President-elect Donald Trump has named the latest member to his foreign policy team today in the form of former Fox News adviser K.T. McFarland, who will become the deputy national security adviser under the already appointed Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
McFarland held a series of positions in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan governments, starting with being an aide to Henry Kissinger in 1970, and advancing all the way to being the Pentagon spokeswoman from 1981 to 1984. She has generally supported wars over the years, including urging much larger numbers of troops in Iraq, and keeping them there indefinitely.
Most recently, her focus has been on Iran, loudly condemning the P5+1 nuclear deal and urging the US to forcibly remove Iran’s Internet censorship as an attempt to fuel dissent in the country, on the grounds that a large percentage of Iran’s population is young and subsequently hungers for more information.
McFarland has also urged Trump to move away from seeking consensus with the international community when making policy decisions, saying he should decide what’s better for America, and instead of worrying about getting along with foreign leaders, make the foreign leaders “figure out how to get along with him.”
OMG! Proud that I did not vote for Hillary or Trump. I didn’t think that there was much of rational thought in Trump’s administration and I was right, sad to say. Hillary and war was a forgone conclusion. We are fornicated.
I and 1% voted for Jill Stein, so what stupid
thing will our voting majority do next?
Why did France, Great Britain, and Germany join the agreement as co-signers? Possible economic deals with Iran were only secondary. The primary reason was to get Netanyahu’s veiled nuclear bomb threats against Iran off their backs. Now they will have Trump on their backs.
Why did’nt President Obama submit the agreement to our Senate for ratification? Because all Republicans plus at least Democrat Schumer would have voted no. Guess what Schumer will be next January. Yes, Minority Leader. He is already waffling on Iran. So it is not only Trump who waffles! Only in America.
Being at war with Iran must equate to what’s “better for America” according to this wench. Donald continues to surround himself with trash.
Trump has been very clear: Kick the turban-wearing folks and take their oil. My avatar would be proud.
Hold on, I thought you fannies (rich white American ‘liberals’ and faux-leftists) posed as representing “anti-establishment” values maaaaaaaaaaan?
The Iran deal was made by the establishment in both countries, and is supported by establishment bodies worldwide. You’ll doubtless also be bleating about Trump’s disregarding your ultra-establishment civil rights, equality legislation, environmental regulations, etc., and ignoring your country’s ultra-establishment constitution, which is now so much toilet roll.
Fascists always did oppose the existing establishment, Trump is indeed 100% opposed to the liberal establishment, let alone the neoliberal one – he should be all your adolescent wet dreams come true.
But after all, you’ve insisted for years that assorted hereditary Russian-backed dictators and totalitarian regimes bring “stability” to Arab, African and South American nations. Now you’ve got your own Russian-backed dictator, your own hereditary Assad (who called Trump a “natural ally” – very true). You should be ecstatic… enjoy. And don’t forget – if you rise up against him and go demanding freedom and human rights, you’ll be “terrorists”. If that’s good enough for Syrians, it’s good enough for you.
A very suprising choice. Resident ideologue at Fox, better put a designated ideology coordinator with The Council of International Relations — will be the neocon central designated eyes and ears. They clearly dug their heels in to prevent Gen. Flynn have the control of all intelligence access to the president without Council knowing what is going on and having a chance to interfere or pull strings with other agencies. It is amazing that with her own scandals in the background and rather slim professional credentials she has been chosen. Or because of them. Trump has a bigger problem with his own party eocon zealots then with defeated democrats. Listening to Fox you woold think they won — without a scant regard to Trump’s foreign policy that has been spelled in writting. Republican neocons are trying to do to him what democrats have done to Obama. Hillary took foreign policy control away from Obama and into the hands of the Council, as did formerly Albreight and Rice. In fact, Rice was a protege of Albreight father, Joseph Corbel, as a student of Soviet Union. Kerry is a placeholder — somnow all the pressure is on — get their choice to head State DEpartmant. And to install a spy into
Flynn’s office. But Trump is not Obama. And will not relinquish foreign policy to spend his time in office playing with health care.