White House national Security Advisor John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Washington Post: A frustrated Trump questions his administration’s Venezuela strategy
President Trump is questioning his administration’s aggressive strategy in Venezuela following the failure of a U.S.-backed effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro, complaining he was misled about how easy it would be to replace the socialist strongman with a young opposition figure, according to administration officials and White House advisers.
The president’s dissatisfaction has crystallized around national security adviser John Bolton and what Trump has groused is an interventionist stance at odds with his view that the United States should stay out of foreign quagmires.
Trump has said in recent days that Bolton wants to get him “into a war” — a comment that he has made in jest in the past but that now betrays his more serious concerns, one senior administration official said.
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Update: Trump Turns On Bolton, Accuses Him Of 'Trying To Start A War' In Venezuela: WaPo (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Here is the Washington Post using anonymous sources again. And (of course) buried near the end of the WaPo article is the admission that national security adviser John Bolton's position in the administration is safe. Bottom line, if President Trump was not happy with his administration's strategies and the advice that he was receiving, these people would have been gone a long time ago.
Update #2: President Trump is defending his National Security Adviser .... Trump: I 'temper' Bolton's hawkish instincts (Politico).
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Yes: he did not get what he wanted
No: He is happy Putin got what Putin wanted
anon sources are often used by the best places. Example: recent NY Times piece on Trump taxes...Watergate papers etc etc
all the leaks within Trump White House are anon
Trump is notorious for abruptly casting out aides whenever he tires of tangling with them, but he has not yet sent any signals that Bolton’s gone too far. But one senior aide to the president offered an ominous warning about Bolton’s approach, saying he risks the president’s ire by “stepping a little too far out into the sunshine.”
that from Stars and Stripes!!
Trump seems to do what no one expects him to do, I'd bet on Bolton getting thrown out on his head.
Mick Mulvaney criticized Republicans for not informing him that Trump Jr. would be subpoenaed by the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of its ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. The acting White House chief of staff called it "bad form" to "not at least get a heads-up" from the Republican-led committee. Senator Richard Blumenthal said that "If [Trump Jr.] fails to comply with a lawful subpoena, he has no privilege, prison is the only answer." Trump Jr. is expected to assert his Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination in order to resist testifying about his contacts with Russia. (Washington Post / Politico / CNN / The Hill / Reuters)
Nut, nut, nut, there just has to be one like Pointer, Smollet, treason in the dictionary, etc,etc,etc, keep looking squirrel maybe one day you'll find one!
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