Though it is written with an attack Trump theme and probably contains false information, the article does show some important things that are happening within the Trump administration.
1. His advisors, especially McMaster, are working actively to undermine both Trump's foreign policy and the nation's security. It appears they are trying to persuade Trump to push for certification of the fraudulent Iran deal. They are not being honest about it. The article gives details about their plotting and conniving.
2. It is evident those within the Trump administration are leaking damaging attacks against Trump that probably are not true. The story that Trump "threw a fit" in a small private meeting was given to the media by attendees at that meeting. 3. The Washington establishment really likes the illegal, fraudulent "Iran Deal" the details of which have been hidden from the public.
That Iran has violated the provisions of the supposed "deal" does not seem to be a concern.
4.It appears that Trump is being sabotaged from within.
“Why, he asked his advisers in mid-July, should he go along with what he considered the failed Obama-era policy toward Iran and prop up an international nuclear deal he saw as disastrous?”
Good question.
the landmark 2015 deal, while flawed, offered stability and other benefits.
Trump does not look like the “give your lunch money to the bully” type, as we are discovering with the NORKs.
He’s more of a “I’ll meet you on the playground” type.
This is a good thing.
Can you imagine the blow back if the press said Hillary “threw a fit”?
Making a deal with Iran, ANY deal, is akin to owning a donut shop and asking Michael Moore to guard the donuts. What kind of lunatic would ever think Iran would EVER ever ever follow any kind of deal? They’re psychopaths!! You cannot make deals with psychopaths!
At least they weren't dodging ashtrays ala that psychopathic Clinton bitch.
This “agreement” is not a treaty, it has no legal or moral validity, since, had it been submitted to the Senate, it would not have been ratified.
The purpose of treaties going to the Senate, and requiring a supermajority for ratification, is so that the States are not bound against their will to a foreign arrangement (remember, Senators are supposed to be ambassadors from their States).
The President has no authority to treat with foreign powers in a way that binds the States. And, as Congress has the sole and exclusive power to legislate for DC “in all cases whatsoever”, the President alone has no authority to bind even DC to a foreign power.
The Washington establishment really likes the illegal, fraudulent “Iran Deal” the details of which have been hidden from the public.
It appears the swamp is much deeper than even Trump ever imagined.
McMaster isn’t bright enough to set policy. Mattis the never married General will strike a dramatic pose and say something scary sounding...before he advises Trump to just go along to get along. Tillerson is used to compromises... just look at the Boy Scouts with homosexuality.
Is there a second but reliable source for this “story”
It's part of an old adage - never negotiate a deal that the other side can't live with. Well in our diplomatic impotency we have negotiated deals that we can't actually live with.
Thus it is with rocket-man. When Trump's response was "fire and fury" "locked and loaded" he changed the ground rules. Rocketman thought he was negotiating the terms of American surrender (more pay, less American play in the region). Instead Trump came back with two choices: back down and back off, or give it your best shot and you and your kith and kin are vapor.
That's what Trump does. No one else does that, or, in fact can do that. If other in the administration are doing what they can within the rules that exist that isn't actually sabotaging Trump. It's acting within the discretion of your office. The President can do things no one else can do. That's why he is President.
Dark days for the Republic. There appears to be NOBODY that this President can rely on that does not have an agenda contrary to his. Not his family, not his cabinet, certainly not Congress and more certainly, the government bureaucracy.
It safe to say that no President has ever faced such opposition. The government that is supposed to be answerable to the people is in open revolt. I see no happy ending here. The traitors in open revolt will not stop.
But here’s a warning: Don’t awaken the sleeping dragon. Overthrow the President and there will be no place on Earth for you to hide.
Nothing wrong with throwing a fit when surrounded by poop heads.
It is not at all unusual for strong leaders to surround themselves with other strong individuals and a demonstration of anger is not a bad thing. The last thing a president needs is to be surrounded by a group of sycophants. To his credit, President Trump has assembled a group of strong willed individuals, some who even disagreed with him before they took office. A clash of viewpoints is more likely to yield good policy than is consensus. It has been said that if all your advisors agree with you, then you don’t need advisors. Disagreement is not disloyalty and strong leaders understand that. As President Trump stated in his interview yesterday, he gets to the opinion of many people but in the final analysis, his opinion is the one that counts.
I love that he gets furious over the right things....
I wondered why the resurrection of this narrative.
Listening to Rush L’s opening today, the reason may be apparent: rumblings of trying to invoke the 25th Amendment which gives the Cabinet the authority to vote a president out of office.
The resurrected article feeds into the ‘POTUS is insane’ narrative.
Why has Trump surrounded himself with people like this?
Total BS. The president cannot “back out” of the deal. Its up to congress to consider based a recommedation from the president. The deal is renewed every 90 days.
The media is trying to paint a picture that our president is becoming unstable. They want to have an excuse to use the 25th amendment.
Stop believing this nonsense.