[Maurice Tift]

   his response to 50 Republican national-security professionals publishing an open letter in which they insist Trump "would be the most reckless president in American history."

  I couldn't find Frank Gaffney in the list of 50 Republican national security professionals and he's the only one I can remember that has impressed me as someone who is both informed and truthful. I looked him up and the press now refers to him as an "islamophobe." I really can't say that I understand the meaning of the word "islamaphobe." It's used in a derogatory sense, but I often interpret is as meaning "realist." I think these particular 50 security professionals understand that Trump doesn't need them. Trump is a realist who doesn't need politically correct advisors.

[HiTech RedNeck]

My guess — an indirect slam at Trump as wanting “yes-men.”

Well anyone who thinks Trump merely wants yes-men needs only to look at Mike Pence to see the refutation to that.

What Trump doesn’t want is people who will actively undermine good sense, not people who will never challenge details of political approaches. These 50 critics signed a joint statement; they didn’t just independently disagree with Trump. This spells a special kind of trouble.