Twitter Flips Over Report That McMaster Is Out Too: Trump ‘On a Rampage’

President Trump is reportedly considering firing H.R. McMaster, and given how much chaos great energy there has been this week already, Twitter could barely handle this latest potential shake-up:

Trump is on a rampage. https://t.co/DfwVJ6dP9G

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) March 16, 2018

Two weeks ago: NBC reports McMaster is on his way out. Trump calls it “Fake news.”

Today: McMaster is fired.

The only consistency we have is the dishonesty of Donald Trump.

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) March 16, 2018

EXCLUSIVE: McMaster’s replacement gets the call pic.twitter.com/maFxxhSsrl

— Patrick Monahan (@pattymo) March 16, 2018

Looking forward to McMaster’s “Dereliction of Duty” followup, tentatively titled “Yeah Okay, I Know, Sorry. I Mean, Shit. Yeah. Look. I, I Dunno”

— Adam Weinstein (@AdamWeinstein) March 16, 2018

congratulations to new national security advisor Jesse Watters https://t.co/ELUQYxawpJ

— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) March 16, 2018

NEW: the game of musical chairs continues but Trump keeps on taking away chairs! McMaster is out:
“President Trump has decided to remove H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser and is actively discussing potential replacements.” https://t.co/AzcIyCQ7Tf

— Amy Siskind (@Amy_Siskind) March 16, 2018

"… he wants to ensure both that the three-star Army general is not humiliated …" Because letting stories out there for weeks (or longer?) about considering removing him isn't humiliating? https://t.co/wyYraLeBV0

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) March 16, 2018

That’s an interesting way Trump has of making sure McMaster isn’t “humiliated”… by leaking that he’s lost Trump’s confidence and is on the way out. https://t.co/VwGYbg7Fj2 pic.twitter.com/OZj3KP9j4h

— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) March 16, 2018

aka everyone is going to get fired https://t.co/v3QZcTeO1q pic.twitter.com/RF1aqORtHc

— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) March 16, 2018

The president's reported rationale for dumping McMaster (which hasn't happened yet but may soon happen) — "his briefings go on too long and seem irrelevant"
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh https://t.co/mfcvJ1NRc7

— Elise Hu (@elisewho) March 16, 2018

I often say that, if the Trump Administration turns out non-disastrously, the replacement of Flynn by McMaster one month in will be viewed by historians as a key and under-appreciated moment. I fear the removal of McMaster could be as important in the other direction.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 16, 2018

He has been “out” for a while. Report is correct that Trump wants a new NSA. Nobody yet knows timing or identity of replacement. https://t.co/ZSu4ZlzXmm

— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) March 16, 2018

Yeah, that plan is DOA. https://t.co/pOYtyhCKJk

— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) March 16, 2018

Donald Trump has decided to fire H.R. McMaster, but to give him a soft landing and avoid humiliating him, Trump has directed John Kelly to invent a time machine and go back to warn McMaster not to take the job at all.

— Josh Barro (@jbarro) March 16, 2018

As WH denies McMaster is out, worth noting that WH officials had also denied others would be dismissed – like Tillerson, Comey, Flynn – before they eventually were

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 16, 2018

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