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The Washington Post published a story today (Saturday), written by a crew of reporters, that purportedly gives the behind-the-scenes account of why Michael Waltz was fired as the National Security Advisor. While the White House is using the lipstick-on-a-pig technique by painting Waltz’s move to the UN as a promotion, nothing could be further from the truth. As National Security advisor, Waltz had the task of coordinating the President’s policy goals with the Pentagon, the Department of State and the Intelligence Community, ostensibly to ensure everyone was singing from the same sheet of music.

If Waltz manages to survive the confirmation process — and I think he may not pass that challenge — then he will be working as a subordinate to Marco Rubio. That ain’t a promotion, boys and girls. The publication of this article — replete with quotes from unnamed sources in the Trump White House — is a sign that Waltz is going to face an uphill climb to secure Senate approval. The juicy tidbits in this article will provide the Democrats, and some Republicans, great grist to grind Waltz into dust. There will be embarrassing questions about Waltz pursuing an independent foreign policy vis-a-vis Israel, as well as a deep-dive on Signalgate. Waltz will be under oath and will be asked about any previous communications or contact with Jeffrey Goldberg, for example.

I would not be surprised to learn, in the coming weeks, that Waltz will withdraw from the process, provided he can secure a lucrative job with one of the Beltway bandits. This Washington Post story intent, in my judgment, is to damage Waltz even more. Let’s look at the details.

According to the Post, Waltz ran afoul of Trump over Israel. If true, that is welcome news:.......more........