WH: Trump ‘Evaluating The Situation’ After Flynn’s Conversation With Pence

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, right, talks with Ret. Gen. Keith Alexander before a meeting with President Donald Trump on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 3... National Security Adviser Mike Flynn, right, talks with Ret. Gen. Keith Alexander before a meeting with President Donald Trump on cyber security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) MORE LESS
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The White House released a vague statement Monday afternoon, seemingly on National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s status in the administration.

“The President is evaluating the situation. He’s speaking to Vice President Pence relative to the conversation the Vice President had with Gen. Flynn and also speaking to various other people about what he considers the single most important subject there is: our national security,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said, according NBC News.

Various outlets reported Monday that Flynn had apologized to Vice President Mike Pence, after it was revealed that Flynn spoke to the Russian ambassador to the United States about sanctions before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Before a Thursday Washington Post article detailing Flynn’s call with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, Pence had defended Flynn against accusations of wrongdoing.

Correction: This post originally misspelled Ambassador Sergey Kislyak’s name. We regret the error.

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  1. Transcript:

    TheDon: “Can you get Putin to destroy the original tapes of the golden showers from Russian hookers over my tiny pee-pee?”

    TheFlynn: “Yes”

    TheDon: “Ok, we’re good here”

    ThePutin: (via Android) “Comrades, we’re all okay, just lift the fucking sanctions already so I can invade the rest of Ukraine”

  2. “The President is evaluating the situation. He’s speaking to Vice President Pence relative to the conversation the Vice President had with Gen. Flynn and also speaking to various other people about what he considers the single most important subject there is: our national security,”

    From what I’m reading here and there, U.S. intelligence agencies regard the Lunatic in Chief as the biggest threat to our security.

    What’s he going to do about that?

  3. Thank God everyone’s too distracted by this to remember that Bannon shouldn’t be sitting on the council without having been confirmed by the Senate.

  4. Avatar for kathya kathya says:

    It’s time for the Republicans to step in and stop this madness. How much more do they need to see?

  5. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Evaluating = waiting for orders.

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