McMaster Blasts Russia In His Last Speech As National Security Adviser

US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is seen in a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washing... US National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster is seen in a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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In his last public speech as national security adviser Tuesday night, H.R. McMaster offered harsh words for Russia and said that the U.S. and the rest of the international community have not been tough enough on Russia.

“We have failed to impose sufficient costs,” he said in a speech at the Atlantic Council.

He warned that Russia “has used old and new forms of aggression to undermine our open societies.” McMaster offered the examples of the use of a nerve agent to poison a former spy in Britain, allegedly carried out by Russia, and cyber attacks on the U.S.

McMaster noted that Trump expelled Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack and said that the President has offered harsh words for Russia.

“Russian aggression is strengthening our resolve and our confidence,” McMaster said, but he added that the U.S. and its allies must do more to combat Russian threats.

McMaster’s comments came after Trump on Tuesday afternoon claimed that “nobody’s been tougher on Russia than” he has. The President also said that he may develop a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and that it would be “a good thing.”

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  1. Trump: McMaster is an unpatriotic traitor. My apologies to Putin and all of the people in Russia.

  2. Good for him to get his opinion in public record before his is disappeared from Administration’s history as is happening to Rexxon.

  3. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    but such cowardly words:

    McMaster noted that Trump expelled Russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack and said that the President has offered harsh words for Russia.

    An expulsion which allows for immediate replacement (new spies!) of the personal. And ‘harsh words’ like “Congratulations on your reelection” (in a sham election), when his staff warned NOT to congratulate, and an invitation for Putin to the WH.

    Even in his departure speech, McMaster chooses Orwellian words to describe Trump’s actions.

  4. That’s quite accurate, he stood by while Trump provided the Russians with intelligence, and then went on record defending it. He had the opportunity of speaking truth to power and failed to do it.

    Dereliction of duty. There is a book about that by a certain JR McMaster

    https://www.amazon.com/Dereliction-Duty-Johnson-McNamara-Vietnam/dp/0060929081/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522846339&sr=8-1&keywords=dereliction+of+duty+mcmaster&dpID=51cjyZKedLL&preST=SY291_BO1,204,203,200_QL40&dpSrc=srch

  5. General McMaster, thirteen months serving tRump has tarnished 34 years of honorable military service.

    How will you now restore some semblance of honor? Heck, how will you ever rid yourself of the stench?

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