HR McMaster comes under fire from far right, Russia trolls
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[url]http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcmaster-steve-bannon-russia-trolls-2017-8[/url]
[quote]Allies of White House chief strategist Steve Bannon intensified their battle against national security adviser H.R. McMaster this week as McMaster began asserting more control over the National Security Council and fired officials appointed by his immediate predecessor, Michael Flynn.
The dismissals of Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Rich Higgins, and Derek Harvey have exacerbated friction between McMaster and the White House's more nationalist wing, which is led by Bannon and has President Donald Trump's ear.
"There is a split in the White House between the Bannon camp of ideologues and the McMaster-Mattis-Tillerson camp of more centrist intellectuals," Pete Mansoor, a retired Army colonel who worked closely with McMaster, told Politico. "And this conflict is playing out in real time as the Trump administration tries to flesh out its foreign policy and national security policy."[/quote]
The biggest part of this story, to me, is that getting McMaster fired appears to be the goal of Russia's latest active measure
[quote]Twitter accounts that have been linked to Russian influence operations have jumped on the anti-McMaster bandwagon, too, using hashtags like #FireMcMaster and #deepstate, according to a newly launched website that aims to track Russian propaganda efforts in real time.
On Friday, the top and trending websites the accounts were sharing were the Circa story about McMaster letting Rice keep her security clearance. Shares of a Breitbart story titled "NSC Purge: McMaster 'Deeply Hostile to Israel and to Trump'" have increased by 2,300% since Wednesday, according to the site, and "clearance," "McMaster," and "Susan Rice" were among the top and trending topics.[/quote]
This new site which tracks Russian bots in real time is hella interesting: [url]http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/[/url]
The Small Council grows smaller every day...
I hope the white nationalist faction gets purged ASAP.
is it me, or has it looked like Tillerson's been a lot more level-headed than the other members of the cabinet these past few months? Almost any time I see his name, he's usually saying something sensible at least
I'm just gonna leave this here.
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