Breaking: Vice Admiral Harward declines Trump NSA offer

[anneboleyn]

I just heard this report on Fox as I was skimming through -- they are saying that the news is that talks with Harward have broken down, and that he is declining the offer of the position. The plot thickens...

Harward apparently wanted to bring in his own staff, which he trusts and greatly values -- Trump (and no doubt Bannon) refused.

[meadowlark5]

1. Smart enough not to jump on a sinking ship nt

[struggle4progress]

2. "... Garrett Harward and the administration had a dispute over staffing the security council.

... Trump told Deputy National Security Adviser K. T. McFarland that she could retain her post, even after the ouster of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Harward refused to keep McFarland as his deputy, and after a day of negotiations over this and other staffing matters, Harward declined to serve as Flynn’s replacement ..."


Vice Admiral Robert Harward turns down national security adviser job
February 16, 2017, 6:09 PM

[anneboleyn]

12. Thank you for this -- excellent, and tells us everything we need to know. Harward seemed

like a fairly rational man compared to the psycho traitor Flynn -- why am I not shocked that Trump wants to keep his little spies in place? Harward was very wise to stay out of this mess.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

3. Must no like catching fleas and getting pig shit all over himself!

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. This could be the beginning of the end..or another episode to add

to the growing mantra - trump is a NUT! -

A Vice Admiral no less.....

I'm having a hard time dealing with stupid...and I'm no Vice Admiral...LOL

[sunonmars]

5. Maybe he saw that shitstorm of a presser and thought no effing way.....

[uponit7771]

6. lol... no one in their right minds wants anything to do with this shit show !!

[oasis]

7. Harvard probably had a word with folks in the know. He's not

going to have his reputation tarnished by hitching his wagon to an administration of misfits.

[anneboleyn]

13. I bet you are right. He IS a patriot, and he isn't going down with Trump's ship.

[dem4decades]

8. Think the Republicans are getting a little worried at this point

Crazy press conference and leery military.

[anneboleyn]

20. The Pew 39% approval rating might be making them nervous...

[GusBob]

9. FINE TUNED MACHINE

Like my fat ass

[frazzled]

15. You stole my line

The one about the "fine-tuned machine," not "my fat ass." We don't talk about my ass.

[anneboleyn]

18. Lmfao! Yes, our digestive systems are quite efficient aren't they!

[Kaleva]

10. One doesn't have to be retired Navy to be able to recognise a sinking ship.

The Trump Administration

[Agschmid]

17. 862 People died in that U-Boat attack.

[dalton99a]

11. Friends don't let friends have Trump on their resumes

[Johnny2X2X]

14. We need a sane person in this position

Harward might be a hawk, but he's a sane one. Trump is bound to start WWIII if he gets a Bannon type in this post. This is no joke anymore.

[anneboleyn]

21. Yes. The fact that Trump&Bannon wouldn't allow him to bring in his own staff is worrying

to say the least.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

16. Ha ha! "running like a fine-tuned machine" indeed...it's a toxic cesspool. nt

[anneboleyn]

19. A toilet or a bidet -- they work well, don't they? Fine-tuned machines?