McMaster is looking out....

[sunonmars]

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/hr-mcmaster-future-trump-white-house/index.html

With tensions flaring between President Donald Trump and national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, the Pentagon is considering options that would allow the President to potentially move the three-star general out of his current role and back into the military, according to half a dozen defense and administration officials.

A search is quietly being conducted by the Pentagon to see if there is a four-star military job suited for McMaster, these officials said.
Several sources told CNN that the push for a replacement comes after months of personal tension between McMaster and Trump. The task of easing McMaster out of his role as national security adviser presents a unique challenge for the White House.
While administration officials have privately said the preference is to move McMaster into a position within the Army or Defense Department that qualifies as a promotion, some within the Pentagon feel he has become politicized in the White House and have expressed reservations about him returning to the military in a prominent role. Some defense officials caution that the President could also go as far as not to offer him a fourth star and force him to retire.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Lie Down With Dogs. . .(eom)

[Blue_Adept]

2. Trump corrupts everything

[Botany]

3. From CNN: The reason McMaster might be out is that he said that Russia meddled in our Elections

..... and that meddling did not effect the outcome of the elections as per Trump.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/22/politics/hr-mcmaster-future-trump-white-house/index.html

Tension with Trump

Tensions between Trump and McMaster have been playing out for months and were on full display this weekend after Trump publicly chided him over remarks he made regarding Russian interference in the election.

"General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H, the DNC and the Dems," Trump tweeted. "Remember the Dirty Dossier, Uranium, Speeches, Emails and the Podesta Company!"

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Tom Friedman was right we are at a "code red."

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/2018/02/21/The-president-must-start-protecting-our-democracy-from-Russia/stories/201802210051

Our democracy is in serious danger.

President Donald Trump is either totally compromised by the Russians or is a towering fool, or both, but either way he has shown himself unwilling or unable to defend America against a Russian campaign to divide and undermine our democracy.

That is, either Mr. Trump’s real estate empire has taken large amounts of money from shady oligarchs linked to the Kremlin — so much that they literally own him; or rumors are true that he engaged in sexual misbehavior while in Moscow running the Miss Universe contest, which Russian intelligence has on tape and he doesn’t want released; or Mr. Trump actually believes Russian President Vladimir Putin when he says he is innocent of intervening in our elections — over the explicit findings of his personally chosen chiefs of the CIA, NSA and FBI.

In sum, Mr. Trump is either hiding something highly threatening to himself or he’s criminally incompetent to be commander in chief. It seems very likely that one of these scenarios explains Mr. Trump’s refusal to respond to Russia’s direct attack on our system — a quiescence unprecedented for any president in history. Russia is acting in a hostile manner, and Mr. Trump keeps ignoring it.

[OhNo-Really]

10. Rule 1. Do Not Piss Off the Generals

Rule 2. DNPOTGs

[Cha]

12. Mahalo for that, Botany.. a little

more information.

We already know that Benedict Donald is obstructing Justice..

I may have already posted this to you.. but others can see it, too..

Chicago SunTimes: Donald Trump and Benedict Arnold

snip//

"Instead of mobilizing forces to our nation’s aid, the president, like Benedict Arnold at West Point, has allowed our defenses to crumble."

snip//

” We cannot trust the president, not because of what he may or may not have done in secret in the past, but because of what he is clearly doing or, rather, not doing, right now: defending our country against foreign enemies."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=201803

Maybe General McMasters doesn't feel being a part of "crumbling our defenses"?

[Renew Deal]

4. According to Fire and Fury, McMaster is one of the three that must agree on military action

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The other two were Mattis and Kelly. Not sure if Kelly still has that power. But it can’t be good if Mattis is the only one left.

And yes, Trump corrupts everything. Working for Trump is a black hole on ones resume. It should make you unhirable for anything other than an RNC job (and even that’s a stretch). It shows a lack of judgement.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. McMaster is active duty

He cannot refuse an assignment unless he would resign his commission/retire. I'd bet his personnel paperwork shows him on "temporary assigned duty" to the NSC.

[OhNo-Really]

11. I remember that being controversial. Now DcMaster knows why

[vlyons]

6. That's what you get, when you work with Trump

You get trashed. Serves him right.

[rickford66]

7. Only the scum and bottom feeders survive in Trump World.

And most of them get thrown overboard when their services are not needed anymore. Satan is adding exponentially to his collection of souls.

[lark]

8. Making sure no one can stop him from the highest treachery to our country.

He's obviously not one of the russian repugs so he has to go as he might stop drumpf from destroying us and that's unacceptable to the putin fluffer.

[Honeycombe8]

9. Oh-oh. The Congressional Repubs aren't going to like that.

They view McMaster as a favorite and level headed, and rely at least in part on him to prevent a nuclear war or other hasty, dangerous military actions. If Trump replaces him for another "yes" guy, that will make Congress nervous. And it should. From what McMaster has said in the past, doesn't seem to me that he would hold Trump back. McMaster has made comments indicating he's all for getting ready to do military actions.