12-20-2016, 04:53 AM
Apparently I am not the only one worried about the impending foreign policy disaster that is the Trump presidency.
White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/national-security-council-exodus-foreign-policy-michael-flynn
An unusual number of the National Security Council’s more junior officials are looking to depart, amid concerns about incoming adviser Michael Flynn. The White House is struggling to prevent a crippling exodus of foreign policy staffers eager to leave before the arrival of the Trump administration, according to current and former officials.
The top level officials in the National Security Council (NSC) are political appointees who have to submit resignations and leave in a normal transition. The rest of the 400 NSC staff are career civil servants on secondment from other departments. An unusual number of these more junior officials are now looking to depart.
“Career people are looking get out and go back to their agencies and pressure is being put on them to get them to stay. There is concern there will be a half-empty NSC by the time the new administration arrives, which no one wants,” said one official.
The official added that the “landing team” sent to the NSC – Trump representatives who are supposed to prepare for the handover to Trump appointees – have been focused on issues of process and how the office functions, rather than issues of substance involving an explanation of current national security threats and the state of the world the new administration will inherit.
“An understaffed White House is one potential risk right now and another is having a team that hasn’t had the substantive briefing they need from the current team for the handoff,” Smith said.
What could be making these people nervous? Meanwhile, in other news--
'Unpresidented' Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unpresidented-trump-tweet-china-sets-off-deluge-mockery-143005389.html
Trump Says He Doesn't Need Daily Intelligence Briefings That Say 'Same Thing' Every Day
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-daily-intelligence-briefings-thing-day/story?id=44122887
Trump aides ask of Russian meddling: Does it matter?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aides-push-back-suggestions-russian-meddling-174025754--election.html
White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/18/national-security-council-exodus-foreign-policy-michael-flynn
An unusual number of the National Security Council’s more junior officials are looking to depart, amid concerns about incoming adviser Michael Flynn. The White House is struggling to prevent a crippling exodus of foreign policy staffers eager to leave before the arrival of the Trump administration, according to current and former officials.
The top level officials in the National Security Council (NSC) are political appointees who have to submit resignations and leave in a normal transition. The rest of the 400 NSC staff are career civil servants on secondment from other departments. An unusual number of these more junior officials are now looking to depart.
“Career people are looking get out and go back to their agencies and pressure is being put on them to get them to stay. There is concern there will be a half-empty NSC by the time the new administration arrives, which no one wants,” said one official.
The official added that the “landing team” sent to the NSC – Trump representatives who are supposed to prepare for the handover to Trump appointees – have been focused on issues of process and how the office functions, rather than issues of substance involving an explanation of current national security threats and the state of the world the new administration will inherit.
“An understaffed White House is one potential risk right now and another is having a team that hasn’t had the substantive briefing they need from the current team for the handoff,” Smith said.
What could be making these people nervous? Meanwhile, in other news--
'Unpresidented' Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unpresidented-trump-tweet-china-sets-off-deluge-mockery-143005389.html
Trump Says He Doesn't Need Daily Intelligence Briefings That Say 'Same Thing' Every Day
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-daily-intelligence-briefings-thing-day/story?id=44122887
Trump aides ask of Russian meddling: Does it matter?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-aides-push-back-suggestions-russian-meddling-174025754--election.html
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