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Trump puts Bannon on national security council, dropping highest military and intelligence officials
Trump puts Bannon on national security council, dropping highest military and intelligence officials
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Trump puts Bannon on security council, dropping joint chiefs
Image caption Commentators say Mr Bannon\'s role is expanding beyond politics
President Donald Trump is reshuffling the US National Security Council (NSC), downgrading the military chiefs of staff and giving a regular seat to his chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Mr Bannon, formerly the head of the populist right-wing, Breitbart News website, will join high-level discussions about national security.
The director of national intelligence and the joint chiefs will attend when discussions pertain to their areas.
Under previous administrations, the director and joint chiefs attended all meetings of the NSC\'s inner circle, the principals\' committee.
The National Security Council (NSC) is the main group advising the president on national security and foreign affairs.
It is led by retired lieutenant-general Mike Flynn, who was one of Mr Trump\'s closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the campaign.
"The security threats facing the United States in the 21st century transcend international boundaries," Mr Trump\'s executive order said.
"Accordingly, the United States Government\'s decision-making structures and processes to address these challenges must remain equally adaptive and transformative."
Image caption Mr Trump signed the executive orders on Saturday
Last week, Mr Bannon described the US mainstream media as "the opposition party", saying it should "keep its mouth shut".
The site he once managed, Breitbart News, serves up an anti-establishment agenda that critics accuse of xenophobia and misogyny. Under Mr Bannon, it became one of the most-read conservative news and opinion sites in the US.
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The Joint Chief and Director of National Intelligence will only be called in on an "as-needed" basis. This means when the president is making critical national security decisions, he may not be aware of all intelligence collected. This also means that the leadership of the intelligence community may be unaware of what the national security apparatus is planning or executing. Instead of these people, the guy that ran a far-right news/commentary website with ties to white supremacy will sit in on every national security decision.
It makes you wonder: what could the National Security Council possibly discuss that is not relevant to the responsibilities and expertise of the intelligence community and the military? And then you realise, the question should be posed differently: what would a white supremacist like Steve Bannon bring to table at these meetings that the intelligence community and the military would object to?
The hypothetical answers are terrifying.
I'd like to see how anyone could defend this.
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