WAPO ****BREAKING**** President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster

[DemocratSinceBirth]

President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements, according to five people with knowledge of the plans, preparing to deliver yet another jolt to the senior ranks of his administration.

Trump is now comfortable with ousting McMaster, with whom he never personally gelled, but is willing to take time executing the move because he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated and that there is a strong successor lined up, these people said.

The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House, where staffers are gripped by fear and un­certainty as they await the next move from an impulsive president who enjoys stoking conflict.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-decides-to-remove-national-security-adviser-and-others-may-follow/2018/03/15/fea2ebae-285c-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.b9a3a4a78336

This is like the Night Of The Long Knives

[lunasun]

1. another one ?

[dchill]

6. ...bites the dust?

Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun's ready to go
Are you ready? Hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip to the sound of the beat, Yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone
And another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

[Dem2]

2. Someone needs to tell Rachel

She's going on about new sanctions...

[Auggie]

12. Shes on it

[Dem2]

16. yeah

her peeps got her a guest lined up at WaPo to explain the story...

[lunatica]

19. I came here because she was all over it.

[Dem2]

25. it's all a matter of timing...

when it comes to breaking news I was watching her as I posted the 1st message...

[Matthew28]

3. Goddamn

This president is insane!

[bdamomma]

22. Don't even refer

to this jerk as pResident, he has made a mockery out of the title and put us on a very unpredictable path.

[C Moon]

40. Yes. He's a fucking traitor to the U.S. and he MUST be prosecuted to the fullest! Bastard!!

[obamanut2012]

4. the last semi sane man

[niyad]

46. I was willing to give him a bit of a pass, being active duty and all, but he clearly swallowed

the kool-ade, so I have no pity for him.

[spanone]

5. Oh God, does that mean bolton??????

[MissB]

8. Probably

Time to invest in a bunker

[dameatball]

10. Can you imagine how much cheaper they would have been 18 months ago??

I never buy at the right time....dammitt.

[lunatica]

21. Evidently Trump is considering Bolton.

And we thought it couldn’t get worse!

[Wwcd]

29. Bolton. I see war on the horizon

Can a sitting President be removed during wartime?
Anyone know the law on this?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

34. impeachment requires the House

Since this House of Representatives has a majority comprised of co-conspirators, impeachment has next to no chance before 2019, and then only if we take back the House. The Senate likewise is majority co-conspirators, so there could be no conviction before we take that back as well.

This may be the beginning of the shit-storm I warned my children to expect after the 2016 "election".

[Wwcd]

37. Thanks. Yes it would require a change in majority to impeach.

But I wondered if the 2018 election brings that change & makes impeachment a definate & quick reality for Trump, woul he create a war to save himself.
I'm not sure on the law thay may state that a sitting President cannot be impeached during wartime.

I recall hearing about this sometime ago but don't eemember if it is a law trump would use to save himself or if it was more of an accepted protocol to prevent further chaos in the govt, in a time of war

Have I confused the simple question or made it clearer?
Lol..i can do that from time to time..
Thanks

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. the Constitution

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and here's what it says:

The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii

Note there is nothing said about when impeachment may be brought.

The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the members present.

Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States: but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to law.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

[Wwcd]

41. Nothing about impeachment during wartime then.

Appreciate your help.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

43. not that I can find

Best I can tell the House can vote for impeachment any time they want.

Let's just hope they want to do it before TrumPutin gets us into a war. (He can't declare one, but he could sure get us into one with some stupid move).

Every soldier has a duty to disobey unlawful orders, but that's not enough to save us from that spoiled brat.

[highplainsdem]

7. Sigh. As I posted elsewhere, McMaster is not out YET, and stories he'll be out soon have been

circulating for quite a while. Along with stories that several other top officials will be out soon.

It's simply incorrect to say that McMaster is out, at this point.

As for Trump having "decided" to remove him -- how many times have we heard these stories about McMaster and Kelly and Sessions and other officials?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. He'll be gone by Easter.

[lunasun]

18. Could be as early as tomorrow maybe Kelly too

Times reports, “Mr. Trump could act as early as Friday to remove one or more of them, though the president is known to enjoy keeping people off kilter

[MiniMe]

23. Which is April Fools Day this year

Coincidence? I think not.

[BigmanPigman]

35. The Wash Post says the Moron just told Kelly

he has decided to do it but no idea when exactly.

[smirkymonkey]

11. That's exactly what I said earlier. It's like a bloodless night of the long knives but

I think the effects are going to be pretty much the same. He is going to replace the bad with the worse. And then the shit is really going to hit the fan.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. When I read that McMaster was a friend of Jimmy Carter I knew he was sane/

[workinclasszero]

13. Twitler is on a rampage

[Renew Deal]

14. The subject doesnt match the story

He may have decided this, but it hasn’t happened.

[highplainsdem]

20. The subject line's been corrected now.

[Yavin4]

17. Three National Security Advisors in a little over a year.

Steinbrenner wasn't this bad with Yankee managers.

[RKP5637]

24. The US had a good run of it while it lasted.

Then came tRump.

[catrose]

26. good

[OnlinePoker]

27. He wants an echo chamber.

No dissent from his "thought" processes will be tolerated.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

28. From the article

"The president has complained that McMaster is too rigid and that his briefings go on too long and seem irrelevant."

Translated: He's to detailed for the Dotards short attention span.

[Tatiana]

30. Good Lord!

He has to go!!!!!!

[poboy2]

31. Sarah H just tweeted otherwise- He is safe.

[zentrum]

32. He' going to War. If he can.

He thinks that will make him popular again and beyond criticism.

[Honeycombe8]

33. McMaster not sufficiently subservient and boot-licking.

It says "The turbulence is part of a broader potential shake-up under consideration by Trump that is likely to include senior officials at the White House...." There are some senior officials left?

This is a nightmare. He's just playing a game, like his reality show. Hire this one (with no aforethought or analysis), then fire him. Fire someone else...then hire someone else. Then fire someone else, but let her "resign." Then fire someone else.

A nightmare.

[quakerboy]

36. Anyone who might

Say "no, thats illegal, we will not do that, and there will be consequences if we do"

Trump will be our first president to end up in jail. Unless Putin decides to lower his exposure and send him some of his special tea first.

[Sophia4]

39. I wonder how many of the employees fired by Trump will write tell-all books?

Should be interesting.

[McKim]

42. Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titantic

This is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic. Trump is circling the drain in a whirlpool of chaos and insanity. Soon his mental illness will be too much for the country. The instability is really too dangerous for our economy and for our country. It is time to end this administration!

[Hassler]

44. Let's guess the replacement...

The new FAKES and FOOLS blond, Ainsley Airhead, or maybe Tomi Lingcod.

[kskiska]

45. Whatever happened to all MY generals?

It used to look like a military coup. Now it's a Fox News coup.