Right-wing media and Russian bots unite to target Trumps national security adviser

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http://www.salon.com/2017/08/04/right-wing-media-and-russian-bots-unite-to-target-trumps-national-security-adviser/

SOPHIA TESFAYE at Salon

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All of the president’s men may now be generals — but that doesn’t mean that they’ve all been rewarded with the praise from Donald Trump’s base befitting loyal soldiers running into a losing battle. Following yet another week of drama surrounding high-profile staff shake-ups, the White House is now fending off an intraparty barrage of attacks against Trump’s top national security adviser, H.R. McMaster.

The retired three-star Army lieutenant general, with the reported blessing of the newly installed chief of staff John Kelly (yet another retired general), dismissed several officials who joined the administration under another general — Michael Flynn. Even as the White House appeared overcome by the resignations of two communications directors and a chief of staff in rapid succession, McMaster has carried out his months-long quest to clear Flynn’s baggage.

“McMaster basically has this list and over the next two weeks he’s going to phase out” more senior officials loyal to Trump, an unnamed source told the conservative Free Beacon. “They’re taking out people who were chosen to best implement the president’s policy that he articulated during the campaign.”

McMaster continued clearing house this week, firing top national security administration officials, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Rich Higgins, and Derek Harvey — and exacerbating the already splintered White House.

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