Trump administration places dozens of National Security Council officials on leave.
Now that’s the way to do it. Wholesale.
“The moves will cut the agency’s 350-member staff roughly in half. “The NSC is the ultimate Deep State. It’s Marco vs. the Deep State. We’re gutting the Deep State,” a White House official said in an Axios report, which the Washington Examiner confirmed with the White House.”
Think of all these Harvard graduates suddenly cut loose from their lucrative, powerful sinecures. No fat salary, no clout with defense contractors, no free lunches as four star restaurants!
“Politico reported that committees and their meetings will be reduced and that the White House reinterviewed a large number of NSC staff members to see whether they should keep their jobs. The outlet also reported that notices went out to staffers late Friday afternoon after a staff meeting, with many out of town for the holiday weekend.”
I’d love to be a fly on the wall during those interviews. “What would you say…you do here??”
The Trump Doctrine This President inherited 30 years of foreign policy built around what was good for the world. The decisions we made as a government in trade and foreign policy were basically, is it good for the world and the global community? And under President Trump, we are making foreign policy based on is it good for America. What that means is foreign policy is about three things: Does it make America stronger? Does it make America safer? Does it make America richer? If something doesn’t do those three things—and hopefully all three things—we are not doing it. Read… Read more »
It’s kinda nice knowing that the country is being run by someone who doesn’t think of us as either cannon fodder or environmental pollutants.