{"id":57952,"date":"2018-04-08T14:48:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/08\/white-house-praises-mcmaster-on-his-last-day\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:51:20","slug":"white-house-praises-mcmaster-on-his-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/04\/08\/white-house-praises-mcmaster-on-his-last-day\/","title":{"rendered":"White House praises McMaster on his last day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 As hundreds of people stood outside the White House and cheered, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/03\/22\/mcmaster-out-as-national-security-adviser-trump-announces-john-bolton-as-replacement\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">outgoing national security adviser H.R. McMaster<\/a> strode out of the West Wing on Friday for the final time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He shook hands with staff and waved to clapping onlookers, his warm exit a stark contrast to the unceremonious departure of so many prior senior Trump aides. McMaster left after meeting for the final time with his successor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/03\/23\/bolton-may-herald-rightward-shift-in-trumps-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">neo-conservative television commentator John Bolton<\/a>, and then received a traditional \u201cclap out\u201d by staffers arrayed on West Executive Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said McMaster and his family were met by President Donald Trump, who thanked him for his yearlong service in the post. Sanders also praised McMaster during the daily White House briefing, saying it had been a \u201creal privilege\u201d to work with and travel the world with the outgoing aide.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/03\/02\/white-house-denies-national-security-adviser-mcmaster-is-departing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-919258114.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">White House denies McMaster is leaving; Biegun, Bolton seen as possible replacements<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The White House pushed back Thursday against an MSNBC report that President Donald Trump is planning to imminently replace National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, McMaster praised the National Security Council\u2019s strategic roles in addressing a number of international hot spots, including North Korea, China, Iran, Russia and Afghanistan. He thanked Trump for the opportunity to serve and offered his best wishes to Bolton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A three-star general, McMaster is set to retire from the Army later this year. Bolton will be Trump\u2019s third national security adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump never formed a close personal bond with McMaster and the two men frequently clashed on policy. After weeks of rumors, his departure was announced last month soon after someone at the White House leaked that Trump was urged in briefing documents not to congratulate Russian President Vladimir Putin about his recent re-election win. Trump did it anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The White House said McMaster\u2019s exit had been under discussion for some time and stressed it was not due to any one incident. The national security adviser, who took over last year after Michael Flynn was fired for lying about his contacts with Russian officials, had previously withstood an assault from figures in the conservative media who accused him of not being sufficiently supportive of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of Trump senior aides did not receive a similarly warm exit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired last month via tweet soon after returning from a trip to Africa. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin was ousted last week amid ethics violations and not permitted to bid his staff farewell. 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