Trump never wanted McMaster as his National Security Adviser.

[kentuck]

He felt that he was forced upon him when General Flynn had to resign because of his Russian connections. Republican leaders convinced him that they had the goods on Flynn and that he had to go. It was they that wanted McMaster at National Security. Trump has been looking for a way to get rid of him since that time.

Now, he has FOX and the right-wing state-run media outlets calling for his ouster. Trump has been sitting the stage to remove the present commander in Afghanistan and replacing him with General McMaster. It would be the equivalent of the Russian government sending one of their generals to Siberia.

The last straw seems to have been McMaster's decision to give Susan Rice, former Security Adviser, full access to a national security clearance. A betting person would wager that Trump will find a replacement for McMaster during his much-needed vacation. The wild card may be General Kelly at the Chief of Staff position. Does he have anything to say about it?

[gordianot]

1. The dilemma serve Trump or the Constitution, there is no middle ground.

One can only hope these former Generals are honorable while serving those with no honor.

[jaxind]

2. If...

If I remember correctly, no one wanted the position!

[wishstar]

3. Trump issued statement last night supporting McMaster, so Kelly probably influenced Trump

McMaster has finally succeeded in getting rid of the Flynn holdovers and Bannon allies that McMaster didn't like in the NSC. But extremist holdovers Bannon and Miller are strategic for Trump to hang onto far-right base by steering the rightwing agenda and messages so dear to Mercers and Pence.

Kelly and McMaster seem to be trying to isolate Bannon & Co. to domestic policy/politics rather than involvement in natl. security and foreign policy. Kelly is probably better at defending McMaster against rightwing media attacks with Trump than Priebus would have been. I wonder if the transgender ban tweets would have happened if Kelly had been in place earlier. Unfortunately, Trump seems to be determined to carry out that policy rather than quietly backing down.