Posted on 01/29/2017 1:16:29 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
President Trump’s decision to shake up his National Security Council by removing a prominent military leader in favor of political adviser Steve Bannon is worrisome and a “radical departure,” Sen. John McCain said Sunday.
Trump signed executive action Saturday adding Bannon, who headed the alt-right Breitbart web site before joining the campaign, to his core security council while removing the Director of National Intelligence and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs.
“The appointment of Mr. Bannon is something which is a radical departure from any National Security Council in history,” McCain (R-Ariz.) told CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“The role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has been diminished, I understand, with this reorganization. One person who is indispensable would be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in my view. So it’s of concern.”
McCain also took issue with Trump’s travel ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries as a “confusing” process. Listing Iraq on the travel ban could stoke anti-American sentiment when Iraqis have been working with the US to root out ISIS....
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Thinking persons no longer care what McCain says. What a pandered.
When did McCain switch to Demo/Socialist Party ?????
1967?
McCain: Trump’s immigration ban gives ISIS ‘more propaganda’
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2613296/
Flashback: Did John McCain Know about IRS Targeting?
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/04/23/did-john-mccain-know-about-irs-targeting/
Every time I hear from him I wish the Vietnamese had beaten him some more.
We would probably be in the midst of WWIII right now if McCain had his way. How did he ever get to be the ‘08 nominee? I watched the whole thing, and still can’t figure out how that old bas**rd got in.
McCain being a traitor concerns me.
Trump wants at least one person on it that he trusts.
McCain, the traitor how is in pictures alongside and glad-handing the founding members of ISIS in meetings where it was planned and birthed, is concerns with someone else having security clearance? Wow.
Hmmmm? McCain is concerning. Shouldn’t he be in a rest home by now?
Steve Bannon is a credit to Race Bannon.
Maybe Songbird should be concerned ... VERY CONCERNED ... people in important places NOW can release his files he has paid to hide!!!
BE VERY AFRAID MCCAIN, YOUR GOING DOWN!!!
Silence, you brainwashed fool!
Who needs democrats when you have McCain?
God Bless him for his service but I think he actually became deranged - there have been times when the madness showed in his eyes.
I believe it. Damn him. Thanks for that link...
Why is Trump pussyfooting around with this SOC?
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