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In a her new book, ''With All Due Respect'', Haley recalls a closed-door meeting with Tillerson and Kelly where they ask her to join their effort to counter Trump.}}
In a her new book, ''With All Due Respect'', Haley recalls a closed-door meeting with Tillerson and Kelly where they ask her to join their effort to counter Trump.}}
== Steve Bannon ==
During and after his tenure as Chief Strategist, Bannon worked behind the scenes to destabilize Trump's foreign policy team so it could be reshaped according to his own worldview. The most prominent example of this behavior is the massive smear campaign waged against then-National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, which was spearheaded by Breitbart and at Bannon's urging.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-bannon-oust-hr-mcmaster-backfired-2017-8</ref> The smear campaign continued even after Bannon was fired, and it apparently was successful as McMaster was himself fired just seven months later. McMaster would ultimately be replaced by arch-neocon John Bolton, who Bannon promoted both behind the scenes and in public.<ref>https://twitter.com/stranahan/status/1169376109198217217</ref> It is very likely that Bannon's end goal was to get Bolton appointed, so Trump's foreign policy would be re-oriented towards confronting his version of the "Axis of Evil" (China, Iran, and Turkey) in a "clash of civilizations."<ref>https://www.gq.com/story/steve-bannon-february-2018-interview</ref>
On a side note, McMaster's predecessor Michael Flynn is known to have lobbied for Turkey, one member of Bannon's version of the "Axis of Evil," prior to his appointment. It was this lobbying job which became the central factor in Flynn's own ouster. Given Bannon's role in McMaster's ouster, while there is admittedly far less evidence of Bannon playing a role in Flynn's ouster, the possibility of such a role existing cannot be ruled out.
== References ==
== References ==