Rich Higgins Death Reason
The memo, which was leaked to Fox News, criticizes the Trump administration for its weak stance on Iran and its lack of strategy for countering Tehran’s influence in the Middle East. Higgins’s firing has raised questions about how much influence he had at the NSC and whether his memo played a role in his dismissal. A friend just reminded me that my E.J. Dionne post of yesterday probably needs updating to reflect the latest news developments. So here’s a quick update. The full memo was finally published and was met with praise, not condemnation by prominent conservatives.
Rich Higgins Funeral & Obituary
At least starting out, including Paul Ryan and Newt Gingrich But Higgins is gone, having been fired by General Herbert Raymond McMaster, the new National Security Advisor. In the end, almost nothing is ever as bad as it seems, especially when we’re talking about political appointees like Tom Bossert and Rich Higgins. Sometimes things blow up in our faces, and sometimes they blow up in someone else’s. If you’re a political appointee, sometimes you need to just put a memo out there because it’s how you think the president wants things done. And if you’ve got the wrong president, then you’ve got the wrong president.
Rich Higgins Wikipedia
There are few people who simply defy explanation, so many of the attempts to explain Higgins’ memo will fall short. That’s because, as Edsall reasons, he is one of the genuine intellectuals in this administration — a man with real ideas, who could even offer the president genuine strategic advice. The former head of Breitbart London fit into a White House that has no room for thinking men and women. The memo is deplorable. It shows a lack of sophistication and nuance common to ideologues. The “deep state” Higgins references are, in fact, the permanent military and intelligence apparatus that has been in place throughout America’s existence and far before. The campaign was infiltrated by this “deep state.
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