Gloom-and-doom defense officials chatter about thwarting Trump’s non-traditional choices.
When former President Donald Trump won an impressive re-election, national security wonks went wild with speculation on how Trump 47 would treat the Pentagon. The liberals portrayed the worst possible national security future, casting Trump as a tyrant who would use the active-duty military to impose his will on US citizens. Most of the gloom-and-doomers are “never-Trumpers” and have views of little relevance.
Trump Rapidly Forms National Security Staff
As the Trump Defense Department transition team starts to form its slate of Pentagon and other national security staff, what amounts to a fifth column is forming inside the five-sided building. Media reports show that Trump did not calculate how divisive what he called “the enemy…
