"#Putin waged a campaign to drag us down...Putin's design is to be the last man standing" former US Nat'l Security Adviser HR McMaster tells @washingtonpost live on #Russia "He wants to polarize our societies in the West...pit us against each other"
US adversaries - "They view us as weak at the moment" former US Nat'l Security Adviser HR McMaster tells @washingtonpost
#China's Xi Jinping likely being told that he's winning, opening the way to more aggression, but that China also may see this as a window that's closing
On #Russia and #Putin's denials of bad behavior on the international stage - like with #Skripal #Navalny poisonings: "The president plays into that..." per HR McMaster
Why does @realDonaldTrump have such a hard time calling out #Russia's #Putin?
"I don't know" says former Nat Sec Adviser HR McMaster, adding #Trump administration is the 3rd to try and fail to have a better relationship w/the #Kremlin
#Trump taxes/debt: "I don't any more than what I'm reading" says former Nat Sec Adviser HR McMaster, but notes #Russia tries to get #Kompromat on everyone
"I think that's exaggerated" former Nat Sec Adviser HR McMaster tells #PostLive of claim in @realBobWoodward's "Rage" that US came close to war w/#NorthKorea
"We've set up the #Afghan government for more difficulty" former Nat Sec Adviser HR McMaster tells #PostLive of @POTUS plan for leaving #Afghanistan / deal w/#Taliban
"This is a classic case of strategic narcissism...self-delusion"
McMaster calls #Afghanistan "a modern day frontier between barbarism & civilization" due to its ongoing fight vs #Taliban, #alQaida
#PostLive
.@ptus talk about accepting #Election2020 results - "I've been concerned w/the president's statements which have been completely inappropriate" per HR McMaster
#PostLive
"I am going to vote in this election...but I'll never endorse a candidate or get involved in partisan politics" per HR McMaster, who has not before voted in any election in an effort to be apolitical
Warns against trend of campaigns touting military endorsements
#PostLive
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