Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates slapped down the panic porn, adding that the NSC is the president’s personal foreign policy team.
Brennan tried to press again, wondering if those feelings of loyalty should veer into questions about the 2020 election or Trump’s views on the Justice Department.
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CBS News’ Margaret Brennan had another rough go at it on Face the Nation. The host, who blamed freedom of speech and the press for the Nazi Holocaust, tried to drum up controversy about the National Security Council and reports that President Trump is suspicious—rightly—of the intelligence community. Isn’t that a problem?
FormerSecretaryofDefenseRobertGatesslappeddownthepanicporn,addingthattheNSCisthepresident’spersonalforeignpolicyteam.Shouldloyaltybeaprerequisitetojoiningthiscrew?Absolutely.
It’stheonlycurrencyinthistown,Margaret.SheseemedaghastthatGateswouldevenusethewordloyaltyregardingthissubject.Ifyoucan’tsupportanddefendthepresident’spolicies,youmustgo—it’sthatsimple.
Gates’mottointheNSCwas“beloyalorbegone.”
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