Trump defends McMaster as ‘very pro-Israel’ amid calls for his firing

‘US President Donald Trump has defended his embattled National Security Adviser H. R. McMaster as a “very pro-Israel” person in the face of a full-blown campaign by the far-right wing of his political coalition demanding his ouster.
The escalating push for McMaster’s dismissal by the staunchly pro-Israel political right came after he fired several ultra-conservatives on the national security staff and also warned against tearing up the nuclear agreement with Iran – negotiated in part by the Obama administration – without a strategy for potential consequences, US and British media outlets reported on Saturday.
“General McMaster and I are working very well together. He is a good man and very pro-Israel. I am grateful for the work he continues to do serving our country,” Trump said in a Friday statement as quoted by The New York Times, seeking to quash speculation about his ouster after two days of persisting attacks on the general by conservative activists and news outlets, complete with the Twitter hashtag #FireMcMaster.’
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