President Donald Trump moved to dramatically downsize the National Security Council, part of a restructuring that could see the group responsible for coordinating and implementing foreign policy at the White House cut in half.
The restructuring effort was described Friday by a White House official on the condition of anonymity. Some NSC officials were placed on administrative leave and given less than two hours to clean out their desks, CNN reported.
The move comes weeks after Trump sidelined Michael Waltz, the former Florida congressman who he appointed as the National Security Adviser, and installed Secretary of State ...
