I think he saw early on (summer) where the RATs and RINOs were going with Russia, and gave them some red meat to pre-occupy themselves while Mattis got Vice Adm. Bob Harward ‘free’ to take the job. A SEAL ‘rock’, that’s the guy we needed all this time.
I never thought DJT was serious about Flynn, just a distraction for the enemy.
He sounds like a great pick.
But no, I don’t believe Trump named Flynn with the idea of replacing him three weeks into his administration.
Priebus, on the other hand, I don’t think was expected to last long term beyond pushing cabinet nominees and a first 100 days legislative slate through. Instead, the nominees were slow walked and Ryan hasn’t done a thing on the tax cuts and Obamacare. Then there is the leaking. So that one is easy.
Given that, I guess I could see Flynn as the quick candidate for that slot, but I also don’t think the plan could have been to replace him this quickly. Still, something was up with Bannon getting more involved with the NSC a couple of weeks ago.