speeches he made after leaving. we know that. he says also for him to retire military officers from receiing gifts from a foreign state. i cannot recall any time in our nation s history when the president selected his national security adviser someone who violated the constitution bicepsing tens of thousands of bicepsing tens of thousands of dollars from an agent of a global adversary. money by the russians. money by the russians. on adding up. michael flynn, the retired general, the cloud that won t go away from the trump administration. administration. his problems and relations with different business interest and foreign actors have plagued the trump s white house. we are learning more and more of this relationship flynn has ever since he left full-time military since he left full-time military service. the weber relationship. the ship gets stuck in there.
a senior administration official, just within the last 20 minutes saying that s certainly not the case. it was presented to him, he wanted to talk to it with his family and ultimately decided for that reason, he wouldn t be able to join this administration. nonetheless, it leaves the white house without a permanent national security adviser acting in that post right now is the general keith kellogg. donald trump tweeted about this issue saying keith kellogg s name is among those being considered to be the permanent national security adviser. another white house aide tells me a short time ago there are at least three other names in the mix. president trump referred to three specific others. i can t say they are the three he is referring, but this aide tells me the names the president has been considering include the former cia director, david petraeus, the retired general, keith alexander and finally jim jones who notably, ali, served as the national security adviser
navy vice admiral declined the offer. u.s. officials said he was deciding between the call of duty and white house dysfunction and basically said he would choose to pass. a senior administration official tells me that was not the case, this was exclusively about family and that he made the decision for his family he wouldn t be able to do this. in terms of where this white house goes now, president trump did tweet earlier saying kellogg is in the mix to potentially stay on permanently. he said there are three others being considered. i do know from a white house aide that among the names that president trump has been considering are the former cia director david petraeus, the retired general keith alexander and finally jim jones, the retired general who formerly served as the national security adviser to president obama.
not the case. the president was evaluating the situation. evaluating michael flynn s future. i heard later in the evening, just a few hours ago, that really, his status was a, quote, gray area. michael, as you know, from observing what happens in washington, once a top administration official gets to that point, when the president cannot express he has full confidence in that individual, it s pretty difficult to walk in a back. and for that person to once again have the confidence of the president. and so, it did become an untenable situation. they re starting to talk about the possible replacement for michael flynn, keith kellogg, the retired general. he had been working in the national security council office. he will be the acting national security adviser. but david petraeus, the retired general, is the front-runner for the job. he was involved in the obama administration. was a top official in the obama administration but resigned from that position because he shared classified se
cannot express he has full confidence in that individual, it s pretty difficult to walk in a back. and for that person to once again have the confidence of the president. and so, it did become an untenable situation. they re starting to talk about the possible replacement for michael flynn, keith kellogg, the retired general. he had been working in the national security council office. he will be the acting national security adviser. but david petraeus, the retired general, is the front-runner for the job. he was involved in the obama administration. was a top official in the obama administration but resigned from that position because he shared classified secrets with his mistress. and another retired admiral, bob harward is under consideration for the title of national security adviser. it will probably take several