WaPo: McMaster Out as National Security Adviser

[EffieBlack]

And the hits just keep on coming ...

* Edited to delete reference stating that Bolton is in. According to the Post, Bolton is one possible replacement.

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=.bc68f20447e4

[highplainsdem]

1. Um, no. See this:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210364563

[DonViejo]

3. Agree totally.

[EffieBlack]

9. Did you actually read the link?

The Washington Post is reporting McMaster is out - and the reporters are solid as they come.

I did edit my OP to take out the reference to Bolton since the WP piece just indicates he's on the list of replacements, but didn't say he's definitely in.

[highplainsdem]

11. Yes, I read it. And it's similar to lots of other stories we've seen. Not definite yet.

[EffieBlack]

12. Ashley Parker and Phil Rucker are excellent journalists - I'm confident that if they ran with it

they've got the story cold.

[highplainsdem]

13. Again, this is not definite. They're reporting what their sources are saying Trump has decided. In

the past such leaks from the White House have often been wrong -- either wishful thinking by the source, or cynical attempts to create a self-fulfilling prophecy.

And again, we've been hearing stories like this for a long time, and there've been a lot more of them since Tillerson was fired.

Editing to add that we should never underestimate Trump's ability to change his mind.

McMaster isn't out until he's actually out.

[EffieBlack]

14. Or to lie about a decision he's already made ...

[highplainsdem]

15. Or to lie about anything, period. But we know Trump changes his mind constantly.

[applegrove]

2. Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. See Bolton's record here:

https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2018/03/15/john-bolton-trump-s-rumored-pick-national-security-adviser-has-record-warmongering-bigotry-and/219655

[Blue_true]

4. Well, Susan Sarandon may get her chaos afterall.

The thought of Trump/Bolton having final call on national security almost made me lose bowel control when I read the OP title.

[Hoyt]

5. Bolton is a dangerous white winger, warmonger, anti-UN, top NRA official, and

likely worse.

[lunasun]

10. +++ Yeah trump missed having a surrogate grim reaper around the WH.

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[Hoyt]

16. Grim reaper Good description of the deplorable.

[spanone]

6. FUCKING BOLTON!!!

holy shit

[samnsara]

7. oh gawd but at least hes not SOS!

[bdamomma]

8. oh god,

it just gets worse, Bolton was the one who wanted to eliminate floors from the UN. This has got to stop.

[Renew Deal]

17. The subject doesn't match the story