NEOCONS are behind anti-Trump leaks.
Early in this race, Donald Trump laid down a marker on foreign policy against the Iraq War and foreign adventurism in general, and a lot of the neocons in Washington didnt like itat all. And still dont like it.
Laura Ingraham
BREITBART
Charlie Spiering1
4 Feb 201741
Former Reagan and Bush official Elliott Abrams is deeply upset with White House senior aide Steve Bannon, after he was passed over for a job in Donald Trumps administration.
Abrams was rumored to join the State Department as a deputy to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but was ultimately rejected.
The only person on the White House staff that I know was opposed to my being hired was Steve Bannon so thats my guess, Abrams told CNNs Erin Burnett in an interview on Monday. Its a guess.
Abrams didnt mention that Sen. Rand Paul was opposed to his appointment, because of his NEOCON views.
In a country of 300 million people, surely there are reasonable foreign policy experts who have not been convicted of deceiving Congress and actually share the Presidents foreign policy views, Paul wrote in an op-ed.
Abrams also ignored his role in the Iran-Contra scandal under Reagan, pleading guilty to misdemeanors in the scandal. George H.W. Bush pardoned Abrams at the end of his administration. He also didnt mention his dogged support for the war in Iraq, something Trump remains opposed to.
At the end, Abrams had hoped that although he criticized Trump during the election, the president would allow him to join the administration.
Abrams authored an article the Weekly Standard with the headline When you cant stand your candidate, calling for the Never Trump movement to challenge him in the convention. He also described Trump as a candidate was someone who cannot win and should not be president of the United States.
Do not allow the Republican convention to be a coronation wherein Trump and Trumpism are unchallenged, he wrote.
Yep, headed up by McCain and Lindsey. Hillary was a neocon.
Do not allow the Republican convention to be a coronation wherein Trump and Trumpism are unchallenged, he wrote.
And as hard as he tries he can't imagine why President Trump wouldn't want him on the team.
The fact that you're stupid enough to say something like that to CNN is reason enough to keep you away from Washington.