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At War with Ourselves by HR McMaster review – ex-adviser vents spleen about Trump
Former US national security adviser writes ‘Trump lacked basic knowledge of how the government runs’ in tome that also critiques Obama and Biden
HR McMaster, Donald Trump’s second national security adviser, succeeded another US army general, Mike Flynn, in February 2017. In October, McMaster wrote a resignation letter but kept it in his desk.
Five months later, “completely fed-up”, he turned to John Kelly, a marine corps general and Trump’s second chief of staff. “Give me a fucking date,” said McMaster. Hours later, Trump called and put him out of his misery. McMaster had lasted 457 days – in his own words, in reference to a notoriously short-serving communications director, “41.3 Scaramuccis”.
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