This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates.
President Donald Trump just named a new national security advisor: the same guy he sent to Sweden deal with rapper A$AP Rocky’s assault trial this summer.
“I am pleased to announce that I will name Robert C. O’Brien, currently serving as the very successful Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs at the State Department, as our new National Security Advisor,” Trump wrote on Twitter Wednesday. “I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job!”
O’Brien takes over the helm from John Bolton, whom Trump fired last week, although Bolton has repeatedly disputed that he was fired.
O’Brien, a hostage negotiator trained to deal with war-torn countries like Syria and Yemen, was dispatched to Stockholm to #FreeRocky on Trump’s request in early July. Rocky was arrested and detained in June for engaging in a street brawl in the nation’s capital, although the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm repeatedly called for his release.
Cover image: Robert C. O'Brien, Special Envoy Ambassador, arrives at the district court in Stockholm, Thursday Aug. 1, 2019. (Fredrik Persson/TT News Agency via AP)
from VICE https://ift.tt/2AtVUJc
via cheap web hosting
No comments:
Post a Comment