“Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the National Security Council’s Western Hemisphere division”
He doesn’t look like a “hanger on” to me! He’s a Trump appointee.
The bone of contention seems to revolve around our policy towards Mexico. "Deare served as an Assistant Defense Attaché in Mexico City in the early 90s; as a Troop Commander of a Special Operations unit; and spent two years as a Country Director the Office of Interamerican Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he was responsible for crafting defense policy matters for Mexico."
Sounds like a case of someone who had gone native when it comes to Mexico. He has his blinders on when it comes to securing the border, deporting illegal aliens, making Mexico pay for the wall, and the disaster that is NAFTA. If he disagrees with the policy, he should not be on Trump's NSC. He should have resigned rather than publicly criticizing the boss.
Regardless, get him out of there.
The secret to success is to quickly recognize a mistake and fix it.
Problem fixed.
Doesn’t matter. If you speak against your boss (president), you should be fired. You can’t run a company (country) without people who are loyal and don’t try to undermine you.
What’s his professional employment bio? That will shed sufficient light on the situation. I’m happy to see he got his swift comeuppance, with no hand wringing over it.