Originally Posted by
GlobalNav
As we all know, the President has not surrounded himself with those who can truly help him or us. Their only qualification is the ability and willingness to say and spell the word “Yes” on cue. All others read his tweets of dismissal.
Not sure that is true.
He has been trying to shift the country away from its global imperial pretensions as well as from its dependency on 'lower cost' foreign production, both unpopular concepts in the Washington bubble.
Consider how little support even the obviously imperative withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria are getting in the foreign policy and military establishments.