National Security Council shakeup: Bannon approved.

Mr. Trump has picked Mike Flynn, a retired lieutenant general, to lead the NSC. Mr. Flynn feuded with the then-head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence while leading the Defense Intelligence Agency before being removed from the post in 2014. He has also had disagreements with some of Mr. Trump’s cabinet picks and raised concerns within various agencies that he’d consolidate power and decision-making in the council. In addition, Mr. Flynn has raised eyebrows by staffing the NSC with a number of officials with military backgrounds.

>>105445
Mr. Trump criticized U.S. intelligence agencies on the campaign trail and during his transition to the White House. He concluded that the ODNI, which was formed after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and coordinates work between the government’s 16 intelligence agencies, has become bloated and politicized, The Wall Street Journal reported in early January. Mr. Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to head the agency

>>105446
Mr. Bannon, the architect of Mr. Trump’s campaign strategy, is a former media and financial executive.

The NSC is a principal advisory group to the president on national security and foreign affairs and is typically charged with coordinating activity in other departments represented on the council.

“The overall view was that some of the agencies would send people not at the appropriate level and/or people who are neither empowered to make decisions nor represent their departments; that there was too much discussion with too few decisions,” a White House official said.

An administration official said the changes to the NSC would make the operation “more adaptive to the modern threats that we face

>>105447
The presidential memorandum suggests a greater emphasis on cyberthreats.

“The security threats facing the United States in the 21st century transcend international boundaries,” the memorandum says. “Accordingly, the United States government’s decision-making structures and processes to address these challenges must remain equally adaptive and transformative.”

A second measure signed Saturday is an executive order barring Mr. Trump’s appointees from lobbying their former agencies within five years of leaving government service, part of what the administration official described as an effort to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C.

The order also imposes a lifetime ban on lobbying foreign governments.

Past presidents have also put into place various lobbying bans, though over time the restrictions have proved porous and difficult to enforce.

Signing the measure, Mr. Trump looked at the officials arrayed behind him and quipped: “So, you have one last chance to get out.”
They chuckled.

Mr. Trump said he spoke “a lot” on the campaign trail about the planned lobbying ban, “and we are now putting it into effect.”

The third measure Mr. Trump signed was an executive memorandum targeting the Islamic State terrorist network. It directs the Trump administration to develop a plan to defeat the group, calling on Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to submit a proposal in 30 days with help from other agencies.

“The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is not the only threat from radical Islamic terrorism that the United States faces, but it is among the most vicious and aggressive,” the memorandum says.

Since taking office on Jan. 20, Mr. Trump has signed a total of 15 executive orders and memorandums meant to fulfill various promises he made on the campaign trail.

>>105444
>removing the Director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
This seems kind of fucked.

>>105450
He can't risk having someone feed him anything that isn't alternative news.

>>105450
It's happening. We're going to see the demise of """"democracy"""" and the rise of fascism in our lifetimes. All those people who scorned us aren't laughing now are they? No, they're cowering, because we wolves are now on the prowl, with blood on our lips.

i HATE YUOOOO USA
DOGDICK USA

Love the media meltdown over this. They are like a comedy show now. One the funniest, a panel with 8 liberals and one or two Trump supporters. They've gone off their rockers, but they can probably feel that they're living on borrowed time right now. When /pol/ takes to the streets, it'll be the end of liberal America.

>>105474
>when /pol/ takes to the streets
>end of liberal america
How can you call them off their rockers when you predict the exact thing they've been warning about?

>>105450
That's his job tho?

>>105469
Temper your bloodlust for a second. What would you say to Americans who are skeptical of fascism? I think it's fair to say this would include many conservatives in addition to liberals.

>>105444
article does’t exist on line

>>105469
Trust me, you'll have blood elsewhere than on your lips if you "take to the streets". Real, red blooded americans aren't going to take your shit.

Just a warning, faggot. Most of the country didn't vote for your orange dumbass.

>>105478
He's LARPing.

>>105493
Oh look honey, it's one of those special snowflakes again, try not to upset it.

>>105469
What exactly about any of this will help your dumb ass?

>>105496
How'd that #draintheswamp thing go for you? What's that you say? Trump just appointed a 6th Goldman Sachs lackey to his cabinet?? Bannon is one too? Color me surprised.

>>105510
Trump knows which billionaires are patriots. Is that so unfathomable?

>>105474
>One the funniest, a panel with 8 liberals and one or two Trump supporters.

which isn't far off from the percentage of the electorate that supported him during the election.

and we all know in the US that """"""liberal"""""" really means centrist or slightly right by any other society's measure.

>>105614
Just go, man.

>>105469
>It's happening. We're going to see the demise of """"democracy"""" and the rise of fascism in our lifetimes.
if you haven't yet noticed/realized, the "moderate, liberal left" in USA is the by the book definition of fascism.

>>105706
I see no uniforms.

Hardly seems 'by the book'.

>>105496
Keep talking, dipshit. I've seen your kind on HWNDU, I know you're weak teenagers.

>>105706
You don't know what fascism is.

>>105706
The moderate, liberal left would be righties in any other country. Clinton threw away most of the Democrats economic and foreign policy platforms back in the 90s, which leaves us a party that mostly makes a big deal about nothing to earn their "liberal" chops.

So, is he a good choice or what?
Honest question, have no idea who he is other than owner of a far-right news company.

>>105823
I think he'll put a worrying emphasis on politics. What happens when the right decision in a military/security sense is politically inconvenient for Trump in Bannon's eyes?

