H.R. McMaster
Retired U.S. Army lieutenant general who served as President Trump’s National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. He is also a military historian and author.
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Sep 3, 2026
Lean Left
McMaster analyzed the Pentagon's order to stop calling the Iran war 'Operation Epic Fury,' noting the operation officially ended May 5.
Lean Left sees his commentary as an establishment attempt to sanitize endless war rhetoric, but remains suspicious of his own role.
Aug 13, 2026
Lean Left
Trump's former national security adviser praised the secret plane switch as evidence the system worked against an Iranian missile threat.
The Lean Left views his institutionalist reassurance as a way of normalizing a war Trump started and covering for a national security apparatus that failed to deter it.