National security advisors are not there to be advocates, generally. They`re not there to be partisans, they`re not there to be ideologues.

It is lunacy to be bringing refugees into this country who may be terrorists trying to murder Americans.

Safety concerns are reasonable. Banning refugees is certainly not.

Rudy Giuliani is on the list [of Secretary of State ] not because of competence, not because of foreign policy experience, he`s on most entirely because of loyalty to Donald Trump.

You have two people who I would classify as extremists. Donald Trump because of his behavior and Ted Cruz because of his views, leading the Republican Party.

Why in general, when you`re putting together a White House staff and putting together a good one, you`re looking for someone there who is not someone who`s going to be heavy-handed.

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn would fit into that broader pattern.