Trump would be willing to remove Bannon from National Security Council
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday that if President Donald Trump’s newly appointed national security adviser wanted to remove chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council’s principals committee, the president would “take that under serious consideration.”
“The president has made clear to him he’s got full authority to structure the national security team the way he wants,” Spicer said of Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, whom Trump appointed Monday as his new national security adviser. Spicer made the remarks in the daily White House press briefing.
When asked if Gen. McMaster’s control over his team would extend to control of the principals committee and the potential removal of the chief strategist, Spicer said that McMaster “would come to the president and make that recommendation, but the president would take that under high—you know, serious consideration.”
Spicer added that in meetings with people for the position of national security adviser over the weekend, “The president made it very clear with [Gen. McMaster] and the other candidates that they had 100% control and authority over the national security committee.”
McMaster hasn’t indicated any changes he would like to make regarding the National Security Council.
Spicer said that McMaster, currently a three-star lieutenant general, would remain on active duty while serving as national security adviser. As such, if he retains his three-star rank, his appointment would be subject to Senate confirmation, according to a statement from a Senate Armed Services Committee aide. If he moves down a notch to a two-star major general, he wouldn’t be subject to Senate confirmation, the aide said.
Trump last month took the unusual step of adding Bannon, a former media and financial executive who was an architect of the president’s campaign strategy, to the National Security Council’s principals committee while downgrading the status of the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move—which meant Bannon would be invited to all council meetings—drew criticism from both Republicans and Democrats, who questioned whether Bannon’s addition would insert domestic politics into national-security decision-making.
虽说这个回答还是中规中矩的，但是已经有点透风的意思了，更诡异的事这个消息只有Fox发了，其他左派媒体不是应该更兴奋么。
估计Bannon 很可能离开NSC，他是搞媒体出身，立场太偏激，又没有从政经验，放在现在这个位置可能需要很多磨合，这个过程中间，如果犯了什么大错，就很可能丢官。上次travel ban 是他坚持要求把绿卡持有者加进去，这也直接导致了这个EO被法庭否决，所以新出的EO不会包括绿卡持有者。这件事，应该多少会影响trump 对他的信任。如果他离开NSC, 那就确认了这一点。
Bannon这个位置如果让牛金贵做要好的多，对trump 忠诚，熟悉政府运作。竞选和执政还是不一样的，需要不同的班子，他在现在这个位置估计不会做满四年。
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