quite a bit." He added that following his conversation with Catz, "I now support your effort" to get McMaster out of the White House.
The ZOA campaign against McMaster took place at the same time that far-right websites and Twitter accounts in the U.S. spread stories alleging that McMaster had expressed anti-Israeli opinions (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.812462) and yelled at Israeli officials.

The allegations against McMaster began appearing a short time after he fired a number of people from the National Security Council who were appointed by his predecessor, Michael Flynn, and who were considered close to Trump's extremist political adviser, Steve Bannon. Over the weekend it was revealed Israel's ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, hosted Bannon for dinner over the summer (https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.823471). Dermer called Bannon "a great friend of Israel."
One of those fired by McMaster was Ezra Cohen, a former intelligence officer who was appointed by Flynn to a senior position in the NSC. McMaster tried to get rid of Cohen, whom he considered not qualified for his position, for a number of months, but was reportedly blocked by Bannon. He finally managed to fire Cohen only after John Kelly became Trump's chief of staff in the summer. In September, the website "Just Security" reported that Cohen landed a job at Oracle after being dismissed from the White House by McMaster.

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/1.823963




But it should be noted that Tillerson has still not resigned despite reports of his friction with Kushner's foreign policy:

Tillerson called Trump a ‘moron’ and nearly resigned (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?515556-Tillerson-called-Trump-a-%E2%80%98moron%E2%80%99-and-nearly-resigned&)