• Building Trump's Cabinet, The National Security Advisor, Is Waltz The Right Person?

    November 12, 2024
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    President-Elect Trump is moving fast to appoint members to his cabinet in hopes of the U.S. Senate rapidly approving the selections. He hopes to move forward with the America First agenda as quickly as possible. Part of that agenda is ending foreign wars, engaging in effective foreign policy, and securing the homeland from multiple threats.

    Insert Congressman Mike Waltz as the nominee for National Security Advisor. Waltz, a U.S. Army Colonel and Green Beret, serves in Florida's 6th Congressional District, where he succeeded DeSantis, who became the state's Governor.

    He previously served as a defense policy director at the Pentagon and as Vice President Dick Cheney's counterterrorism advisor at the White House.

    Waltz is well known as a hawkish figure and NEOCON who is more likely to continue to advocate for and push for forever wars than for ending them. If appointed, it remains to be seen how his push for continued conflict will mesh with Trump's goal of ending it.

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    Darin Gaub

    Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub is a geopolitical and military strategist, executive leadership coach, ordained Bible minister, and serves on the boards of multiple volunteer national and state level organizations. The views presented are those of the author and do not represent the views of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, or its components. He can be contacted at [email protected], and on Twitter - @DLGaub and Substack
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    Trev

    Has Trump lost his mind, or is he really a deep, deep, deep state plant.

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