National Security Official Under Trump Reportedly Claims “If You Even Mention Biden’s Name…That’s A No Go. You’d Be Fired”

Biden, Biden, Biden. There, I said it.


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According to the Daily Beast, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien is well aware that Donald Trump lost the election but will only admit that privately behind closed doors. According to what one official told the outlet, O’Brien also knows it’s important to start a peaceful and smooth transition with President-elect Joe Biden. Still, he’s too cowardly to say anything about that to Trump’s face. This certainly sounds like a pattern with Republicans to me.

Still, three other officials said that O’Brien has surfaced as one of Trump’s biggest enablers, supporting the president’s bid to retain power even though it is being waged through a nationwide disinformation campaign. And one former senior national security official told the Daily Beast that O’Brien is known among his staff as a yes-man. “He does whatever Trump says.”

Apparently, even saying Biden’s name can get them fired.

“If you even mention Biden’s name… that’s a no-go, you’d be fired,” one national security official said. “Everyone is scared of even talking about the chance of working with the [Biden] transition.”

He’s a real country over party kind of guy, huh? A peaceful transition of power is essential to democratic governments. The lawsuits that have been filed by the Trump administration to cling to power are so numerous in various state and federal courts that no one has an exact number. According to Politico, the campaign has lost nearly all of the cases that have been decided so far. As Trump’s legal team clocked out and called it a day, the president laughingly picked Rudy Giuliani to lead the legal efforts he has mounted in an attempt to resuscitate his failed bid for another four years in office.

Maybe Mr. O’Brien should call Biden “Mr. President-elect” instead of mentioning his name. I’m sure that would comfort our narcissist-in-chief. Trump is a bitter and desperate man, and handing over power to Barack Obama’s former vice president and good friend is too much for the former reality show star’s massive but frail ego to handle. This entire administration appears to be mentally unstable, so much so that the mention of an incoming president’s name will get you fired. Perhaps Trump is concerned about leaving the White House since he’s broke as fuck, and investigations into his dubious activities are about to bring the authorities knocking at his door. But sure, don’t say Biden’s name.

You can read the full report here.

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