@jaketapper Is his Code name Art Vandelay?
— Glenn Amurgis (@gamurgis) February 21, 2017
Yesterday, Trump announced that he’d chosen Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be his national security adviser, a pick that garnered rare bipartisan praise.
This afternoon, Jake Tapper shared a fun, lighter moment from McMaster:
The time that Lt Gen McMaster compared Rapid Decisive Operations to George Costanza leaving on a high note https://t.co/f0NcKAROEE
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper Come on Jake! You can't give this good a tease and not give the time stamp! The jerk store just called & they're all out of you!
— Andrew Dayton (@adayton5) February 21, 2017
@adayton5 about 5 minutes in
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 21, 2017
That generated some praise of its own:
@jaketapper @YouTube At least he was a Seinfeld fan, he's got that going for him…
— Rob Guy #Resist (@RobGuy3) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper much respect for a General willing to break war down to Seinfeld references – wonder what a Kramer deployment would have been..
— Tony Perez (@anthony_r_perez) February 21, 2017
excellent https://t.co/7GKWcCDl9v
— Shoshana Weissmann (@senatorshoshana) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper This guy is definitly not from the jerk store.
— John Allen (@JohnTAllen) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper @YouTube. That was funny!
— Liberal Lover (@AlpalCarla) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper @YouTube I think I'm in love
— Janda Keenan (@janda_keenan) February 21, 2017
@jaketapper OK…I'm in.
— Evan Rapp (@LifeWithEvan) February 21, 2017
But not everyone thought it was great …
@jaketapper George is getting upset https://t.co/HlGK3bhv2t
— coreyspring (@coreyspring) February 21, 2017
Indeed he is. When George Costanza himself, Jason Alexander, got wind of McMaster’s fondness for his character …
Looks like McMaster might be the first National Security Advisor to publicly quote George Costanza @IJasonAlexander https://t.co/4ykxFi0VQM pic.twitter.com/EUiLEOyGao
— Adam Blickstein (@AdamBlickstein) February 21, 2017
He seemed pretty disappointed:
Yes, I"m so proud….. dear God 🙁 https://t.co/XCDsra52Dz
— jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) February 21, 2017
Always so negative! C’mon, George. It’s not that bad.
@IJasonAlexander Despite the strange context, it is somewhat heartening that he watched/watches Seinfeld.
— Carla Margolis (@carla_margolis) February 21, 2017
@IJasonAlexander 100% support his use of this quote actually
— Snowball (@SNOWBALLREDBALL) February 21, 2017
@IJasonAlexander Easy big fella…
— Jeff Crain (@jeffc31783) February 21, 2017
@IJasonAlexander At least you have architecture to fall back on.
— Liddell (@billliddell) February 21, 2017
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