Trump has dramatically shrunk the size of the National Security Council in a move to staff the White House body with peo

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Most presidents try to get in their 'own' people, but trumps people are vile!!

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Donald Trump dismisses dozens of National Security Council officials
Move designed to staff key body with Maga-aligned people, say supporters

US President Donald Trump has dramatically shrunk the size of the National Security Council in a move to staff the White House body with people more aligned with his Maga agenda © AP



Demetri Sevastopulo Published yesterday


Donald Trump has dramatically shrunk the White House’s National Security Council by firing some officials, placing others on administrative leave and ordering many secondees to return to their home agencies.

Several people familiar with the firings said the NSC, which is being run temporarily by secretary of state Marco Rubio, had retained some staff, mostly senior directors, while eliminating dozens of positions in the office.

The move, which one person described as a “liquidation”, comes three weeks after Trump fired Mike Waltz as his first national security adviser, the top position at the NSC.

The officials who lost their positions were notified on Friday afternoon about the move, which followed weeks of speculation about an imminent purge of the security officials.

Three people familiar with the dismissals said Ivan Kanapathy, the senior director for Asia, remained but his China team had been let go.
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1. Another Friday purge. n/t