re: #473 KGxvi

If I recall correctly, Ben Rhodes was one of Obama’s top advisors and during his entire tenure was on a presidential waiver. I can only find wingnut blogs about the issue, so it’s not entirely clear why he couldn’t pass the background check (wingnuts would rather bitch about Rhodes’ role in the Iran deal). But yes, ultimately clearances in the White House are a matter of presidential discretion - which is fine when to generally trust the president’s discretion (even if you don’t agree with him politically); it’s more troubling when it’s, well, Trump.

in a perverse way i’d be happier if hed just be the goddamn president and say “im doing this”

instead they are all, including him, passive aggressively passing the hot potato(e) round and round