Il Boobce's Been a Busy Bee This Evening...

[Lord Jim]

So far tonight, he has used the cover of a category 4 hurricane to pardon Joe Arpaio, sign an order banning transgender recruits, and now also to try to bury a scathing resignation letter from Sebastian Gorka:

Breaking: Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration

Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The Federalist.

In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House.”

Gorka’s letter expressed unhappiness with the direction the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken, as signaled by the president’s recent speech on Afghanistan:

“Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will ‘Make America Great Again,’ have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on Afghanistan this week…

“The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost…

“Just as worrying, when discussing our future actions in the region, the speech listed operational objectives without ever defining the strategic victory conditions we are fighting for. This omission should seriously disturb any national security professional, and any American who is unsatisfied with the last 16 years of disastrous policy decisions which have led to thousands of Americans killed and trillions of taxpayer dollars spent in ways that have not brought security or victory.”

Maybe for his next act tonight, he'll order Mueller fired...

[Guinevere]

I'm ill, anxious for the Gulf Coast, and I did not think I could despise that racist, sexist, hateful piece of garbage in the White House any more, but damn I sure do.

[ex-khobar Andy]

Gorka always seemed like a blowhard. His own PhD adviser said of him: "I would not call him an expert in terrorism".

His resignation letter is absurd. Trump delivered the speech - if he didn't like it, is he going to tell us that his speech-writers bullied him into it?

Actually I think Gorka was a good fit. Blowhard, self important, mendacious - he slotted right in.