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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLet's get something straight, this memo is about Carter Page
2 of the first 5 guys listed by candidate Trump as his foreign policy advisors in 2016 were George Papadopoulos and
this fucking idiot
dawg day
(7,947 posts)I wonder how much he has told Mueller's team.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)That is now being erased.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210178956
Sophia4
(3,515 posts)For starts:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/us/trump-foreign-policy-advisers.html
That article identifies Michael Flynn, Carter Page and Papadapoulos as three of five members of Trump's foreign policy advisory team.
And here:
Republican insiders were scratching their heads Monday at names Trump offered as sources of regular advice on national security. Several of those Trump cited during a visit to The Washington Posts editorial board are complete unknowns; others have mixed reputations among GOP national security pros. One prominently cites his attendance at a model United Nations conference as a credential on his LinkedIn page; another has compared President Barack Obamas official national security strategy to a document about slavery written in 1850.
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A résumé on Phares' personal website says he "taught Global Strategies at the National Defense University in Washington DC since 2006," although an NDU spokesman told POLITICO on Tuesday that Phares was employed there as an "expert/consultant" for one year, from April 2011 to April 2012. Phares did not respond to requests for comment.
Another Trump adviser concerned with domestic Islam is Joseph Schmitz, a former Pentagon inspector general with ties to the Center for Security Policy. The center's president is Frank Gaffney, whose controversial statements about Muslims including a charge that President Barack Obama might be a Muslim came under new scrutiny when Ted Cruz named him as a foreign policy adviser last week. Schmitz, a Naval Reservist and former partner at the Washington law firm of Patton Boggs, co-authored a 2010 report for the center titled "Shariah: The Threat to America.
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"https://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/donald-trump-foreign-policy-advisers-221058
Wow! What a bunch to choose to advise a presidential candidate on foreign policy. I'm sure they all have merit, but with the exception of Flynn and Schmitz (added on edit, mistakenly omitted), they have very little experience in government from what I can tell. Strange crew. Strange choices. What to say?
Why didn't the press comment on this more during he campaign? Or did I just miss the comments?
Compare this to Hillary's or even Bernie's or the other Republican candidates' experience and knowledge of government and foreign policy.
That Trump pulled this off is an amazing failure for our country.
Democrats have to be pulled together by November, and that is going to be a huge job. We Democrats have to get some voice, say and control in our government.
Bernie and Hillary, please come out and speak together in the same forum on this issue of foreign policy and the incompetence of the Trump administration. It is not a time for bitterness, remorse or blame. We need unity! Bring along some sane Republicans if you can find any. This is a national crisis brought to our attention by the memo almost too late.