Posted on 05/23/2025 4:23:21 PM PDT by CFW
The Trump administration has put more than 100 officials at the National Security Council at the White House on administrative leave on Friday as part of a restructuring under interim national security adviser and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, according to two US officials and another source familiar with the matter.
CNN previously reported that a significant overhaul of the body in charge of coordinating the president’s foreign policy agenda was expected in the coming days, including a staff reduction and a reinforced top-down approach with decision-making concentrated at the highest levels.
An email from NSC chief of staff Brian McCormack went out around 4:20 p.m. informing those being dismissed they’d have 30 minutes to clean out their desks, according to an administration official. If they weren’t on campus, the email read, they could email an address and arrange a time to retrieve their stuff later and turn in devices.
The email subject line read: “Your return to home agency,” indicating that most of those affected were detailed to the NSC from other departments and agencies.
On Thursday, Rubio convened a meeting with principals, which raised speculation that it was about the re-organization, the official said. And on Friday at 3:45 p.m., shortly before the email went out, senior directors were summoned to a meeting with Rubio.
A flurry of emails from those leaving then started going out with personal contact information.
With this happening on a Friday afternoon before a long holiday weekend, the official called it “as unprofessional and reckless as could possibly be.”
Those put on leave include career officials, as well as political hires made during the Trump administration.
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Yea 10,000 staffers put on leave. oh only 1,000. shucks it’s a start.
only 100?
It may be a holiday weekend, but rest assured here come da judge.
Whoever this purported official is, he seems put out that he had his vacation ruined by work.
This is great. Since 2016 that nest of vipers has served as Obama’s Praetorian Guard.
“they’d have 30 minutes to clean out their desks”
That is twenty five more minutes than I would have given them.
The National Security Council should be the Cabinet.
“That is twenty five more minutes than I would have given them.”
One time when I was fired I found out from a note taped to the front door. My personal items were shipped to me.
From that day on I never left anything personal in my work space. Strictly business.
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An email from NSC chief of staff Brian McCormack went out around 4:20 p.m. informing those being dismissed they’d have 30 minutes to clean out their desks, according to an administration official. If they weren’t on campus, the email read, they could email an address and arrange a time to retrieve their stuff later and turn in devices.
Thanks. Like the old days.
[Yea 10,000 staffers put on leave. oh only 1,000. shucks it’s a start. ]
“Sorry to be calling on a holiday weekend your honor, but…”
only 100?
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Are you second guessing President Trump and Sec. Rubio?
Good advice. Did you firing occur in the public or private sector?
Private.
Not that it matters. I’ve worked in both.
Don’t take personal stuff to work unless you own the place.
Don’t take work stuff home unless you’re being compensated for it or work from home is authorized to do so.
Don’t get chummy with your coworkers.
NEVER become romantically involved with a coworker.
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“””Staffed by foreign policy experts from across the US government, the NSC typically serves as a critical body for coordinating the president’s foreign policy agenda.”””
National Security my ass. What were all these corrupt people doing the last 50 years while the border was a wide open lawless free for all?
And what were they all doing in regards to national security as those in DC were ripping the taxpayers off through fraud waste and abuse, for hundreds of billions of tax dollars on a routine basis?
And speaking of foreign policy, America’s foreign policy has been a complete epic disaster for decades, while the taxpayers got looted by the same foreign policy experts.
The last 50 plus years our foreign policy basically consisted of looting the US taxpayers and giving it to the rest of the world all while those running government got filthy rich selling influence, collecting bribes and kickbacks.
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