DiabloWags said:
How about a Pentagon Policy Chief named Elbridge Colby and his "rogue" decisions?
How come you haven't posted about him?
Pentagon policy chief's rogue decisions have irked US allies and the Trump administration
Since joining the second Trump administration as the Pentagon's top policy chief, Colby has made a series of rapid-fire moves that have blindsided parts of the White House and frustrated several of America's foreign allies, according to seven people familiar with the situation. All were granted anonymity to speak freely about Trump administration dynamics.
Flanked by a team of handpicked policy experts and staff from Capitol Hill, Colby has gotten out ahead of the administration on several major foreign policy decisions.
He prompted last week's decision, first reported by POLITICO, to halt shipments of some air defense missiles to Ukraine, which caught many Trump allies and lawmakers off guard. This week, President Donald Trump said he would reverse the decision to pause the weapons but claimed he did not know who had approved it.
Colby also surprised top officials at the State Department and the National Security Council in June when he decided to review America's submarine pact with Australia and the U.K.
"He is pissing off just about everyone I know inside the administration," said one person familiar with the situation. "They all view him as the guy who's going to make the U.S. do less in the world in general."
Colby is a China hawk, his decision to reduce weapons shipments to Ukraine is based on his assessment that US inventories were already too low and put US troops at risk in case of a confrontation with China. His assessment and that of Pentagon realists is that the Ukraine war is already lost and its outcome settled.
