Former Obama administration national security adviser Ben Rhodes spoke Monday on MSNBC's “Deadline” in an exclusive Breitbart News interview with incoming national security adviser Mike Walz, explaining that the U.S. government's He said that “MAGA fiction” has already begun.
Host Nicole Wallace said, “Let's read some comments from an interview with incoming National Security Advisor Mike Walz with Breitbart.'' This is from Breitbart's reporting. National Security Adviser Mike Walz told Breitbart News that intelligence officials from various federal departments are currently working on the National Security Council, White House, and the National Security Council under outgoing President Joe Biden. We are reporting details to the NSC in the House.” , is scheduled to vacate the premises by 12:01 p.m. ET on Inauguration Day. ”
Rose said, “Yes, this is Project 2025 Nicole. So this is MAGA That's what's happening right before our eyes. They said they were going to do it, even if Trump sometimes backtracks on it. , they are doing it. And looking at this, why can't the president choose everyone who works for him in the NSC? One might think, well, first of all, I don't know the politics of all those people, and frankly, many of the people who work on national security are conservative. There's a trend, right? So it's not like this is a bunch of left-wing Democrats filling spaces in the intelligence community or the U.S. military.”
Furthermore, he added: “But the other thing, Nicole, is what is going to occupy the NSC's time and attention? A lot of times it's a crisis. You never know what's going to happen. A terrorist attack might happen, One country may invade another. Just as we are seeing today in Los Angeles, there may be a humanitarian crisis elsewhere in the world. Possibly. The first reaction when we convened people in the NSC, and I was in those meetings, was to get everyone into the situation room and figure out how to respond to this MAGA-ization of the NSC. The reaction would be, what's in Donald Trump's political interests? How can he use this to justify his narrative or punish his enemies? It's not about what's best.”
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