President Trump made a new round of comments the day after firing John Bolton, elaborating on the problems he had with Bolton on several issues, and dismissing him as “Mr. Tough Guy.”
Trump had been reported to be roasting Bolton on issues for awhile, for always being the most hawkish voice in the room. Trump said “Mr. Tough Guy, you know, you had to go into Iraq. Going into Iraq was something he felt very strongly about.”
His biggest fault to Bolton was on North Korea, where he said it was a “disaster” that Bolton had talked on the “Libyan model,” which is to say a violent, US-imposed regime change and nation building that never really took.
Trump said the reference was not only “not a question of being tough,” but “a question of being not smart to say something like that.” He noted North Korea had major problems with Bolton after that point.
North Korea had made clear that was the case, and that they believed the “maniac” Bolton was undercutting diplomacy. It is worth noting that Trump seems to also be aware that was the case.
Brought to you by , the “it’s not my fault” generation.
Now if Bolton would have a massive heart attack, this would be a great week !
C’mon Vic, that’s too kind for a monster like that. Maybe sanction him until he looks like a child from Yemen..
Wishing death on people is never a healthy way to go through life, no matter what a POS Bolton is.
Well, in Nuremberg exactly that kind of criminals got hanged. Nobody protested.
Ultimately the buck stops with Trump but I am enjoying the spectacle of a rank neocon twisting in the wind.
Just wait until that rank neocon comes out with his book!
I can – indefinitely.
One can rightly blame Trump for hiring Bolton in the first place but at this point I’m just glad he’s gone.
North Korea is not Iran, as I’ve pointed out numerous times. There is no military option in North Korea’s case, as Pentagon war games have established – and probably has pointed out to Trump. So Trump has no option but to negotiate with North Korea.
Iran is different. The US can pound Iran for the next two decades just like Afghanistan. There will be a major effect on the world economy, of course. But the people in charge in the US will not be affected – at least as long as the US doesn’t try a ground invasion. The military-industrial complex will profit enormously. The oil companies will profit. The banks who are invested in those entities will profit. The neocons will profit. Israel will profit (provided Hezbollah has been degraded first, of course.)
Everyone who matters in the government wins except the rest of us.
Trump Tweeted a response just a couple hours ago to a Marco Rubio Tweet reassuring his own neanderthal Twitter followers that Bolton’s firing does not mean what some people think it means, but instead, the exact opposite!
Trump, word for word: “In fact, my views on Venezuela, and especially Cuba, were far stronger than those of John Bolton. He was holding me back!”
Trump, governing in 280 character bursts.