Trump Fires His National Security Advisor Bolton

By NCD on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:27pm |

“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration,” Trump tweeted, adding that he would name a replacement next week.

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-bolton/trump-fires-hardline-national-security-adviser-bolton-idUSKCN1VV242

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Bolton tried to oust Trump's Guest Host, Kim Jong Un, from the Better Than Obama Saved the World Nuclear Summit bigly episodes of the Great Presidential Reality Show.

by NCD on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:43pm

Thank you for reminding me about "bigly"! I forgot about that one! It perfect describes what's going on now with the Great Presidental Reality Show.

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 2:51pm

Bolton’s take on this:

You can’t fire me...I quit!

...as in last night!

by CVille Dem on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 1:12pm

you got the picture! I am vaguely reminded of some stories from the Bush years about him throwing dishes at aides or something along those lines...famously has a bit of a temper...

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 2:52pm

The Foreign Policy team on it: Trump Axes Bolton via Twitter:

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton's departure from a White House in chaos promises to further destabilize a foreign-policy team in disarray, just ahead of the big United Nations General Assembly in New York. https://t.co/L7tRtOBhKf
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 4:28pm

a "wowser!" tweet by John Bolton @ lunchtime today, noted by Susan Glasser, retweeted by Julian Borger:

Now this is a Trump Admin first, I believe. A dumped official actually disputing the President's account of the dumping. Will Bolton become the first of the natsec advisers Trump has publicly humiliated to break with him and reveal what has been going on backstage? https://t.co/atjvYdJsoL
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) September 10, 2019

Edit to add: methinks C'Ville Dem knew about this, hence her comment, doh.

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 5:22pm

now this is what I call real photo-journalism, not artsy, but still full of messaging:

Federal agents were at John Bolton's D.C. home today after Trump fired him, taking computer gear and a shredder. He was outside the West Wing just before 9:00 a.m., standing where a Marine is posted whenever the president is at work. (Trump wasn't there.) https://t.co/l0mTFIr9A8 pic.twitter.com/K7Nfm1qKsG
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 7:17pm

He answers the door to journos (but only if they are young blond ladies?):

Well there’s a media stakeout at Bolton’s house and looks like he just answered the doorbell pic.twitter.com/L5BYkZIyEl
— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 7:20pm

Puhleeze, dirty blonde to light brunette.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 8:36am

David Frum egging him and his colleagues on to tell all now:

Not in a book, not in paid speeches, not in a year or two, but to Congress and now https://t.co/P3Np6gHk5l
— David Frum (@davidfrum) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 7:24pm

I agree with this former Clinton admin. person that he's stating true facts:

I’m just surprised we got through the John Bolton era as National Security Director without going to war with Iran. Fortunately, among other things, Trump is a pussy. pic.twitter.com/wRPQpR5vFs
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) September 10, 2019

And here's three beltway cognescenti predicting possible vengeance ahead:

“Donald Trump tweeted ...that Bolton’s ‘services are no longer needed at the White House.’ The cold language ... was a strategically odd way to fire a man best known for being hell-bent on revenge against those who have crossed him.” https://t.co/eluLiEUOg1
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 7:31pm

NYT op ed:

"Mr. Bolton’s singular achievement was to dismantle a foreign-policymaking structure that had until then kept the president from running foreign policy by the seat of his pants. Mr. Bolton persuaded Mr. Trump he didn’t need the National Security Council to make decisions; it is no surprise that the president eventually felt confident deciding he did not need a national security adviser, either. Whether Mr. Trump names a replacement for Mr. Bolton does not matter: No one is going to convince the president he needs a system"

by NCD on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 7:56pm

thanks for the pointer! As everybody has something to say about this, it seems, I would like to add the title is How John Bolton Broke the National Security Council: He weakened one of the few constraints that kept Trump from running foreign policy by the seat of his pants and that the author wrote “White House Warriors,” a history of the National Security Council, so he might actually know what he's talking about!

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 8:57pm

I think it was McMaster who made Trump sit through NSC meetings with 14+ members, and Trump would fall asleep or walk out after 20 minutes. They later used story boards with limited text.

by NCD on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 9:37pm

i recall they parodied that whole thing quite nicely more than once in the few episodes of Showtime's Our Cartoon President that I saw. The McMaster character was done pretty well as I think back and now that I have seen him interviewed about his book. He really doesn't want to talk about individuals, motivations, etc., is total left brain, just wants to do stuff, however possible.

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 9:51pm

hah, you couldn't make this stuff up! apparently he was outed to Trump as the leaker of the "nuke a hurricane" story:

CBS News learned Pres. Trump was furious because he believed John Bolton leaked a story that said the president wanted to explore the use of nuclear weapons to stop the hurricanes from hitting the U.S. https://t.co/QjI53u3krN pic.twitter.com/fLloFXfSYa
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) September 10, 2019

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/11/2019 - 3:36am

Dexter Filkins @ New Yorker.com/Daily Comment, 9/10: How John Bolton Got the Better of President Trump

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/12/2019 - 4:33am

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