A source close to John Bolton tells me he made no promise to Trump that he "wouldn't start any wars," contrary to reports. "Not true, wasn't discussed," the source says.
Let's Hope That Bolton Gets On Trump's Nerves Quickly
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You’re probably also reading a lot about how crazy he is this morning. Like that anecdote, where someone asked him what he thinks should be done in North Korea, and he laid down a book called, The End of North Korea . Folks, John Bolton is crazier than a shithouse rat.
Look: He’s probably going to start a war. Maybe with North Korea, probably with Iran. This is not an alarmist take. This is what he wants to do, and it appears it’s also what Donald Trump wants to do, at least with regard to Iran. Bolton doesn’t care about alliances. He does not care about international law. He’s all about pre-emptive war — he supported, and still supports the war with Iraq.
There is one glimmer of hope, here: Donald Trump notoriously ignores the advice of his advisors. In fact, he often does the opposite of what his advisors warn him against. Let’s hope that Bolton gets on his nerves quickly, and Trump begins working in opposition to Bolton’s advice. Bolton, after all, is another Trump, in that he likes to freewheel; he likes attention; he likes to go it alone. That might rub Trump the wrong way.
Plus, Bolton is not going to have a great working relationship inside the White House because John Kelly and General Mattis already hate the guy. There are going to be more power struggles, more chaos, and probably some bombs dropped.
Meanwhile, let’s pour one out for H.R. McMaster. I know we often say that these Trump appointees get what they deserve, but in the case of McMaster and Mattis, I truly do believe that they took those positions for the betterment of the country, and to act as a babysitter to Trump. McMaster is one of the guys who tried to clean up the mess after the Iraq war. He often spoke against Trump policies, and he got slapped down a few times for it. And if we lose Mattis, well, international diplomacy will turn into a game of Risk.
It won’t be the last shake-up in the White House, either. In fact, turns out that John Kelly and Co. had hoped that Trump would hold off on firing McMaster so that they White House could fire several senior officials with one press releases, including Ben Carson and David Shulkin . So much for that plan.
And don’t forget: Earlier this month, Donald Trump seriously considering firing John Kelly and replacing him with himself as Chief of Staff. Nothing tyrannical about that, folks.
http://www.pajiba.com/politics/is-john-bolton-crazy-.php
There was a news report yesterday that this is still a strong possibility.
So....who do you suggest that would be better than Bolton? Remember, elections have consequences.
Is that satire?
No. I heard it on MSNBC yesterday, and now it is also in this article. Evidently Trump is thinking about doing away with the Chief Of Staff position in his white house.
I was gonna ask "can he do that?" but I guess he can. He's the Emperor
There is one glimmer of hope, here: Donald Trump notoriously ignores the advice of his advisors.
And another reason for possible optimism as well....after a while and another big Trump f*ck-op, he will fire the advisor he wants to put blame on. So Bolton will probably go the way of so many other Trump appointees (the only question really is how long it will take--and whether Bolton will have a chance to talk Trump into starting a war before Trump outs him. Which will cone first-- the Bolton war-- or Bolton's ouster? Only time will tell...).
As weird as it sounds on paper, there probably is a strong chance that Bolton will get on Trump's nerves, in a personal way, and Trump will then begin to undermine Bolton's influence out of pure spite. That is the way it goes in this looney tunes administration.
Why do they want a war with Iran?
Last best hope for re-election of incumbent teapublicans.