More than a month ago, more than six weeks of the second Trump Administration – a few days before the Signal Gate Story’s incident) Lieutenant General HR McMaster received an unexpected call on his personal cell phone.
According to four sources talking to CBS News, the call came from the White House, and a voice from the other end told McMaster to stand up for the president.
This call is particularly strange given that McMaster was ousted just 13 months after March 2018. McMaster was ousted after a national security adviser.
Odder remains the day before – March 2, 2025 – President Donald Trump slams McMaster on social media 60 minutes When he expressed doubts about Trump’s proposal to Russian President Vladimir Putin and any willingness of Russian leaders to end the Ukrainian war.
Why did he call him now?
CBS News reported that when the president went online, he began: “Henry…” and then began a conversation, citing two sources who were not authorized to discuss private conversations.
McMaster knew that this familiar voice was definitely President Trump, but he also quickly realized that he was not the scheduled recipient of the phone.
National Security Advisor HR McMaster with U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017 (via Getty Images’ AFP)
First of all, his name is not Henry. The Human Resources Department is short for Herbert Raymond.
“This is McMaster’s Human Resources Department, Mr. President,” he said.
“Why would I speak to McMaster’s HR?” Trump asked in response when he launched two sources, harshly criticizing his former aide.
The call ended soon.
According to the same two sources, the president intends to speak with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster.
It’s not known who called the wrong McMaster yet, but one person told CBS News was an aide to work with the president. The White House refused to discuss the president’s private phone call or whether a conversation had occurred.
McMaster is a CBS news writer but declined to comment on the network’s call.
Communications Director Steven Cheung told the network: “HR McMaster completely covers up himself and his third-rate book, which is now sold in bargaining in discount bookstore novels, full of lies.
McMaster appears 60 minutes In March, the formerly outspoken discussion of Trump’s views on Putin.
In his recent memoirs War with yourselfhe wrote, he believes that the Russian leader “plays Trump’s self-self and flattering insecurity.”
