“Donald Trump announced Sunday his selection of Michael Anton to be the director of policy planning at the State Department under the prospective secretary, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Anton held a position on the National Security Council during Trump’s first administration, and was also appointed by the president to the National Board for Education Sciences.”
Anton famously wrote the “Flight 93” essay during Donald Trump’s 2016 run claiming that despite any personal shortcomings Republicans needed to embrace Donald Trump to avoid the disaster that a Hillary Clinton extension to the Obama presidency would entail. And in retrospect he was very right.
On a personal not Anton once quoted from an OCF post which I found very surprising. The power of the internet.
Well, best of luck to Anton in his new position. I hope he remembers the hopes and fears of people who read his words and now hope that Donald Trump’s new administration begins to apply the philosophy that he has avowed and make America great again. But at the very least they should strive to make America sane again.
At the end of the day, just some sanity and common sense is all many of us want. The rule of law being enforced, safe cities and neighborhoods. Why that is too much to ask is beyond me.
Arthur, it isn’t too much to ask. The problem is that if the reasonable people don’t get what they’re asking for the angry people will take what they want.