Posted on 02/16/2017 3:26:51 PM PST by amorphous
It has been a day of turmoil for President Trump, who after finding himself on the defensive following Monday's resignation by Mike Flynn (which may or may not lead to legal charges) and allegedly getting snubbed by Vladimir Putin, now has another potential crisis on his hands: according to both the FT and CBS, Trump's pick for National Security Advisor, Robert Harward - a senior executive at Lockheed Martin - has turned down the President's offer, citing "obvious dysfunctionality" in the administration.
According to the FT, it is not yet a complete rejection as "Trump is trying to convince his preferred candidate to succeed Michael Flynn as national security adviser to change his mind after the retired admiral tapped for the role told the US president that he could not accept the White House position."
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Sir Robin
If he has turned it down he needs not to be there. We need a warrior with balls of steel. If this guy is wobbling already he is obviously not man enough for the job
Damn.
The hits just keep on coming.
Not a good week for DJT.
He has the same values as you and of your supporters.
I imagine Harwood doesn’t want to have his spouse and kids have to put up with the Nazi antics of the America-hating, fascist “Democrats”.
Whoever vetted Harward did a lousy job
Maybe Mike Pence needs to focus on Congressional relations and voter fraud and let experienced national security pros advise President Trump
General Flynn might have some recommendations
Harwood = Harward.
That’s a shame. I wonder why he opted out.
Did the long arm of the NSA get a hold of him?
Or was it Soros?
Huh? Guess you missed his presser.
Dow at all time high.
Retail sales shoot up.
Philly Fed says best outlook in 10 years.
Ryan says they will do O-care repeal.
Two more cabinet people confirned.
I’ll believe this when I hear it from the Administration.
A case where his answer should have been known before a word was said publicly.
If that was the case he wouldn’t turn down the job by insulting the President
Blank him
He won’t be working for Lockheed long dissing POTUS like that.
Yeah, yeah. You don’t have to convince me.
But all the enemedia will see here is the Flynn, Puzder, and now Harward “failures”.
And react like red meat to a pack of hungry wolves.
I heard different than this. I heard this guy wanted to bring his own staff with him and that was a snafu.
I do hope Petraus is no longer in the mix.
The whole “spent his childhood in Iran” was a huge red flag for me on this guy. We don’t need that. No thanks.
FAKE NEWS ALERT!
if President Trump offered a position to a senior Lockheed exec, I can ASSURE you that ....
either the exec would accept the job, or else
IF the exec declined the offer, he would do it gracefully
AND NOT INSULT PRESIDENT TRUMP by citing any supposed problem with DJT’s administration
after all,
1. Lockheed lives and dies on government contracts, so that no Lockheed exec would DARE even THINK of flinging an unnecessary insult at our new President, if only to prevent himself from getting FIRED from Lockheed!, and
2. Donald Trump has not even had a chance to put his administration in place yet....he’s still in his first few days of office and he’s still nominating his team (with insane opposition from the commie leftist bigots).... therefore ANY insults about “dysfunction in DJT’s administration” would be totally unfounded, unjustified... we will have to wait at least until he is permitted to form and start his new administation working..........before evaluating or criticizing it for any alleged “dysfunctionality”..... whatever one thinks of Lockheed, I bet that NO Lockheed high level executive is THAT STUPID to criticize someone for his team when the team isn’t even in place yet
no high level corporate executive whose company and salary are so greatly dependent on government contracts or government approvals for sales......nobody in such a position is THAT stupid....therfore,
FAKE NEWS ALERT!
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