Chris Hayes: Harward Declined Job Due to WH Not Meeting His Conditions, Trump's Presser

[highplainsdem]

Source: Mediaite

No, what reportedly did it for Harward is that his conditions were not met. The first was that there be a clear chain of command, and the second was that the structure of the National Security Council be restored so advisors like Steve Bannon would not be on the principals committee.

Hayes’ source reportedly said that Harward wrote to the White House early morning Thursday turning down the job, but the White House asked him to reconsider, which he did. But, Hayes adds, Harward again decided no “after watching the president’s press conference yesterday.”

“Such a decision would indicate,” Hayes concluded, “the president’s press conference and more generally his temperament has impaired his ability to fill this vital role.”

It appears that Harward will be one of the guests on ABC’s This Week on Sunday to presumably address the matter himself.

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Video of this exclusive from Chris Hayes at the link.

So... Harward did not want to deal with Bannon, and after yesterday's presser decided he didn't want to work for Trump. either.

Wonder if Bannon's little Pravda, Breitbart -- or Twitler himself -- will go after Harward now.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. All about getting

Bannon and his ilk out

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Ban Bannon

[center][font size = "+2"]Ban Bannon[/font][/center]

[Hortensis]

18. Or at least just out of control. Trump told Flynn's assistant NSA,

Bannon's agent, that she would be able to stay, something Harward reportedly heard from media, not Trump himself. Harward also intended to replace a bunch of people, including some talking heads from Fox (!), with professionals.

From Foreign Policy before Bannon won out over Harward and Petraeus: "At this point, Mattis has far greater influence over former military officers than the president does. His presence at the Pentagon is the sole reason some are considering climbing aboard Trump’s sinking ship."

[tenorly]

3. And because, being a good man, he was warned by the IC to stay away from this train wreck

He made the right call. This turkey of an administration will ruin more careers than Gigli.

[iemitsu]

4. I think Harward himself used the phrase "shit sandwich"

rather than train wreck.

[tenorly]

5. He's right. And being the Trump regime, you know what he'd have to wash it down with.

The Presidency has quite literally gone down the toilet.

[iemitsu]

6. Yes it has.

[tenorly]

8. The Founding Fathers, wherever you are,

our apologies for letting you down.

[iemitsu]

9. :)

[cstanleytech]

13. Actually that cartoon is wrong

because we all know with Trumps ego that he would actually have all the other faces modified to look like him.

[tenorly]

14. Or better yet, one each for Ivanka, Kushner, Bannon, and Miller.

With a fifth, yuuuuuuge bust of himself placed above the rest.

[Cha]

17. Actually it didn't ruin Ben Affleck's or

Jennifer Lopez' careers.

[Thrill]

7. Not many of these old time military guys

Are going to go along with this Russian love affair. They hate Russia

[47of74]

10. It wouldn't surprise me.

Twitler, Breitbart, and the Branch Trumpvidians will probably be whining about Harward before the weekend is out.

[cstanleytech]

11. Maybe, then again it might simply be an issue of not wanting some amateur on the NSC to be making

recommendations to the president that could end up costing alot of people their lives.

[IronLionZion]

12. Whoever accepts this job is probably going to suck

someone who fits in with the rest of the shitheads in this administration and doesn't really value the security of this nation.

Maybe Petraeus

our only hope is that Trump's presidency will be over soon and reasonable people will be able to work with Pence or whoever is next.

[moonscape]

16. Petraeus already pulled out. They can't even get him n/t

[IronLionZion]

19. Trump's Dad should have pulled out

Trump should quit. Qualified people don't want to work with him.

[Hekate]

15. The Soviets required that every committee, no matter the area of expertise, have a political minder

....assigned to them at all times. Can't remember offhand what the Russian name for them was, but they were absolutely required. Didn't matter if you were working in a factory, a university, the military, or a research vessel, you had your political minder.

This is what Benedict Donald has brought to America. This is what Admiral Harward is refusing to countenance.