Interviews, meetings and consultations are continuing back-to-back at Trump Tower in New York City as the Trump transition team moves to fill thousands of positions by January 20, 2017, when President-elect Donald J. Trump when move into the Oval Office in Washington DC.
On Thursday, Lt.-Gen. Michael Flynn was offered the post of National Security Adviser by the president-elect, Fox News confirmed, noting the appointment came amid meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and numerous others.
Although there was speculation that Flynn was under consideration for the position of Defense Secretary, Fox News pointed out that the position of National Security Adviser, a pivotal post, does not require Senate confirmation, allowing Flynn to get down to work immediately.
Flynn, 57, served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2012 to 2014; he left that position, having been terminated after a disagreement with Obama administration officials.
The National Security Adviser coordinates all the security agencies.
Flynn, a three-star general (retired), spoke in favor of Trump at the Republican National Convention in July, and like Trump has said in a recently published book that the United States is losing a “world war” against radical Islam due to “political correctness.”
Flynn also considers Iran to be a real, exceptional threat to the State of Israel, that regional threats to Israel are generated by Iran, and has told a Congressional committee in the past that he believes the United States should take steps to deal with those threats.