Epstein Secrets

ought up the possibility of firing everybody. Should I fire Bannon? Should I fire Reince? Should I fire McMaster? Should I fire Spicer? Should I fire Tillerson? This ritual was, everyone understood, more a pretext to a discussion of the power he held than it was, strictly, about personnel decisions. Still, i

dy with foreign policy stature and an international network had been put in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020053 place—even the new secretary of state designate, Rex Tillerson, had no real experience in foreign policy. To bewildered foreign secretaries, it seemed logical to see the presidentelect’s son-in-law as a figure of

t long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the style of

l). Not long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the s

ense that might have redounded to his vast advantage (without his having to actually pay for the wall). Not long after, Canada’s new prime minister, Justin Trudeau, a forty-five-year-old globalist in the style of Clinton and Blair, came to Washington and repeatedly smiled and bit his tongue. And that did the tri

us impressions of the man, agreed to sign on. Jim Mattis, a retired four-star general, one of the most respected commanders in the U.S. armed forces; Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil; Scott Pruitt and Betsy De Vos, Jeb Bush loyalists—all of them were now focused on the singular fact that while he might be a pecu

every cabinet member for the next seven days through their confirmation hearings,” he said of the business-and-military 1950s-type cabinet choices. “Tillerson is two days, Session is two days, Mattis is two days... .” Bannon veered from “Mad Dog” Mattis—the retired four-star general whom Trump had nominate

’s lunch with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Lunch was followed by another meeting about the

ecretary nominee Wilbur Ross; Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith; Washington Post national reporter Mark Ber

at had surveilled him. Making clear his confidence in his adviser, Trump insisted that Flynn come to Monday’s lunch with the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau. Lunch was followed by another meeting about the furor. There were yet more details of the phone call and a growing itemization of the money Flynn h

USE_OVERSIGHT_020114 president’s part. The daily discussion among senior staffers, those still there and those now gone—all of whom had written off Tillerson’s future in the Trump administration—was how long General Kelly would last as chief of staff. There was something of a virtual office pool, and the j

believed that the sole upside of being part of the Trump White House was to help prevent worse from happening. In early October, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s fate was sealed—if his obvious ambivalence toward the president had not already sealed it—by the revelation that he had called the president “a fucki

ge Bannon’s ouster by McMaster’s hand from the NSC. With the president promising that he would make up his mind by August, and McMaster, Mattis, and Tillerson pressing for a decision as soon as possible, Bannon- inspired media began a campaign to brand McMaster as a globalist, interventionist, and all aroun

on, 159 Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, 231 60 Minutes (TV show), 309 666 Fifth Avenue, 211, 281 Skybridge Capital, 269-70 Slate, 98-99 Slovenia, 15 Smith, Justin, 78 Snowden, Edward, 42, 95 Soros, George, 178 Special Operations, 265 Spencer, Richard, 127, 129-30, 137-39, 292-94 Spicer, Sean, 10, 47-48, 64,

04-6 Time magazine, 50, 56, 93, 130, 147, 276 Time Warner, 78, 92 trade, 116, 174, 276 transgender ban, 284 Treasury Department, 133 Trotta, Liz, 223 Trudeau, Justin, 107, 228 Truman, Harry, 61 Trump, Barron, 14 Trump, Don, Jr., 17-18, 27, 204, 252-61, 271, 278-79, 307 Trump, Donald Abe meeting at Mar-a-La

sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election. Trump foiled then- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezu

g, at least 90 House Democrats [plus independent Justin Amash (Mich.)], had denounced Trump's remarks, w

sign the letters but wrote an op-ed in 2016 saying Trump should not be president and would lose the election. Trump foiled then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's attempt to name Abrams as his deputy in spring 2017. But Pompeo succeeded in January of this year in appointing Abrams as special envoy for Venezue

g, at least 90 House Democrats [plus independent Justin Amash (Mich.)], had denounced Trump's remarks, w

he support of three Republicans plus independent Justin Amash of Michigan and the opposition of eight De

anian forces were on high alert. President Trump said the downing of the aircraft was probably a 'mistake.' Then in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said intelligence analyses indicated that a surface-to-air missile hit the plane in what could have been an 'unintentional' act. ... A Ukrainian of

.' Then in Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said intelligence analyses indicated that a surf

extensively in international issues now that the State Department is run by [Mike] Pompeo, whom he sees as far more competent than his predecessor, Rex W. Tillerson." -- Mike Bloomberg won't release the women who sued him from their nondisclosure agreements. From ABC News: "'You can't just walk away from it,'