Loading ...What you posted originated in the New York Times. Your ‘direct quote’ is attributed to a nameless source. A nameless source is worthless. The quote may be taken out of context, as is frequently done. Or it may be entirely invented! And even if the quote is exactly right, it does not imply the many things the New York Times has claimed, such as “rejecting a key ideological view” of the Trump administration.
Here is another gem from the Times article: “Wearing his Army uniform, General McMaster spoke to a group that has been rattled and deeply demoralized after weeks of upheaval, following a haphazard transition from the Obama administration and amid the questions about links to Russia, which swiftly engulfed Mr. Flynn.” The entire article is more of the same spin.