Trump appoints Fiji’s Commissioner of Police as National Security Advisor

The President of the United States Donald Trump has appointed Fiji’s Commissioner of Police Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho as the National Security Advisor.

The U.S President names Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho as top security aide after firing his first one and being turned down by Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward.

Trump says though the Fijian Police Chief is not an American, the two have grown to have mutual trust and understanding for each other. “We’ve known ourselves for ages” - Trump added.

According to Steven Scott, a legal practitioner, the constitution of the United States does not limit such position to Americans only.

Trump ousted Michael Flynn on Monday in a controversy over the retired lieutenant general’s contacts with Russia. Retired Vice Admiral Robert Harward on Thursday turned down the Republican president’s offer to replace Flynn.

Despite his confidence in Keith Kellogg, the acting National Security Advisor, Trump has crossed the ocean to employ a non-American for the job.

Brigadier-General Sitiveni Qiliho has since accepted Trump’s offer and has hinted of dropping his resignation letter to quit the top Police job in his country.

Former CIA chief David Petraeus was previously identified as a candidate by a White House official.

Former U.S. National Security Agency head Keith Alexander and former supreme allied commander in Europe James Jones, who held the national security adviser post under former Democratic President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010, were also thought to be under consideration. Both are retired generals.