“Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty”
“Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team”
“Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, in recent days publicly signaled his intention to get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day”
“A wholesale removal of foreign policy and national security experts from the NSC on Day 1 of the new administration could deprive Trump’s team of considerable expertise and institutional knowledge at a time when the U.S. is grappling with difficult policy challenges in Ukraine, the Mideast and beyond. Such questioning could also make new policy experts brought in to the NSC less likely to speak up about policy differences and concerns.”
“It is common for experts detailed to the NSC to carry over from one administration to the next, even when the White House changes parties.”
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So in addition to totally inexperienced personnel heading major departments we are also going to have amateurs advisors whose only credentials are that they voted for Trump working on the National Security Council
As I said, China and Putin have to be ecstatic, welcome to MAGA America
“Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team”
“Trump’s pick for national security adviser, Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, in recent days publicly signaled his intention to get rid of all nonpolitical appointees and career intelligence officials serving on the NSC by Inauguration Day”
“A wholesale removal of foreign policy and national security experts from the NSC on Day 1 of the new administration could deprive Trump’s team of considerable expertise and institutional knowledge at a time when the U.S. is grappling with difficult policy challenges in Ukraine, the Mideast and beyond. Such questioning could also make new policy experts brought in to the NSC less likely to speak up about policy differences and concerns.”
“It is common for experts detailed to the NSC to carry over from one administration to the next, even when the White House changes parties.”
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty
At least some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty to President-elect Trump, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
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So in addition to totally inexperienced personnel heading major departments we are also going to have amateurs advisors whose only credentials are that they voted for Trump working on the National Security Council
As I said, China and Putin have to be ecstatic, welcome to MAGA America