>>105823
Steve Bannon being a good choice isn't necessarily the major issue. The joint chiefs chairman, and director of national intelligence being put on a need to know basis is more concerning. The cynic in me thinks they want the option to keep the military, and intelligence agencies out of the loop for when things get "controversial".

>>105820
I can't really blame him. The democrats suffered eight years of humiliating losses fielding actual leftists and then when he actually tried to accomplish a socialist objective(universal healthcare) it lost him the house and the senate.

>>105865
12 years*

>>105865

The policy of "what is good for business, is good for America" used to work, but now people want somebody to advocate for workers first. As is always the case, the modern Democrats were tone deaf to this while the Republicans were ironically the ones who broke from it and began pursuing populism (at least rhetorically).

I'm afraid because he's kind of a right wing loonie and more ideologically genuine than Trump. Also some stuff about a muslum registry. How does one decide who is muslim at any rate?

>>105875

Well starting today whenever any document asks me to put down a religious preference I will put "Islam/Muslim".

Usually you only see those questions in hospitals or military (so they know what service to get you if you die suddenly) or censuses. But with the Patriot Act, hospital admission forms could be accessed by warrant, so that is one way the government can "know" without your permission.

Hence why solidarity starts now for me.

>>105875
Well, there's Islam, as in the religion, and Muslim, as in the blood. Just like Jews, you can still be a Muslim even if you are not practicing the religion.

>>105872
Your kidding right? Right now there are THREE kinds of people. Those who are IN ON IT, these people are going fucking crazy right now (more on these guys later) The ashleep who follow them. Then there is us, who have to sit at home while all of this is going on and for one reason or another can't do too much.

>>105887
pls explain this nonsense

>>105976
Folks go to the mosque and shit because it's nice to have a network with your community even if you only selectively follow teachings.

So they call themselves muslim even if they're technically not.

Admittedly it's more likely for someone like that to get radicalized than someone beginning as a total nonbeliever, I'd suspect. It probably wouldn't be much more difficult to test for one's specific beliefs, although that would be unconstitutional. Testing for who is likely to get radicalized over time strikes me as a bit more difficult.

>>105887
So you can be an Islam but not a muslim?
Sounds mad sketchy. Like they can select to antagonize any group at aleast whim.
I was born in the middle east. Am I a muslim?

>>105996
>Folks go to the mosque and shit because it's nice to have a network with your community even if you only selectively follow teachings.
>So they call themselves muslim even if they're technically not.

So which are the dangerous ones, the 'true' Muslims or the 'fake' Muslims?

>>105711
putting aside the bluster for a second

if there WAS a [white supremacists] vs [everyone else] fight in the usa - i know where i'd put my money

>>106132
you can't tell the difference anyway

muslims are all moderate up until they enter the airport with a kalashnikov

>>105595
Like how Hillary does?

>>105706
>wants to take away firearms
>wants to control speech
>wants to completely control facts
>wants to enlarge the government to be in every part of a civilians life

Yep. Checks out.

>people think trump is the facist

top kek.

>wants more gun rights
>smaller government
>fascist

>american education

>>105887
hahahah wtf. Muslim isn't an ethnicity you fucking idiot. Muslims are Persians, Kurds, Arabs, Turks, Africans, Asians, etc. There is no such thing as someone who is Muslim but doesn't practice Islam.

/news/ has really gone down hill lately. The amount of stupid is amazing.

>>106310
No. Any more stupid questions?

>>106320
>putting all your trust into a politician with a dubious track record

brainlet

>>106310
>implying Hillary is a patriot

>>106327
>brainlet

Funny stuff coming from someone who can't differentiate campaign rhetoric from reality.

>>106147
The majority of the US aren't white supremacists.

>>106332
The majority of people who matter in the US are white supremacists.

>>106356
>The majority of people who matter in the US are white supremacists.
Horse shit. Source? Or are you just another Trump zombie emboldened by your glorious leader's narrow margin of victory?

>>106356
The only group that matters in a modern civil war in America is our fuckhuge military, most of which are poor and/or ethnic. Good luck, Cletus.

>>106540
Most of /our guys/ military are die hard Trump supporters.

>>106809
100% of the military guys I know hate Trump so clearly all military guys hate Trump

I'm pretty sure that's how data works

>>106880
I'm a vet and don't like Trump. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, especially because Clinton was who he was up against and I really did not want her to win, but now I see that my gut reaction to him was correct. I know a few other vets around my university, and most of the ones who care hate Trump (especially after that CIA speech and then freezing veteran job applications to the federal government), though I do know one guy who is a proud Trump supporter.

Most vets would rather see Mad Dog Mattis become the President.

>>106880
I don't know anyone in the military so I'm pretty sure the military doesn't exist.

:^)

>>106880
Most of the military would love it if Trump let them off the leash to bomb some liberals. It'd be easy to get rid of them all since the love their cities so much.

>>106918
brainlet detected

>>106933
CREW detected.

>>106918
>>106934

>false flagging all day everyday

>>106934
What the fuck is CREW?

>>106940
Just a Jewish trick. Don't over think it.

>>106946
>>106936
>>106934
>>106933
Go back to /r9k/

>>106948
See usually this person false flags as le evil republican.

After being called out xir just does /b/ rank shitposting.

>>106951
I'm not a fucking """republican""". They're better then the democrats, but are still part of the problem.

>>106953
There's the nonsense shitposting, right on cue.

I hope Bannon has to go in front of the Senate to be confirmed. It would be hilarious.

>>106916
Seems like a logical conclusion. More research required.

>>106913
I am strongly in favor of vastly decreasing military funding, anti-war and all that hippy shit, and I'd rather have General Mattis as president than what we have now.