Mr. Trump announced the selection [of the State Department’s chief hostage negotiator] shortly after saying he would also “substantially increase Sanctions” on Iran following weekend attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia that officials in Washington and the region have blamed on the Tehran government.
[O'Brien,] a longtime lawyer... impressed [Trump] with his work to extricate Americans detained by countries like North Korea and Turkey....
September 18, 2019
"Trump Names Robert O’Brien, Hostage Mediator, as National Security Adviser."
The NYT reports.
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A competent man in DC? That should make a tourist attraction. And he can also negotiate like a Trumpian.
Trump Names Robert O’Brien, Hostage Mediator, as National Security Adviser.
That or work in the press office.
Apparently he wants a deal-maker rather than an ideologue. Good or bad, depending on the deals.
Welcome to the job where, according to your boss, you don't have to work.
Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department.
Get it right, NYT!
Perhaps he can help Kyrsten Sinema as she is held hostage by the Loony Left part of the Democratic Party.
Place holder until Flynn is available,
I don't expect a negotiator to be very effective as the bad cop, but every time I disagree with Trump, he ends up right and I'm wrong.
So he has an interest in saving people’s lives, not in conducting war and overthrowing governments for their own sake.
Trump’s foreign policy: Speak loudly and carry a small stick.
Jaw jaw is better than war war.
Is he the one who brought A$AP Rocky home safely?
Place holder until Flynn is available,
He has already been confirmed. Would he have to go through confirmation again?
Flynn has some unfinished business to complete. Like putting McCabe in prison.
Then he will have time to do the NSC
Earnest Prole: "Trump’s foreign policy: Speak loudly and carry a small stick."
300 Russian mercs in Syria are unavailable for comment.
Perhaps Earnest would like to regale us with the litany of Red Lines Trump has established and then failed to execute against.
Following the latest NY Times Kavanaugh smear, I'm amazed that AA still uses them as a creditable source of information. Bubbles they keep expanding!
nsa does not require confirmation. Flynn out of government for good.
As a former hostage mediator, O'Brien's toughest assignment was to rescue a large pecan pie from Jerry Nadler's congressional refrigerator before Noon.
prigozhin reassigned the mercs to Libya and the sudan, discount their value by 50%
An insightful comment in all it's variations. As fresh as when first expressed back in 2004, or so.
Next up: Why is AA talking about ( ) while ignoring ( )?
Following the latest NY Times Kavanaugh smear, I'm amazed that AA still uses them as a creditable source of information. Bubbles they keep expanding!
View of O'Brien from an anti-interventionist...
"Bolton lite..."
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/trump-makes-another-bad-choice-for-national-security-advisor/
Was this the guy Trump sent to help secure A$AP Rocky's release in Sweden?
Perhaps Earnest would like to regale us with the litany of Red Lines Trump has established and then failed to execute against.
I'm not making a value judgment; only contrasting Trump's style with previous administrations both Democrat and Republican. Trump's foreign policy has far more in common with Obama's than any other American president since World War 2: Avoid the use of force and try to cut deals wherever you can. It suits the current mood of the electorate both Left and Right.
apparently he was a protégé of Bolton as far back as 14 years ago,
Were it not for the source I might believe this story. Will wait until a legitimate organizations reports.
Frank Byrne
Prole
Explain how cutting deals implies a small stick.
"I'm not making a value judgment; only contrasting Trump's style with previous administrations both Democrat and Republican. Trump's foreign policy has far more in common with Obama's than any other American president since World War 2: Avoid the use of force and try to cut deals wherever you can. It suits the current mood of the electorate both Left and Right."
Did Obama avoid the use of force? He certainly expanded the use of drones to bomb areas in the middle east. That seems pretty forceful, to me. That aside, I applaud any president/administration that avoids the use of force unless absolutely necessary.... I can't recall the last administration we that held to that criterion, ("absolutely necessary,") but, to the extent Trump avoids initiating new military actions, it is good. (He needs to stop the military involvements we're already too-long-mired in, and remove all troops from all foreign stations.)
Earnest: "Trump's foreign policy has far more in common with Obama's than any other American president since World War 2:"
Laughably laughable.
Yeah, obamas deal cutting is similar to Trumps!! After all, they both use the word "deals"!! It doesnt get any more similar than that I guess!
I mean, the Iran Deal and USMCA! Both are totally "deals"!
Talk about reductio ad "stupidum"....
Yeah, obamas deal cutting is similar to Trumps!! After all, they both use the word "deals"!! It doesnt get any more similar than that I guess!
To compare Trump's dealmaking with Obama's, we would first need an actual Trump deal. China, North Korea, Iran, Middle East -- any one of them will do.
remember the lickspittle from heileman and Halperin 'I like killing people' then we saw there were no drone strikes in north Africa, or anywhere along the Euphrates, where Islamic state was rising, of course, Libya led to consequences all the way down to niger, the iran deal was the jizdah or was it the hudna, you can sell ben Rhodes on any such foolishness,
Earnest: "To compare Trump's dealmaking with Obama's, we would first need an actual Trump deal. China, North Korea, Iran, Middle East -- any one of them will do."
Thus disproving your point as obambi was happy to give away the store to get a deal and Trump isnt.
But let me guess: OMG Trumps unwillingness to make deals like obambi did just PROVES how similar they are!!
Nothing like the Korean framework, which was the skeleton for the iran deal, the blind deal with the supposedly 'light in the loafer' castro brother, his son was the middleman with brennan,
of course, mattis looked askance at the throwing Mubarak under the bus, in favor of morsi, luckily we had general asisi standing in the wings so it didn't end like iran redux, most everything the qataris asked for, Obama did, including delaying the certification of boko haram as the scourge of Nigeria, there was a clash with iran, on Syria, so it was 50/50 split,
Now Trump follows Reagan's policy in some respects, besides the confrontations over the Gulf of Sidra, the bombing of Tripoli (which was reactive) the intervention in Grenada, (along similar lines) yes there were proxies in central America, in the middle east, and even in southern Africa,
If you want to be known as the dealmaker president it helps to make at least one deal -- we can't call you Picasso if you refuse to paint.
One deal?
You mean the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement?
Or the US-Mexico agreement to stop alien caravans?
Or the US-Mexico agreement for Mexico to take returned illegals?
Or the US-Japan trade agreement?
Or the US-South Korea trade agreement?
Or breaking the deal with Turkey to sell F35s?
Or the deal to sell arms to Taiwan? Or Poland?
Just quit pretending, Earnest Progressive.
How about that:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-election/israels-netanyahu-wins-re-election-main-challenger-concedes-defeat-idUSKCN1RL00K
"Trump's foreign policy has far more in common with Obama's than any other American president since World War 2:"
Actually, okay, A C T U A L L Y, Trump and Reagan's "We win, they lose" policy proves you out of your league Sir when commenting about our potUS, the great Donald John Trump.
Delete your words now, Sir.
Flynn has some unfinished business to take care of as soon as he's released from the loony bin. He is a perfect fit.
Correction that was back in the soring
https://mobile.twitter.com/i24NEWS_EN/status/1174349137460043776
Just quit pretending, Earnest Progressive.
You make a good point: When we saw how deftly Trump handled the US-Japan trade agreement, who could doubt that a deal with North Korea was imminent?
Earnest Progressive,
You misspelled "you're right" but that's ok.
We'll call it a tie to save your pride.
Justin, how could you?
Because hes an idiot, but weve already stipulayed that.
Mayne this might change minds:
https://mobile.twitter.com/RJBrodsky/status/1174473278901116930
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