{"id":42337,"date":"2020-12-18T12:05:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=42337"},"modified":"2020-12-18T12:31:12","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:31:12","slug":"pentagon-halting-of-biden-transition-defense-briefings-foreshadows-a-huge-trump-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=42337","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Halting of Biden Transition Defense Briefings Foreshadows a HUGE Trump Move!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>BREAKING BIG: Here We Go \u2014 Pentagon Halts Biden Transition Defense Briefings \u2014 Biden Team Caught Off Guard<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Jim Hoft<br \/>\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-562774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biden-halt-briefings.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biden-halt-briefings.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/biden-halt-briefings-105x59.jpg 105w\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Pentagon discontinued briefings with the Biden Transition Team on Friday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/pentagon-biden-transition-briefings-123a9658-4af1-4632-a6e6-770117784d60.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AXIOS<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller ordered a Pentagon-wide halt to cooperation with the transition of President-elect Biden, shocking officials across the Defense Department, senior administration officials tell Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Behind the scenes:\u00a0<strong>A top Biden official was unaware of the directive.<\/strong>\u00a0Administration officials left open the possibility cooperation would resume after a holiday pause. The officials were unsure what prompted Miller\u2019s action, or whether President Trump approved.<\/p>\n<p>Why it matters: Miller\u2019s move, which stunned officials throughout the Pentagon, was the biggest eruption yet of animus and mistrust toward the Biden team from the top level of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>What happened: Meetings between President Trump\u2019s team and the Biden team are going on throughout the government, after a delayed start as the administration dragged its feet on officially recognizing Biden as president-elect.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Thursday night, Miller \u2014 who was appointed Nov. 9, when Trump fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper right after the election \u2014 ordered officials throughout the building to cancel scheduled transition meetings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crLb6XY_P7o\" name=\"fitvid0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crLb6XY_P7o\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE \u2014 The Pentagon and liberal media are downplaying the news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=gatewaypundit&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1339954949812318209&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegatewaypundit.com%2F2020%2F12%2Fbreaking-big-pentagon-halts-biden-transition-defense-briefings%2F&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1339954949812318209\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/12\/breaking-big-pentagon-halts-biden-transition-defense-briefings\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/12\/breaking-big-pentagon-halts-biden-transition-defense-briefings\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING BIG: Here We Go \u2014 Pentagon Halts Biden Transition Defense Briefings \u2014 Biden Team Caught Off Guard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}