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I have to wonder if Mike Waltz is reading the tea leaves and orchestrating a delicate exit from what he believes to be a sinking ship. His "promotion" serves in the meantime to protect him from charges of disloyalty to the administration, but gets him en route to the exit door in time to be distant enough to claim plausible deniability regarding culpability for whatever failures are deemed responsible for the coming crisis, once that crisis properly hits. In other words, he's got his life jacket on and is now testing the lifeboats just in case.

Why Trump chose him (a Dick Cheney protege like Victoria Nuland) and various others remains a mystery. Possibly campaign donors insisted on certain appointments. Choosing Waltz and Rubio effectively neutralised two strong neocon voices in Congress. Who knows? Considering the talent that was and remains available, it's a real head-scratcher. However, some of that talent, if ever invited, is going to be a lot less eager to get on board now after these clowns have made such a mess.

Bannon was absolutely correct - January 20 should have marked a clean break. After 100 days, there can be no such thing.

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