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struggle4progress

(118,291 posts)
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:12 PM Feb 2017

Tumult threatens to derail Trump's agenda


John Harwood
2 Hours Ago

... the forced resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, less than a month into the administration, has now seized the attention of senior White House aides. Coupled with the scramble to fight adverse court rulings concerning the president's travel ban, Flynn's resignation casts doubt on the ability of the White House to give congressional Republicans the policy answers they need before undertaking immense and risky political tasks.

"They've got to thread some needles here," said former lawmaker Tom Davis, who served in the House Republican leadership. Trump "needs competent people around him. It's pretty clear he's got no one around him who understands government, … who's been in government" ...


http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/14/white-house-tumult-threatens-to-derail-trumps-broad-agenda.html
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Tumult threatens to derail Trump's agenda (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
Amateur Hour with incompetents equals national security problems wordpix Feb 2017 #1
Other than random cruelty and ego nourishment BeyondGeography Feb 2017 #2

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
1. Amateur Hour with incompetents equals national security problems
Tue Feb 14, 2017, 05:14 PM
Feb 2017

no doubt IS is watching, not to mention Russia and other undesirables

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