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by George Rasley
August 11, 2017
What would you say if Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence on the National Security Council, who discovered the Obama-era unmasking of the names of Donald Trump associates whose communications were perhaps illegally intercepted and leaked by the Obama intelligence apparatus, was fired, and that Susan Rice, the person at the heart of the Benghazi cover-up and the unmasking and leaking of the unmasked names, was granted a renewal of her Top Secret security clearance?
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong, because H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor just did it.
And what would you say if the same person who fired Ezra Cohen-Watnick also fired other Trump loyalists with stellar records, such as Col. Derek Harvey, the NSC’s Middle East director and Rich Higgins (an early Trump supporter and advisor) who was in the NSC’s strategic-planning office?
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor just did it.
And what would you say if the same person who fired all of these brilliant national security staffers and who also granted disgraced Obama National Security Susan Rice a renewal of her Top Secret security clearance also stated that “Susan Rice did nothing wrong,” even though her actions are the subject of a congressional inquiry and call for a Special Counsel?
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor just did it.
And what would you say if a National Security Advisor was told to stop the illegal press leaks from his staff and he did nothing, allowing the leaks to proceed at an unprecedented rate?
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because under H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, that’s what’s been happening.
And what would you say if a National Security Council staffer was directed to compile a list of Obama holdovers and took that list directly to the president, who requested that his National Security Advisor follow through with the recommendations, and National Security Advisor outright refused.
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, did exactly that.
And what would you say if, after the American electorate rejected the failed policies of Obama and his erstwhile successor Hillary Clinton top Obama officials continue to come and go in and out of the White House compound as they please. And that one prominent official, Robert Malley (Obama’s “ISIS czar”), has continued to brief National Security Council staff, who have continued to advise the President to certify Iran is complying with Obama’s nuclear weapons deal in the face of overwhelming evidence that it is not?*
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because under H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, that’s what’s been happening.
And what would you say if the same disgraced Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who was at the center of the Benghazi cover-up and the unmasking and leaking scandal, advised President Trump’s National Security Advisor to get rid of all of the Trump loyalists on his staff?
If you said that could never happen in a Donald Trump administration you’d be wrong about that too, because H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, did exactly that.
Why would President Trump want to keep Obama policy staff on at the White House where they could leak and undermine his goals?
The answer is of course he wouldn’t, but President Trump’s goals are not the goals and policies of the establishment intelligence and military Deep State to whom H.R. McMaster owes his military career and loyalty.
Their goal is to maintain the Obama and Bush fiction that the war Islam has declared on the West is merely a regional war that can be won by the kinetic approach that has failed for the past sixteen years and that defeating Islamism and jihad have nothing to do with winning this war abroad and at home.
If there was ever proof that the Deep State exists and protects its own it is the record and actions of H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s ill-conceived National Security Advisor.
In our view, the goal of McMaster’s purges is isolate President Trump and place “his people” on the NSC staff, thus returning the NSC and the intelligence community to the Obama model where, as Mike Flynn put it, reporting on the terrorism threat that came up the intelligence community’s chain of command was very different from what was being presented at the top levels of government.
McMaster’s power play to isolate the President is a clear and present danger to the success of President Trump’s administration and to the fulfillment of his campaign promises. It is past time for McMaster to be fired.
— H.R. McMaster Is Proof The Deep State Exists originally appeared at Richard Viquerie’s Conservative HQ.
Rod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.
