Donald Trump's very public embarrassment of H.R. McMaster

[DonViejo]

By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large

Updated 10:31 AM ET, Fri March 16, 2018

(CNN)President Donald Trump has apparently grown sick of H.R. McMaster and is preparing to jettison his national security adviser in the not-too-distant future. That news was first broken by The Washington Post on Thursday night but subsequently confirmed by CNN. It appears to now be a matter of when, not if, McMaster will leave.

What struck me most is not that firing McMaster would mean Trump is on course for three national security advisers in the space of 15-ish months -- although that's noteworthy. Instead, I was totally floored by this paragraph from the Post's McMaster story:

"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."

Ah ha! So, Trump doesn't want to actually fire McMaster right now because he doesn't want to humiliate him. But, Trump has clearly told enough people about his plan to get rid of McMaster -- and the fact that he dislikes what he believes to be the national security adviser's "gruff and condescending" manner -- that they feel comfortable sharing this information with the media. (The Post spoke to 19 Administration officials and advisers for their story including five who confirmed the plans to fire McMaster.)

Being fired is humiliating. Knowing you are going to be fired and twisting in the wind -- in a very public way -- before you are fired is even worse.

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[pangaia]

1. As mentioned elsewhere today, tRump is a sadist.

He enjoys causing and seeing the pain of other human beings.

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. We can tell Trump is also twisting in the wind.

By the way he reacts when ever Mueller tells him of new developments, via news "leaks".
Mueller knows Trump has very thin skin.
I am reminded of that every time I see a non-posed pic of Trump slumping and scowling, which is his default setting.

I would almost feel sorry for Melania except for that very public outburst she made when she found out she could not profit from being FLOTUS.
More like FLOTSAM now.

[poboy2]

2. But McMaster forgot to say. -nt

[dalton99a]

3. Carson goes first:

[gratuitous]

4. Compare and contrast

Compare and contrast how Donnie Thinskin treats others and the extreme sensitivity he shows to any personal slight, real or imagined.

Don't go to work for such a needy, petty little man, and you won't have to worry about being treated like this. If you think you're special because you're a general or because you hold some other high position or office, you're not.

[trixie2]

5. It would be just like a corporate pirate to steal his pension

and since he won't reap the benefit he is doing it out of spite.