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Well, people. I dont even know what to say anymore.
The New York Times published a very alarming report on the Trump administration. The President Trumps National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, of the talking to Russia about sanctions while Obama was still President infamy, did not know how to call the National Guard for an emergency.
Several staff members said that Mr. Flynn, who was a career Army officer, was not familiar with how to call up the National Guard in an emergency for, say, a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina or the detonation of a dirty bomb in an American city.
Not knowing how to call the National Guard up during an emergency even for a few minutes literally endangered all Americans. It is something every administration should know before they walk in the door. Regular administrations do know this.Its something incoming administrations are briefed on during the transition. But the Trump administration blew many of those transition briefings off. Trump himself said he didnt need to attend intelligence briefings because, You know, Im, like, a smart person.
We have a National Security Adviser who didnt know how to call the National Guard in an emergency. It is not clear that he knows how to do this now, either, since the wording is, Several staff members said that Mr. Flynn
was not familiar with how to call up the National Guard in an emergency. That is not the comforting had not been familiar with how to call up the national guard. It is they said he was not. That could mean he is still not.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/13/trumps-national-security-adviser-call-national-guard.html
Zoonart
(11,870 posts)Chumming the water with tales of incompetence so that they can fire whim without referencing the Russian mess.
DetlefK
(16,423 posts)- Why would anybody care about Flynn's ties with Russia? He's gone! Let's move along!
- But...
- Oh, shut up. You just can't accept that Trump won, that's why you're riding this Flynn-thing.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)staff whose job it is to be standing by their incoming newbie bosses, before they're even asked, with a list of procedures for whatever situation the moment calls for.
If we don't like THIS, how about the State Department with its entire top echelon gone?