“Bannon was engaged in his typical combination of sycophancy and agitation, alternating praise for the president with lamentations of how Trump was under assault from the press, the FBI, the deep sate and ‘globalists.'” (p. 141)
H. R. McMaster served as Trumps National Security Advisor for 13 months. At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House includes McMaster’s examples of Trump’s wacky decisions, Trump’s weakness for flattery, and Trump’s inability to focus on defending the United States from Putin’s threats.
In a recent episode of FIRING LINE on PBS, Margaret Hoover interviewed H. R. McMaster about his time in the White House. But, my interest was in Hoover’s questions about what a second Trump administration would look like. As you might guess, McMaster fears Trump will fill his administration with sycophants, grifters, and flakes.
If you’re concerned about what Trump will do if he wins, At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House provides a clear blueprint of a dark future. GRADE: A
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Note to readers — viii
“You’re fired” — 1
“You’re hired” — 17
“Love all, trust a few” — 31
DJT and LBJ — 57
Intrigue, elbows, and separate agendas — 71
A well-oiled machine — really — 83
Deep contradictions — 107
Tightrope — 123
Travels with Trump — 139
Guarding independence of judgment — 163
Winning friends and influencing foes — 179
Knives out — 193
Movement in a resistant element — 211
Contradiction and contention — 227
Asian odyssey (20K miles with Trump) — 245
Weakness is provocative — 271
Allies, authoritarians, and Afghanistan — 291
The last 385 yards — 315
Postscript — 329
Acknowledgments — 335
Notes — 339
Index— 349
The first thing (of many, Many, MANY!) that occurs to me is that schools that accept Government aid will no longer be allowed to require vaccinations, and we’ll see spikes in communicable disease, childhood mortality, and administrative perfidy.
Dan, if Trump wins, your scenario becomes much more likely. Putin and our enemies will celebrate!
This may be our last “normal” (or what passes for “normal” now) day…enjoy it!
Deb, I expect Trump to declare he won the Election. And, if he loses–as I hope will happen–all hell will break loose!
We still don’t know what Trump promised Putin in Helsinki in 2018, but we can guess, and it doesn’t bode well for Ukraine, Western Europe, and our own society in case of a Trump “win.” That’s if we survive the havoc that Secretary of HHS RFK Jr. will wreak, as Dan says, not to mention Musk being unleashed on the economy and the federal workforce. Look for a return of the loathsome Bannon, Miller, and Conway.
Fred, Bannon, Miller, and Conway returning to the White House will be a nightmare for our country.
With Elon in charge of streamlining government by eliminating any agency that might dare to question his businesses, and RFK, Jr. in charge of giving plaque-infested blankets to school children and Don Jr. and Eric in charge of the new Department of Sycophancy, and Vlad in charge of national defense, we will be in for one wild wide.
But, of course, Kamala will win. Won’t she? Please say she’s going to win!
Jerry, the startling news that Kamala may win Iowa changes the entire Electoral College equation. But, I expect whoever wins Pennsylvania will win the Election.
Jerry, that is the perfect image of RFK Jr.!
*blah blah blah*
(fingers in ears)
Not going to listen.
Get back to me when this mess is over.
Jeff, I’m hoping voters do the Right Thing and save our country and our fragile democracy.
I’ve never understood how so many Americans voted for the Repugs – and now it seems even worse to me.
But we have similar trends in Europe, even Germany.
Especially in Eastern Germany, until 1989 “occupied” by the Russians, after 35 years of democracy now the extreme left BSW and the extreme right AfD (Alle Faschisten Deutschlands …) together have got almost 50% of the votes in the local elections.
And they both are friends of Putin!
May you live in interesting times …
Wolf, the Internet and airwaves in the U.S. are polluted by Fake News and conspiracy theories. Many gullible people believe the lies Trump and his party spread every day. If Kamala wins it will be because women showed up to save us from doom.