Donald Trump Talked Michael Flynn Into White House Job

[DonViejo]

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Donald Trump Talked Michael Flynn Into White House Job

The retired general was under investigation. The incoming president was determined to have him as national security adviser anyway.

LACHLAN MARKAY, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG, KIMBERLY DOZIER, JANA WINTER
05.18.17 3:06 PM ET

President Donald Trump pressured a “reluctant” Michael Flynn into accepting a job as the White House’s top national security official even after Flynn warned the president that he was under investigation over undisclosed lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, The Daily Beast has learned. Now, both men are paying a huge price for it.

“He did not want to be National Security Adviser,” Michael Ledeen, a friend of the retired Army general, told The Daily Beast on Thursday. “He didn’t want to be in the government. He wanted to go back to private life.”

“But Trump insisted on it,” said historian Ledeen, co-author of Flynn’s 2016 book The Field of Fight, their manifesto for defeating Islamic militancy. “He likes him, he trusted him, he was comfortable with him,” he said. Flynn was “reluctant but honored” when offered the post, according to a senior Trump administration official, and only accepted it at the president’s urging.

A third source with direct knowledge of Trump transition team discussions confirmed that Flynn did not want the National Security Adviser post, though he claimed Flynn was instead hoping for a position in the intelligence community, preferably Director of National Intelligence or the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

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[Little Star]

1. Shows just how stupid Trump is.

[DonViejo]

3. I can see and hear Trumpty Dumpty saying;

"Don't worry about the investigation, Mikey! I'm gonna be President and I'll just tell Comey to stop the f'ing investigation! Be strong Mikey; be strong!"

[Wounded Bear]

2. Would not surprise me in the slightest...

Flynn probably knew he was in for a meat grinder. He certainly seemed to know that the FBI was on his ass.

Maybe he hoped being close to Trump would shield him. Doesn't work that way in DC.

[tblue37]

4. Maybe he expected a pardon if things got ugly. Wouldn't want to disappoint the guy with

The pardon signing pen!

[Leghorn21]

5. No doubt I'm wrong here, but omg, dft just seems to be pining and longing for his

lil buddy Misha - he's repeatedly called him a good guy, great man, blah blah.

Seems to me a normal adult male would quit - publicly, at least - wishing for his pal to be close by his side once again.

Yah, just strange and weird

[Whiskeytide]

6. No surprise. The position of NSA is very high profile ...

... and under a lot of scrutiny. It's a political appointment. He would have much preferred to be head of the CIA or Natl. Intel where he could remain more under the radar and out of sight, yet still have access to the intel he wanted.

[GeorgeGist]

7. Shows how stupid Flynn is.

Like his boss.