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Trump Doesn't Like The Smartest Military Mind He Hired: Report
Trump Doesn't Like The Smartest Military Mind He Hired: Report
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Yesterday 3:39pm
President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with federal government neophytes who have displayed their obvious lack of knowledge of how to run a country. But Trump’s most astute hire, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, is reportedly feeling the Presidential disdain for seemingly no other reason than he knows what he is talking about.
McMaster is hailed as a respected military mind, who made a name for himself as a young officer for criticizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their performance during the Vietnam War, and President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, according to the New York Times. He commanded troops during the first Gulf War and received a Silver Star for commanding a tank during the Battle of 73 Easting, which is considered one of the most important tank battles since World War II. McMaster also has a PhD in history from North Carolina.
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Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake is reporting that Trump is unhappy with McMaster and that he has publicly feuded with the Army general over South Korea, whether to fire now-disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and his selection of a deputy to hire at the NSA. Let’s go to the meatier part of Lake’s reporting concerning South Korea. Back in March, the U.S. deployed the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea to counter a nuclear missile strike threat by North Korea. Despite the limitations of the missile defense system, the deployment was seen as a move to assure Seoul that Washington is supporting defense of its nation.
What we didn’t know is that Trump expected South Korea to pay for it. McMaster told the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s insistence that Seoul pay for THAAD was not official American policy, which is weird, as the President is the one who said it. McMaster’s comments reportedly pissed the President off, and led to an angry phone call in which Trump yelled at McMaster for undermining him:
Terrell Jermaine Starr
Yesterday 3:39pm
President Donald Trump has surrounded himself with federal government neophytes who have displayed their obvious lack of knowledge of how to run a country. But Trump’s most astute hire, National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, is reportedly feeling the Presidential disdain for seemingly no other reason than he knows what he is talking about.
McMaster is hailed as a respected military mind, who made a name for himself as a young officer for criticizing the Joint Chiefs of Staff for their performance during the Vietnam War, and President George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, according to the New York Times. He commanded troops during the first Gulf War and received a Silver Star for commanding a tank during the Battle of 73 Easting, which is considered one of the most important tank battles since World War II. McMaster also has a PhD in history from North Carolina.
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Bloomberg columnist Eli Lake is reporting that Trump is unhappy with McMaster and that he has publicly feuded with the Army general over South Korea, whether to fire now-disgraced former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and his selection of a deputy to hire at the NSA. Let’s go to the meatier part of Lake’s reporting concerning South Korea. Back in March, the U.S. deployed the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea to counter a nuclear missile strike threat by North Korea. Despite the limitations of the missile defense system, the deployment was seen as a move to assure Seoul that Washington is supporting defense of its nation.
What we didn’t know is that Trump expected South Korea to pay for it. McMaster told the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s insistence that Seoul pay for THAAD was not official American policy, which is weird, as the President is the one who said it. McMaster’s comments reportedly pissed the President off, and led to an angry phone call in which Trump yelled at McMaster for undermining him:
These officials say Trump screamed at McMaster on a phone call, accusing him of undercutting efforts to get South Korea to pay its fair share. ... This was not an isolated incident. Trump has complained in front of McMaster in intelligence briefings about “the general undermining my policy,” according to two White House officials. The president has given McMaster less face time. McMaster’s requests to brief the president before some press interviews have been declined. Over the weekend, McMaster did not accompany Trump to meet with Australia’s prime minister; the outgoing deputy national security adviser, K.T. McFarland, attended instead.
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