H.R. McMaster
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I don't know. It's a national security picture. I think he's like an outside attack dog.
I don't know. It's a national security picture. I think he's like an outside attack dog.
No, it really came from us being successful as part of the national security team on the National Security Council staff in presenting the president with best analysis and with multiple options. Because Bannon didn't want multiple options. He wanted his option. He wanted his foreign policy. And so he saw me as a danger to his agenda, right?
No, it really came from us being successful as part of the national security team on the National Security Council staff in presenting the president with best analysis and with multiple options. Because Bannon didn't want multiple options. He wanted his option. He wanted his foreign policy. And so he saw me as a danger to his agenda, right?
No, it really came from us being successful as part of the national security team on the National Security Council staff in presenting the president with best analysis and with multiple options. Because Bannon didn't want multiple options. He wanted his option. He wanted his foreign policy. And so he saw me as a danger to his agenda, right?
And so what they did is they came up with a number of narratives that then they advanced in social media and one of the biggest social media attacks against any individual in history up to that time in the summer of August 2017. And- Was Breitbart against you, basically? Yeah, well, they spark it, right? But a company that didn't want to be named in the book did a digital forensics audit.
And so what they did is they came up with a number of narratives that then they advanced in social media and one of the biggest social media attacks against any individual in history up to that time in the summer of August 2017. And- Was Breitbart against you, basically? Yeah, well, they spark it, right? But a company that didn't want to be named in the book did a digital forensics audit.
And so what they did is they came up with a number of narratives that then they advanced in social media and one of the biggest social media attacks against any individual in history up to that time in the summer of August 2017. And- Was Breitbart against you, basically? Yeah, well, they spark it, right? But a company that didn't want to be named in the book did a digital forensics audit.
The Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Laboratory did it at the time. But since then, another company that does AI-related analysis showed exactly how these messages spread. It's really fascinating. And they went to real people, like real influencers and real kind of pseudo media platforms like Breitbart and so forth. Some cable news personalities, for example, some bloggers in the blogosphere.
The Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Laboratory did it at the time. But since then, another company that does AI-related analysis showed exactly how these messages spread. It's really fascinating. And they went to real people, like real influencers and real kind of pseudo media platforms like Breitbart and so forth. Some cable news personalities, for example, some bloggers in the blogosphere.
The Atlantic Council Digital Forensics Laboratory did it at the time. But since then, another company that does AI-related analysis showed exactly how these messages spread. It's really fascinating. And they went to real people, like real influencers and real kind of pseudo media platforms like Breitbart and so forth. Some cable news personalities, for example, some bloggers in the blogosphere.
But then the message was spread. And the heat, it's like a heat sensor they show in this briefing, spread wildly because of Russian trolls and bots. Because the Russians kind of allied themselves with, I don't know what to call this group. I don't know what you call them, Michael. It's the alt-right. None of it's useful terms, right?
But then the message was spread. And the heat, it's like a heat sensor they show in this briefing, spread wildly because of Russian trolls and bots. Because the Russians kind of allied themselves with, I don't know what to call this group. I don't know what you call them, Michael. It's the alt-right. None of it's useful terms, right?
But then the message was spread. And the heat, it's like a heat sensor they show in this briefing, spread wildly because of Russian trolls and bots. Because the Russians kind of allied themselves with, I don't know what to call this group. I don't know what you call them, Michael. It's the alt-right. None of it's useful terms, right?
People have a broad range of views, and they're entitled to their views. I'm not disparaging them anyway. But this group of people essentially were allied with the Russians, at least tacitly. And that's how the whole thing spread, around three narratives. One was I was a globalist general. If it wouldn't put America first. The second was that I was anti-Israel, which was kind of ludicrous.
People have a broad range of views, and they're entitled to their views. I'm not disparaging them anyway. But this group of people essentially were allied with the Russians, at least tacitly. And that's how the whole thing spread, around three narratives. One was I was a globalist general. If it wouldn't put America first. The second was that I was anti-Israel, which was kind of ludicrous.
People have a broad range of views, and they're entitled to their views. I'm not disparaging them anyway. But this group of people essentially were allied with the Russians, at least tacitly. And that's how the whole thing spread, around three narratives. One was I was a globalist general. If it wouldn't put America first. The second was that I was anti-Israel, which was kind of ludicrous.
I mean, right in the book, Prime Minister Netanyahu called me up and said, what the hell's going on? That's ridiculous.
I mean, right in the book, Prime Minister Netanyahu called me up and said, what the hell's going on? That's ridiculous.
I mean, right in the book, Prime Minister Netanyahu called me up and said, what the hell's going on? That's ridiculous.