Flynn, fired once by a president, now resigns to another
Source: Associated Press
STEPHEN BRAUN AND ROBERT BURNS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) Fired by one American commander in chief for insubordination, Michael Flynn has now delivered his resignation to another.
President Donald Trump had been weighing the fate of his national security adviser, a hard-charging, feather-ruffling retired lieutenant general who just three weeks into the new administration had put himself in the center of a controversy. Flynn resigned late Monday. At issue was Flynns contact with Moscows ambassador to the United States. Flynn and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak appear to have discussed U.S. sanctions late last year, raising questions about whether he was freelancing on foreign policy while President Barack Obama was still in office and whether he misled Trump officials about the calls.
The center of a storm is a familiar place for Flynn. His military career ended when Obama dismissed him as defense intelligence chief. Flynn claimed he was pushed out for holding tougher views than the Obama administration about Islamic extremism. But a former senior U.S. official who worked with Flynn said the firing was for insubordination, after the Army lieutenant general failed to follow guidance from superiors.
Once out of government, he disappeared into the murky world of mid-level defense contractors and international influence peddlers. He shocked his former colleagues a little more than a year later by appearing at a Moscow banquet headlined by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Given a second chance by Trump, Flynn, a lifelong if apolitical Democrat, became a trusted and eager confidant of the Republican candidate, joining anti-Hillary Clinton campaign chants of Lock Her Up and tweeting that Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL.
Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/02/14/flynn-fired-once-by-a-president-now-resigns-to-another-2/
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)He's very seedy.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)Flynn was always a big worry but so is Bannon.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...the three who coincidentally didn't have to be approved by Congress.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Flynn would be the first to go, followed by Bannon and then KellyAnne. One down.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)They're not as far up the food chain as Bannon and Kell.
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)The expendables get axed first.
What a freaking mess.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)I think Priebus is on the short list right now
Grins
(7,205 posts)Bayard
(22,048 posts)What went wrong there?
progressoid
(49,969 posts)"I grew up as a Democrat in a very strong Democratic family, but I will tell you that Democratic party that exists in this country is not the Democratic Party that I grew up around in my upbringing," he said. "I vote for leaders."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/10/politics/lt-gen-michael-flynn-donald-trump-vice-president-abc-this-week-dallas-shooting/
NCjack
(10,279 posts)LP is where he belongs. There are some bad ass ex-military convicts there, but I don't think they would happen to have the joint stunked up by a collaborator.