Trump's National Security Team: Dangerous and Dysfunctional
Counterpunch • • world
Key Points:
- Since 9/11, U.S. national security and foreign policies have become dangerously militarized, with excessive defense spending and politicization of intelligence, worsened by the authoritarian approach of the Trump presidency.
- Key national security institutions, the Department of State and the National Security Council (NSC), have effectively disappeared, with former senator Marco Rubio overseeing both despite minimal engagement and potential conflicts of interest.
- Critical foreign policy issues like the Russia-Ukraine War and Iran nuclear deal negotiations are being handled by inexperienced individuals, including billionaire real estate brokers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, undermining effective diplomacy.
- The Trump administration has weakened traditional national security decision-making, ignored congressional checks like the War Powers Resolution, and militarized
