Ex-GOP rep sounds alarm on real national security 'danger' of incoming Trump administration
Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) on Thursday explained what many Americans "should be concerned" about ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
Speaking with Jolly on the latest episode of MSNBC's Deadline: White House, guest host Alicia Menendez noted, "This week Trump announced that he's going to nominate [billionaire businessman] Steven Feinberg for deputy defense secretary. He's picked an unprecedented number of billionaires to be part of his administration. It's not that on its face, but it is this preference for someone with that background over someone who necessarily has experience that matches the role that he is casting for. I wonder what you make of it."
Jolly replied, "Look, Donald Trump sees wealth as a sign of strength, even if it's wealth you inherited and tangibly lost some of that, like Donald Trump himself did. But I think the issue we should all be concerned about may not be the wealth but the lack of experience, particularly when it comes to America's national security. The founders of the Constitution intended for the United States not to be a country run by the military."
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The political analyst continued, "So we have the joint chiefs, we have the general officers that lead the operational force and the war fighting force. But they ultimately report to civilian secretary staff structure, and those civilians to Donald Trump."
"In this case, Donald Trump is putting inexperienced leadership in the national secretary positions, as the go between the nation's top generals and admirals and the president himself — that's the danger," Jolly emphasized.
"Donald Trump with a truth social tweet could ignite a bomb somewhere in the world, in terms of our national security posture, and he's surrounded himself with civilian leadership completely inexperienced and incapable of stopping him from doing so."
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