Depending on your preferred sources for news, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is either an anti-Israel, anti-Trump mole who has infiltrated the White House to push a pro-Iran agenda or he’s the victim of an attempted purge by someone in the White House, most likely Steve Bannon and/or Jared Kushner. It’s also very possible that both are true.
All the ire against McMaster has been building quietly for some time, but the removal of Ezra Cohen-Watnick from the NSC seems to be the last straw. Cohen-Watnick is a Trump loyalist who was one of the sources of the leaked intelligence reports claiming Trump and his associates were being wiretapped by the Obama administration.
To add fuel to the fire, McMaster seems to be siding with Obama’s National Security Adviser Susan Rice, claiming that she did nothing wrong in the recent unmasking scandal and can keep her security clearance. President Trump was reportedly unaware of McMaster’s action.
He knows now.
Reactions from conservative media have been mixed. Some passionately support his removal from the post:
https://twitter.com/seanhannity/status/893172505933959169
https://twitter.com/StefanMolyneux/status/893195375103922176
America needs Rich Higgins in office, not HR McMaster.
— Frank Gaffney (@frankgaffney) August 3, 2017
McMaster is an utter disgrace and an islamo-fascist. If Trump doesnt fire him now his presidency is worthless https://t.co/n1o7umZlW9
— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) August 3, 2017
“The only option President Trump has is to clean house at the National Security Council, starting at the top with General McMaster,” said Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning. “The threat posed to the country by the National Security Council leaking requires immediate and swift action.”
Predictably, alt-right news outlets Breitbart and Gateway Pundit are up in arms. Not-so-predictably, Trump supporter and rabble-rouser-extraordinaire Matt Drudge has nothing posted about McMaster on his site as of the time of this writing.
Others are coming to his defense, including a group of national security analysts at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
In national security adviser H.R. McMaster, the president has a leader of the National Security Council who has made a career of fighting for national security interests that involve very real sacrifice.
McMaster is someone who can make the tough calls. He is the right leader for a tough, determined president who only wants the best for the American people.
Ian Tuttle at National Review calls claims that McMaster is an “Islamist” are absurd:
H. R. McMaster is far from perfect. His preference for keeping the Iran deal in place seems to this observer a significant mistake, for example. However, for those who have consecrated themselves to the priestly rites of Donald Trump’s cult of personality, McMaster’s staffing changes constitute nothing short of blasphemy.
Here’s what we know for certain. McMaster is not like his short-term predecessor Michael Flynn. That means that he’s not a blind supporter of the President. That also means that the people Flynn brought on board, including Cohen-Watnick, are at risk if they don’t toe the line that McMaster is setting. The President and the alt-right might not approve, but it’s likely better for America to have someone in the role who isn’t afraid to go against the President from time to time.
What’s not certain is the source of the attacks. It’s easy to see when a narrative is being trumpeted by Steve Bannon, Jared Kushner, or both. One need only follow the alt-right Twitter buzz and the associated publications. When they put on a full-court press, it’s very likely that the puppetmasters in the White House made some calls. In most cases, this is a very bad thing. It’s part of the “fake news” cycle that the President often discusses, though from the opposite end of the spectrum. From Pizzagate to Seth Rich to Ted Cruz’s dad killed JFK, these stories are usually barely more than propaganda. With McMaster, they may actually be on the right side of the fence. Why? Israel.
Reports that McMaster is truly unsympathetic of Israel are more striking than the Rice situation or the recent firings. Allegations that McMaster called Israel “illegitimate” and an “occupying power” are greatly disturbing.
“McMaster constantly refers to the existence of a Palestinian state before 1947,” a senior West Wing official tells CR (there was never an independent Palestinian state), adding that McMaster describes Israel as an “illegitimate,” “occupying power.”
We’ve had eight years of an administration bent on the weakening of Israel and America’s relationship with the Jewish state. President Trump has been off-and-on regarding Israel, sometimes voicing full support and sometimes failing to do as promised. We can ill-afford any voices whispering more negatives in his ear about the only free democracy and true American ally in the Middle East.
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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