Authored by Eric Lieberman via The Daily Caller,
Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google parent company Alphabet, was appointed chairman of a Department of Defense program in 2016 that was established by former President Barack Obama’s administration.
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A staunch supporter of the Democratic Party and critic of President Donald Trump, Schmidt still continues to lead the Defense Innovation Board (DIB), even well after the new administration took over in January. This begs the question: should Schmidt’s history of partisan advocacy and condemnation of Trump be a worrisome prospect for the current White House?
Regardless of the answer, Trump’s retention of Schmidt may be emblematic of more than political divisiveness within the current administration, like from ‘Obama holdovers.’ In fact, it may be the opposite of unwanted internal discord and a sign of an underlying ethos for the Trump administration – diversity of thought.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Dec 26, 2017.
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