Trump names former DIA chief Mike Flynn as his national security adviser

He frequently retweets posts from prominent members of the alt-right and believes that minorities only voted for Obama because of “the color of his skin”.

“While nothing has been finalized and he is still talking with others as he forms his Cabinet, the president-elect has been unbelievably impressed with Senator Sessions and his phenomenal record as Alabama’s attorney general and USA attorney”, the statement said. “That’s exactly who you want advising the president”, Rep. Duncan Hunter told Politico.

Much of this has to do with the status of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who lives in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Since that uprising, Erdogan has purged thousands of Gulen loyalists from Turkey’s schools, courts and bureaucracy.

The revelation comes as the Trump camp has taken a series steps to curb the involvement of lobbyists in the presidential transition efforts.

Flynn, who served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has advised Trump on national security issues for months. “We should not provide [Gulen] safe haven”.

Although not a cabinet position, the national security advisor has a pivotal role in shaping military and foreign policy. And I think he will listen to others.

But Alptekin said he and his company had nothing to do with Flynn’s op-ed. But the Times notes that former coworkers said he has such a tough time with the truth that he often spouts out completely baseless “Flynn facts”.

His son is an InfoWars-reading conspiracy theorist who serves as his chief of staff Flynn’s son, Michael, who serves as his chief of staff and worked for the Flynn Intel Group, has a rather inflammatory social media presence. He added: “Gulen has millions of supporters all over the world”.

So who are they?

The retweet came after Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on CNN that Russian Federation was to blame for hacks of the Democratic National Committee.

The four-term Alabama senator looks set to become the top law enforcement official in the Trump administration.

“He characterised the Korea-US alliance as a vital alliance, and the basis of the alliance should continue to be strengthened”, Tae-yong said according to Yonhap news agency.

A war is being waged against us by radical Islamists, and, as current events demonstrate, they are only getting stronger. “And what I’ve seen in the last couple of administrations is just a real failure to truly connect strategic dots around the world”.

The Turkish government has accused Gulen of being behind the July coup and has demanded the USA hand him over. Nonetheless, Flynn asserted that Gulen was guilty.

Flynn also began publicly voicing criticism of some assessments by the wider intelligence community, including its views about fledgling jihadi groups after the killing of Osama Bin Laden (Flynn thought, in some ways correctly, that they underestimated the threat), which also rubbed superiors the wrong way. Russian Federation is a nation that is deeply involved in the Middle East.

“I am pleased that Lieutenant General Michael Flynn will be by my side as we work to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, navigate geopolitical challenges and keep Americans safe at home and overseas”, Trump said in a statement today.

That may be true.

Within military circles, Flynn was a highly respected – though at times controversial – career intelligence officer.

She says now Republican control of the White House and Congress offers the party a rare opportunity, and that it’s important that Trump and Republican leaders in Congress take action quickly and “we don’t stop”.

WELNA: Many Muslim leaders in the US had, in fact, already condemned those attacks. (Retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft was the prototype of this approach with President George H.W. Bush.) In other administrations, the adviser focuses mainly on educating the president. He also did not vote in favor of a 2015 provision that the U.S.

This has already led to Kurdish-Turkish clashes in Syria. “In this crisis, it is imperative that we remember who our real friends are”.

Also expected to sit down with Trump on Saturday are 2012 GOP nominee Mitt Romney, Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, anti-poverty advocate Bob Woodson, and restaurant executive Andy Puzder.