RandomGuy
06-06-2019, 03:41 PM
From the National Review, the part that jumped out at me was towards the bottom:
USS John S. McCain Episode Speaks Volumes about Trumpism
It’s perfectly 'reasonable' for a White House staffer to think the commander in chief should be shielded from even the name of his late adversary because Trump’s feelings are all that matter.
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, says it’s reasonable to think the president should be protected from seeing a warship with John McCain’s name on it.
The USS John S. McCain, a destroyer named after three generations of McCains — two legendary admirals and the late Arizona senator — was in port in Japan during the president’s recent visit. Before his arrival there, someone from the White House asked the Navy to move the ship “out of sight.”
“It was probably someone on the advance team,” Mulvaney said on Meet the Press, improbably suggesting he doesn’t know exactly who issued the directive. “The fact that some 23-, 24-year-old person on the advance team went to that site and said, ‘Oh my goodness, here’s the John McCain. We all know how the president feels about the former senator. Maybe that’s not the best backdrop. Can somebody look into moving it?’ That’s not an unreasonable thing,” Mulvaney said.
Maybe it’s not an unreasonable question for a presumably young and inexperienced staffer to ask. But it was an extremely unreasonable request to emanate from the White House — which is why the Navy ultimately reversed the decision to hang a tarp over the ship’s name and park a barge in front of it.
Mulvaney is arguably the most competent senior member of the Trump administration right now. So the pressing question is: Does he mean what he’s saying? As spin, it’s primo stuff. But if he believes these kinds of actions are reasonable, it’s disturbing.
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One reason Trump has become a conservative litmus test is that there’s a policy vacuum on the right, and Trump’s personality is filling the void.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/donald-trump-uss-john-mccain-episode/
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Surprising for its source.
Trump party is long on outrage and empty on ideas.
USS John S. McCain Episode Speaks Volumes about Trumpism
It’s perfectly 'reasonable' for a White House staffer to think the commander in chief should be shielded from even the name of his late adversary because Trump’s feelings are all that matter.
Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, says it’s reasonable to think the president should be protected from seeing a warship with John McCain’s name on it.
The USS John S. McCain, a destroyer named after three generations of McCains — two legendary admirals and the late Arizona senator — was in port in Japan during the president’s recent visit. Before his arrival there, someone from the White House asked the Navy to move the ship “out of sight.”
“It was probably someone on the advance team,” Mulvaney said on Meet the Press, improbably suggesting he doesn’t know exactly who issued the directive. “The fact that some 23-, 24-year-old person on the advance team went to that site and said, ‘Oh my goodness, here’s the John McCain. We all know how the president feels about the former senator. Maybe that’s not the best backdrop. Can somebody look into moving it?’ That’s not an unreasonable thing,” Mulvaney said.
Maybe it’s not an unreasonable question for a presumably young and inexperienced staffer to ask. But it was an extremely unreasonable request to emanate from the White House — which is why the Navy ultimately reversed the decision to hang a tarp over the ship’s name and park a barge in front of it.
Mulvaney is arguably the most competent senior member of the Trump administration right now. So the pressing question is: Does he mean what he’s saying? As spin, it’s primo stuff. But if he believes these kinds of actions are reasonable, it’s disturbing.
...
One reason Trump has become a conservative litmus test is that there’s a policy vacuum on the right, and Trump’s personality is filling the void.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/donald-trump-uss-john-mccain-episode/
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Surprising for its source.
Trump party is long on outrage and empty on ideas.