On Friday, The White House abruptly dismissed a senior National Security Council aide, after receiving reports that he had publicly laced into the president and his senior aides at an event hosted by a Washington think tank. The aide, Craig Deare, was serving as the NSC’s senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs. Deare criticized the president and his chief strategist Steve Bannon, going against the dysfunction paralyzing the Trump White House. He complained in particular that senior national security aides do not have access to the president — and gave a detailed and embarrassing readout of Trump’s call with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto.
White House dismisses senior aide after criticizing Trump
