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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.
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THE PENTAGON — M.C. Master, a three-star Army general and amateur rapper, has been dropping truth bombs on the National Security Council since his appointment as National Security Advisor was announced by President Trump on Monday.
“The President offered him the position as the country’s top strategy advisor,” said White House Spokesman Sean Spicer. “A typo on his assignment order swapped the periods in H.R. McMaster to M.C. Master, so he’s flowmaster-in-chief just like we planned. Period.”
Though M.C. Master had no previous rapping experience, when asked if he was down with the N.S.C., he replied “Yeah, you know me” with such effortless rhyme-smithing that the position was made permanent.
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