Earlier today the New York Post (Murdoch Inc.) was reporting a cabinet meeting was scheduled to take place tomorrow at Camp David, in Maryland. The unusual location for this meeting stemmed from information the Post obtained via an anonymous “White House official.”
For some reason, every media report felt it was important to emphasize that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard would be in attendance at the cabinet meeting. Gabbard’s departure is openly well known and not expected until June 30th, but for some reason the DC media stenographers were quite interested in whether DNI Gabbard would be in attendance.
After about 8 hours, President Trump announced the cabinet meeting was moved back to Washington DC, due to an inclement weather forecast.
[WEATHER]
Terrible weather. Horrible stuff. 40% chance of rain even.
Cloudy, with a chance of meatballs.
During the eight hours between the leaked location report and the sudden reversal in venue, something else happened.
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In this shifted role, State Department Counselor Michael Needham, a longtime confidant and aide to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, will now be the assistant to President Trump and deputy national security adviser.
Mike Needham will serve along with Rubio, who, in addition to being Secretary of State is also President Trump’s National Security Advisor. The National Security Advisor runs the White House National Security Council.
You may note, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), that would be Tulsi Gabbard, serves as the head of the U.S. Intelligence Community and also acts as the principal advisor to: the President, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council, for all intelligence matters related to national security.
Deputy National Security Advisor Mike Needham will now assist in running the National Security Council while Marco Rubio remains in his dual role as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State. Needham was chief of staff to Rubio in the U.S. Senate during Rubio’s tenure as Vice-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) and a Gang of Eight member.
