The Rudderless Ship of State
The departure of Michael Flynn leaves the administration with a feuding crew, and no one at the helm.
by Eliot A. Cohen
Feb 14, 2017
3 minutes
There are two theories of the future of President Trump’s foreign policy and the National Security Council. In one, the good ship NSC, like a Nantucket whaler of old, has had a hard shakedown cruise, but is coming to. A couple of misfits have been tossed overboard, and the captain has given up trying to run the ship. He periodically shows up on deck to shake his fist at the moon and order a summary flogging, but for the most part he stays in his cabin emitting strange barks while competent mates and petty
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