Posted on 02/22/2018 7:35:03 PM PST by NRx
Longstanding friction between U.S. President Donald Trump and two top aides, the National Security Advisor and the Chief of Staff, has grown to a point that either or both might quit soon, four senior administration officials said.
Both H.R. McMaster and John Kelly are military men considered by U.S. political observers as moderating influences on the president by imposing a routine on the White House. They have also convinced Trump of the importance of international alliances, particularly NATO, which he has criticized as not equally sharing its burdens with the United States.
However, all the officials were quick to add that the tensions could blow over, at least for now, as have previous episodes of discord between the president and other top officials who have fallen out of favor, including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Asked about sources saying that either National Security Adviser McMaster or Chief of Staff Kelly, or both, might be leaving, White House spokesman Raj Shah on Thursday did not address the possibility.
He said: "The president has full confidence in each member of the team." Press secretary Sarah Sanders said on Tuesday that Trump "still has confidence in General McMaster."
Neither Kelly nor McMaster responded to requests for comment on whether they would remain in the administration.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
I would be happy if they were both replaced. Dumb and dumber who both think they out rank the President.
I doubt Kelly is leaving.
Well, yeah. LOL
+1000
take sessions with you
You are absolutely correct! McTurtle is a HUGE problem for President Trump and the Country! Friggin' progressive RINO!
If there are not some misunderstandings and disagreements from time to time you have a poor organization.
or they may not. Isn’t that the way you work it, Rooters? You’re right either way.
NAMES OR IT MEANS SQUAT!
According to the commie media publications, all Republicans are fighting with each other.
Agreed.
Eddie, is that you?
No Mrs. Cleaver, it’s the Associated Press again.
officials from which administration? Bush? Carter? Zero? silly rabbits. Name them or it didn't happen.
Both constantly undermine trump and neither are believers in trumps positions. Good riddance to both of them. Lets hope the rumors are true.
one thing’s for sure. if either or both go, expect to see them in the worst of the FakeNewsMSM within days -
22 Feb: NYT: Former Trump Aide Calls Paris Climate Accord ‘a Good Republican Agreement’
By Lisa Friedman
The White House’s senior adviser on energy and climate change stepped down last week after being denied a full security clearance for smoking marijuana about five years ago. Now he is speaking his mind about the Paris climate agreement that President Trump has disavowed.
“I’m going to say something controversial,” the former adviser, George David Banks, said in an interview. “The Paris agreement is a good Republican agreement. It’s everything the Bush administration wanted.”...
“A lot can happen between now and 2020,” Mr. Banks said, referring to the date when countries can formally leave the Paris agreement. He pointed to the president’s recent comment, which he made during a news conference with Prime Minister Erna Solberg of Norway, that “we could conceivably go back in” to the deal.
“He’s still thinking about it,” Mr. Banks said. “I think he wants to keep the option alive.”...
Previously the executive vice president of the American Council for Capital Formation, a business-oriented think tank, Mr. Banks began his career as an economic analyst at the C.I.A. He served in the State Department and the White House Council on Environmental Quality, both under former President George W. Bush.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/climate/george-david-banks.html
“However, all the officials were quick to add that the tensions could blow over,”
In other words, MSM reporting gossip again.
Fake news etc...
I consider this fake news also.
If I were an editor, I would NEVER approve of an article whose title included the word “may”.
Of course the media will continue to attribute fact to fiction, and try to tie it to anyone who is or was close to Trump at one point.
“four senior administration officials said” = the usual fake news unless and until proved by actual events ... in the mean time, I just assume the leftist anti-trump fake stream media is just making up more of their usual shite ...
Clear Flynn....he’s being railroaded by Mueller, but the truth if finally coming out.
After Gen. Flynn is cleared, dump McMaster and give the job to the man who should have had it in the first place, Gen. Flynn.
And while they’re at it, bring K. T. McFarland back to Washington from Singapore.
First line, “if” should be “is.”
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