Trump says he'll decide on national security adviser

[struggle4progress]

Sat Feb 18, 2017 | 6:37pm EST
By Jeff Mason | MELBOURNE, FLA.

President Donald Trump will interview four candidates for the position of U.S. national security adviser on Sunday and expects to make a decision in the coming days, he told reporters on Saturday.

Trump will interview acting adviser Keith Kellogg, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster and Lieutenant General Robert Caslen, White House spokesman Sean Spicer told reporters at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

"I'll make a decision over the next couple of days," Trump told reporters later on Air Force One. He said he was leaning toward one of the candidates he was interviewing on Sunday ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-security-idUSKBN15X0MY

[SHRED]

1. My money is on Bolton

Get ready for WW3.

[mountain grammy]

2. Agree!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Maybe, but SCROTUS doesn't like guys with moustaches,

which is why Bolton didn't get SoS. Also, Bolton has a huge hard-on for Iran, and Iran is an ally of Russia, especially re: exports and energy. SCROTUS' BFF Putin might not want his new colony to get any ideas about interfering with his good deals with Iran. And would an authoritarian dick like Bolton want to take orders from the likes of Bannon? The last two candidates turned down the offer partly because of having to deal with Bannon in the NSC.

[kentuck]

3. Since he is so much into dividing our nation...

My guess is that he will pick John Bolton.

[Turbineguy]

5. He can decide all he wants.

Will somebody take it?

Actually, watching Bolton and Bannon go at it might be entertaining. Presuming that Mattis has unplugged the launch codes anyway.

[Leghorn21]

6. Aren't candidates pretty much deciding on HIM? Admiral Harward: Nope! - General Petraeus: Not! n/t