Trump's pick for national security adviser, who helped free American rapper A$AP Rocky, is receiving high praise from Washington insiders.
WASHINGTON — After three national security advisers in less than three years, President Trump’s latest pick for the job is being greeted with high praise among Washington insiders who believe the candidate’s experience and relationship with the president will help him fare better than his predecessors.
Multiple sources close to the White House told Yahoo News that O’Brien, an attorney who was appointed as the special envoy on hostage issues in May 2018, has a strong rapport not only with Trump but also with Pompeo and the president’s senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner. “This guy has done amazing work,” said one source familiar with the matter, citing multiple hostage recoveries without ransoms being paid.
Story continuesHis most recent high-profile case came in July, when the White House sent O’Brien to Stockholm as Trump and his allies sought to get rapper A$AP Rocky released from a Swedish jail where he was detained during a trial that followed a street brawl. “I think he’s built a good relationship with the president,” which is “a very important ingredient” for the chief national security role in the White House, the official continued. “I think that bodes well, as long as he can keep that magic formula and that relationship with the president.”
Julia Nesheiwat, who served as the deputy presidential envoy for hostage affairs under O’Brien, described him as an “honest broker” with the “worldwide experience” to excel in the role. “I think the president made a fantastic choice,” she said during a phone interview. O’Brien’s reception on Capitol Hill has also been warm, according to Republican Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida. “We sadly have a number of hostages from Florida, including the Levinsons,” Waltz said in a phone call with Yahoo News, referring to former FBI agent Robert Levinson, who disappeared in Iran in 2007.
“O’Brien brings to the job a set of positive relationships with other senior people in the administration, to include the president and Secretary Pompeo. That is a good thing,” said Nicholas Rasmussen, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center. He retired in December 2017 and now serves as a senior director for the national security and counterterrorism programs at the McCain Institute.
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