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Date: December 24, 2018 11:28AM
“Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015,” Trump said Saturday on Twitter. “Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!”
In a May 2017 Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was flanked by perhaps the two most important U.S. officials coordinating the fight against the Islamic State.
One was Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
The other one was Brett McGurk, a State Department official whom Mattis introduced as “President Trump’s special envoy” to the coalition battling the militant group.
“George W. Bush and Barack Obama knew and respected Brett and considered him one of their most important advisers,” Chollet said. Trump has shown evidence of disengagement from policy and a disregard for expertise, he said, “and it’s very telling that Donald Trump claims to have never heard of him.”
In a May 2017 Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was flanked by perhaps the two most important U.S. officials coordinating the fight against the Islamic State.
One was Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs.
The other one was Brett McGurk, a State Department official whom Mattis introduced as “President Trump’s special envoy” to the coalition battling the militant group.
“George W. Bush and Barack Obama knew and respected Brett and considered him one of their most important advisers,” Chollet said. Trump has shown evidence of disengagement from policy and a disregard for expertise, he said, “and it’s very telling that Donald Trump claims to have never heard of him.”