The Battle for Trump's Foreign Policy
by Soeren Kern • August 9, 2017 at 5:00 am
- National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said that an ongoing review of Iran policy will be completed by late summer. In the meantime, however, he has fired opponents of the Iran deal, including Derek Harvey, who reportedly drafted a comprehensive plan on how to withdraw from the agreement. A White House insider described Trump's Iran policy as "completely gutted" in the aftermath of McMaster's purge.
- "Everything the president wants to do, McMaster opposes. Trump wants to get us out of Afghanistan — McMaster wants to go in. Trump wants to get us out of Syria — McMaster wants to go in. Trump wants to deal with the China issue — McMaster doesn't. Trump wants to deal with the Islam issue — McMaster doesn't. You know, across the board, we want to get rid of the Iran deal — McMaster doesn't. It is incredible to watch it happening right in front of your face. Absolutely stunning." — Former NSC official, Daily Caller.
- "The President's ultimate success will in large part depend on the degree of commitment to his agenda among the people he appoints to ensure its success.... The most important rule of presidential personnel management is to appoint people who are fully committed to the presidential agenda." — "Personnel Is Policy," The Heritage Foundation.
National
Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has been accused of trying to undermine
President Donald Trump's foreign policy agenda by removing from the
National Security Council key Trump loyalists. Pictured: President Trump
and McMaster at the announcement of McMaster's appointment as National
Security Advisor, on February 20, 2017. (Image source: White House video
screenshot)
The ongoing purge of people
loyal to U.S. President Donald J. Trump at the National Security
Council, the main organization used by the president to develop national
security policy, is part of a power struggle over the future direction
of American foreign policy.
Trump
campaigned on a promise radically to shift American foreign policy away
from the "globalism" pursued by his predecessors to one of a
"nationalism" which puts "America first." He also vowed to: "defeat"
Islamic extremism; "tear up" the nuclear deal with Iran; "reset"
bilateral relations with Israel by moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
"on Day One" of his administration; and "direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to label China a currency manipulator."
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