Late Thursday night, Donald Trump floated the name of Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) as a possible nomination to become his Director of National Security without apparently consulting with the lawmaker -- who in turn humiliated the president by saying he had no interest in the job less than 12 hours later.
Appearing on the Fox Business Network, Collins -- one of the president's most voluble supporters -- blew off the idea of taking the job by telling host Maria Bartiromo, " “It is humbling. It’s amazing to have the president think that much of you, to mention my name among others to be this position," before adding, "Let me tell you right now, I know the problems in the intelligence committee. It’s not a job that would interest me, not one that I would accept."
As Axios reporter Jonathan Swan noted, the Collins pitch by the president is just one more example of a White House in disarray.
"How does your team not check with the guy you’re floating before you float him?! Now President gets publicly rebuffed on live television. Smacks of a half baked idea that seems politically smart in a vacuum but that apparently nobody bothered on the WH staff thought to check," he tweeted, and many commenters agreed.
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