Politico: Trump's National Security Team Blindsided by His NATO Speech

He's forced to by Law.

If the President asks a Active-Duty military officer to take a cabinet position, he has to as if he's following direct orders from a superior.

Only a retired officer can refuse a request by the President.

He also probably sees it as his duty to try to stick his tiny rudder in the water to try to steer this full-steam-ahead disaster of a presidency in any way he can, even if it siphons the life from his soul to do it.
 
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