On CNN Wednesday afternoon, 'Washington Post' columnist David Ignatius compares the shake-up of personnel on the Trump presidential transition team to the Night of the Long Knives, a 1934 purge of Hitler's personal enemies within the Nazi Party.



Ignatius said: "Well, I think there is kind of a 'Night of the Long Knives' quality as this Trump team sorts out who is going to be on top, who is going to have the president-elect's ear. Jared Kushner is a person who has a deep political personal history with Christie. I think there was general concern among the traditional foreign policy group in Washington when Mike Rogers, who was a key transition figure, former House Intelligence Committee chairman, a conservative Republican, but somebody who worked very hard to make his committee work, when he was removed, ousted from a key position over the weekend and others came into the center. I think the issue really is, are they going to have qualified, experienced people directing these most sensitive activities of the U.S. government or people who are less knowledgeable, less trustworthy."



Former Congressman Mike Rogers and N.J. Gov. Chris Christie were both removed from the Trump transition team this week, along with anyone who had any history as a lobbyist.