Posted on 03/22/2016 7:30:40 AM PDT by 20yearsofinternet
Donald Trump's new lineup of little-known foreign policy advisers isn’t exactly assuaging concerns about the Manhattan real estate mogul's readiness to be commander in chief.
Republican insiders were scratching their heads Monday at names Trump offered as sources of regular advice on national security. Several of those Trump cited during a visit to the Washington Post's editorial board are complete unknowns; others have mixed reputations among GOP national security pros. One prominently cites his attendance at a model United Nations conference as a credential on his LinkedIn page; another has compared President Barack Obama's official national security strategy to a document about slavery written in 1850.
"I don’t know any of them," said Kori Schake, a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and a former official in the George W. Bush State Department. "National security is hard to do well even with first rate people. It’s almost impossible to do well with third rate people."
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I see this as a good thing. Enough Stanford know-it-alls and their failed ideas.
More GOPe cronies left out in the cold. Boohoo!
I read that Bolton was advising him amongst others. Once again Politico carrying the GOPe’s water.
Completely agree.
100%
“First rate people”
They really do think of themselves this way. If they’re so brilliant, how did they get us into the mess in the Middle East? What arrogant fools these people are.
Unlike this critic......hmmmmmmm
criteria for the job: put America and Americans first, end of story!!
“Top men.”
L
Bull. Either Kori is lying or stupid.
“”I don’t know any of them,” said Kori Schake,” -— I have heard of some of Trump’s people. No one has ever heard of this Kori woman. She may be brilliant and wise, but she is not impressing me here.
Yeah, they did such a bang up job in the run up to 9/11.
“Trump woke up and got out of bed this morning: Experts baffled by his actions.”
[I don’t know any of them,” said Kori Schake, a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and a former official in the George W. Bush State Department.]
Good. New blood will weed out any moles that have been embedded in security.
Seems to be nothing wrong with the people named. If Politico’s agin ‘em, that can’t be bad.
It will be interesting to see who will emerge as Trump’s foreign policy guru, who may or may not be an official member of any foreign policy team.
But is she beautiful?
Not endorsed by National Review. Ok, I’m sold.
The Best and the Brightest under Lyndon Johnson gave us the Viet Nam War. Carter's brillant experts almost lost the cold war. The KGB felt they had won in 1980.
The “experts” called Reagan a “dunce” and attacked everything he did. When Reagan won the cold war they said it was because of Harry Truman fifty years earlier.
The “experts” failed with North Korea, Iran, Syria, Iraq, China, Libya and everywhere else in the world.
We need another “dunce” like Ronald Reagan.
“...Trump’s foreign policy team baffles GOP experts...”
Heh, that wouldn’t take much...they’re clueless on everything.
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