{"id":42225,"date":"2018-03-16T14:35:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=42225"},"modified":"2018-03-16T14:35:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T14:35:54","slug":"trump-to-oust-national-security-advisor-hr-mcmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=42225","title":{"rendered":"Trump to oust national security advisor HR McMaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International desk: US President Donald Trump has decided to sack National Security Advisor HR McMaster, in what would be the latest in a string of high-profile White House departures, The Washington Post reported Thursday.<\/p>\n

The newspaper said that Trump is discussing potential replacements for McMaster, but is willing to take his time because he wants to avoid humiliating him as well as to have a successor ready.<\/p>\n

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said that there were no changes at the National Security Council, a response that avoided the issue of whether any were being planned.<\/p>\n

“Just spoke to @POTUS and Gen. H.R. McMaster – contrary to reports they have a good working relationship and there are no changes at the NSC,” Sanders wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

The Post said that some in the White House were hesitant to remove McMaster until he had “a promotion to four-star rank or other comfortable landing spot.”<\/p>\n

While Trump reportedly wants to avoid humiliating McMaster, that did not appear to have been a particularly high priority when he removed secretary of state Rex Tillerson two days ago, a move he announced on Twitter.<\/p>\n

A top aide said Tillerson did not speak to the president before his firing was announced and was not given a reason for his dismissal.<\/p>\n

Tillerson's sacking came less than two weeks after Trump's top economic advisor Gary Cohn quit in protest against the president's decision to levy tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.<\/p>\n

The previous year saw the departure of Trump's first national security advisor Michael Flynn — who lasted just 22 days in his post — as well as chief strategist Steve Bannon, who made it seven months, and Reince Priebus, who stayed in his job for less than six.<\/p>\n

Speculation is rife over who will be the next official to go.<\/p>\n

Candidates include education secretary Betsy DeVos, who struggled in two recent TV interviews, housing and urban development secretary Ben Carson, who controversially spent over $30,000 on a dining room set, the Post said.AFP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International desk: US President Donald Trump has decided to sack National Security Advisor HR McMaster, in what would be the latest in a string of high-profile White House departures, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The newspaper said that Trump is discussing potential replacements for McMaster, but is willing to take his time because he wants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":42226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n