TRULY
SCARY …
Trump puts Bannon on
security council, dropping joint chiefs
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5 hours ago
Image copyrightEPAImage captionCommentators say Mr Bannon's role is
expanding beyond politics
Trump takes
office
President Donald Trump is reshuffling the US National Security
Council (NSC), downgrading the military chiefs of staff and giving a regular
seat to his chief strategist Steve Bannon.
Mr Bannon, formerly the head of the populist right-wing,
Breitbart News website, will join high-level discussions about national
security.
The order was signed on Saturday.
The director of national intelligence and the joint chiefs will
attend when discussions pertain to their areas.
Under previous administrations, the director and joint chiefs
attended all meetings of the NSC's inner circle, the principals' committee.
The National Security Council (NSC) is the main group advising
the president on national security and foreign affairs.
It is led by retired lieutenant-general Mike Flynn, who was one
of Mr Trump's closest advisers and most ardent supporters during the campaign.
"The security threats facing
the United States in the 21st century transcend international boundaries,"
Mr Trump's executive order said.
"Accordingly, the United States Government's
decision-making structures and processes to address these challenges must
remain equally adaptive and transformative."
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionMr Trump signed the executive orders on
Saturday
Last week, Mr Bannon described
the US mainstream media as "the opposition party", saying it
should "keep its mouth shut".
The site he once managed, Breitbart News, serves up an
anti-establishment agenda that critics accuse of xenophobia and misogyny. Under
Mr Bannon, it became one of the most-read conservative news and opinion sites
in the US.
Mr Trump also ordered a restructuring of the Homeland Security
Council.
In two separate measures, the president ordered:
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A ban on administration officials from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government, and
a separate five-year ban on other lobbying.
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A preliminary plan by the
secretary of defence to defeat so-called Islamic State (IS) to be presented
within 30 days
A
loose cannon, ultra-nationalist, racist on the National Security Council. We
all better invest in bomb shelters.
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