Originally Posted by
Ninthace
At least McMaster had the sense to resign (or was he sacked) from working in the Trump administration but accepting the post in the first place calls his judgement into question.
Possibly , but at my own modest, uninformed level, I know that I thought that the lunatic Trump would be reined in and guided, once inaugurated ( got that wrong, huh ? ) . I also remember thinking that many very high-level military officers would be consulting The Constitution and other legal documents that clarified exactly what their obligations to POTUS/The Supreme Commander were if they felt his orders were unlawful and how to determine that.