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Stalin's Purge
Senior Trump appointee fired after critical comments
A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump's policies and his inner circle of advisers.
Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head the National Security Council's Western Hemisphere division, was on Friday escorted out of the Executive Office Building, where he worked in Washington.
A senior White House official confirmed that Deare is no longer working at the NSC and has returned to the position he previously held at the National Defense University. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an incident not otherwise made public, and provided no further details.
But current and former administration officials say Deare's termination was linked to remarks he made Thursday at a private talk at the Wilson Center, a Washington think tank. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter.
According to one person who attended the discussion, Deare slammed the Trump administration for its policies on Latin America, specifically its rocky start to relations with Mexico. That person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a private event.
Trump signed an order in the first week of his presidency to build a border wall with Mexico, jumpstarting a campaign promise. The move prompted Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto to cancel his trip to Washington in late January.
The person who attended the Wilson Center discussion also said that Deare openly expressed frustration over being cut out of most of the policy discussions about Mexico, saying that members of Trump's inner circle, including chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law and adviser, Jared Kushner, have not consulted with NSC directorates as the White House formulates policy.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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"Stalin's Purge" What a damn hoot! Once again so over the top! More nutty name calling!
Someone who knows better then, bad mouths the administration and then gets fired for it. Good riddance !
He was upset because the "inner circle" did not ask him about policy! Oh boo hoo.......
If you are management anywhere and you complain at a "talk" the company is going to let you go.
And some people think this has something to do with "Stalin" How weird is that? 
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Yes, good riddance. Who needs dissenting voices?
You poor, simple fellow.
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Thread Starter- Rongone
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Common Sense wrote:
"Stalin's Purge" What a damn hoot! Once again so over the top! More nutty name calling!
Someone who knows better then, bad mouths the administration and then gets fired for it. Good riddance !
He was upset because the "inner circle" did not ask him about policy! Oh boo hoo.......
If you are management anywhere and you complain at a "talk" the company is going to let you go.
And some people think this has something to do with "Stalin" How weird is that?
Sounds more like something Kim Jong Un would do.
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The man cannot stand criticism !
He better get used to it or he will got nuts !
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Just what we need - ANOTHER hole in the security advisors !
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Just what we need - ANOTHER hole in the security advisors !
It won't be much better when all the holes are filled with yes men.
A president benefits from getting many points of view.
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Is President Obama stacking his cabinet with yes-men?
Dana Milbank: Obama’s Cabinet of yes men
Trump’s “Team of Rivals” Is Better Than Obama’s “Yes Men”
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It is really quite interesting how backward looking team Trump is.
The President himself appears before the nation to introduce his pick for labor secretary,,,,, and spends more time talking about Hillary Clinton, and his electoral college vote (Which he got wrong) from three months ago than about the nominee, or anything else.
When Trump's actions as president are questioned, his fans, rather than defending them, harken back to what Obama did four, or even eight years ago.
Is Trump's performance so bad, his vision for the country's future so nonexistent that all they can do is whine about Obama and Hillary?
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A couple of things off the top of my dome:
1. It's hard, even for his supporters, to evaluate and defend Donald Trump's performance since he speaks in very, very vague terms ............ things are 'tremendous', some guy he appoints is an 'outstanding choice', there's going to be so much 'winning' we're going to get tired of winning, we're going to 'make America great again', there's going to be 'love everywhere', etc.
2. Let's suppose a past president surrounded himself with 'yes men', does that mean it's ok for the guy you support to do the same thing? I thought the whole idea was to strive to become better, not to justify your destructive behavior because some guy before you did the same thing.