This is why you don’t select pawns of other people with agendas beyond the national interest, like Waltz. How does this policy even remotely resemble what he ran on?

At best, you can paint it as a hardline negotiation tactic, but the Russians aren’t as stupid as Mike Waltz. They know goddamn well we can’t really take those measures.

This negotiation is already going nowhere at this rate. My advice to the transition team (which really must be replete with saboteurs to arrive here): fire the hacks and save yourself the trouble they’re going to cause.

You’ll end up having to do it anyway after the fifth insubordination or undermining.

Learn from last time, or we’ll be forced to assume you’re slow learners for a reason…