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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:20 PM May 2017

They are not protecting Trump as much as they are protecting HR McMaster.

Because they know that Trump wants to get rid of McMaster and get someone a little more malleable, in the style of General Flynn.

They know that Trump is going to screw up and that no one can control what he does or what he says. But General McMaster is the best that they have, and they need him in the position of National Security Adviser. They can find no one any better, even with the recent diarrhea of the mouth in the White House.

Their hope, at present, is to minimize the damage that might be done by the loose cannon in the Oval Office. It is all about damage control.

They cannot afford to lose McMaster under the present circumstances.

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They are not protecting Trump as much as they are protecting HR McMaster. (Original Post) kentuck May 2017 OP
You mean HR? GBizzle May 2017 #1
:-) kentuck May 2017 #2
No worries. I think you can still edit it. GBizzle May 2017 #3
McMaster might want out at some point. nycbos May 2017 #4
Trump can fire him any time he wants. kentuck May 2017 #5
True nycbos May 2017 #7
imagine him not there, but flynn instead nt Abu Pepe May 2017 #6

nycbos

(6,033 posts)
4. McMaster might want out at some point.
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:25 PM
May 2017

He might due an internal calculation that goes something like "I have spent my entire life fighting for this country and it is no longer worth sacrificing all my years of service for this man."


He also might think it is his duty to stay on to prevent the ship from sicking.

nycbos

(6,033 posts)
7. True
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:33 PM
May 2017

I can't imagine McMaster is pleased.

He was promised the ability picking his on NSC staff but that promise was broken.

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