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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums***OMG*** NYT- McMaster out. Bolton in.
WASHINGTON Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trumps national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation, will resign and be replaced by John R. Bolton, a hard-line former United States ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said Thursday.
General McMaster will retire from the military, the officials said. He has been discussing his departure with President Trump for several weeks, they said, but decided to speed up his departure, in part because questions about his status were casting a shadow over his conversations with foreign officials.
The officials also said that Mr. Trump wanted to fill out his national security team before his meeting with North Koreas leader, Kim Jong-un. He replaced Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson with the C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo, last week.
Officials emphasized that General McMasters departure was a mutual decision and amicable, with none of the recrimination that marked Mr. Tillersons exit. They said it was not related to a leak on Tuesday of briefing materials for Mr. Trumps phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
In the materials, Mr. Trump was advised not to congratulate Mr. Putin on his re-election, which the president went ahead and did during the call.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/hr-mcmaster-trump-bolton.html?smid=pl-share
General McMaster will retire from the military, the officials said. He has been discussing his departure with President Trump for several weeks, they said, but decided to speed up his departure, in part because questions about his status were casting a shadow over his conversations with foreign officials.
The officials also said that Mr. Trump wanted to fill out his national security team before his meeting with North Koreas leader, Kim Jong-un. He replaced Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson with the C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo, last week.
Officials emphasized that General McMasters departure was a mutual decision and amicable, with none of the recrimination that marked Mr. Tillersons exit. They said it was not related to a leak on Tuesday of briefing materials for Mr. Trumps phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
In the materials, Mr. Trump was advised not to congratulate Mr. Putin on his re-election, which the president went ahead and did during the call.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/hr-mcmaster-trump-bolton.html?smid=pl-share
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***OMG*** NYT- McMaster out. Bolton in. (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
OP
Please be sure to post that in the several other threads on the same topic.
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2018
#7
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)1. JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will need some divine intervention.
CONGRESS?????????????????
woodsprite
(11,905 posts)2. Welcome to the Apocolyptic New World Order.
My fear is that even Mueller won't be able to act in time to save our country.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)3. Are you fucking kidding me, John Bolton.....
The drums of war just got louder, This guy is bat shit crazy.....
bluestarone
(16,872 posts)4. Fuck when it can't get worse
It GET'S WORSE!!!!!!!!!!!
blake2012
(1,294 posts)5. DUPE
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)7. Please be sure to post that in the several other threads on the same topic.
Thank you in advance.
blake2012
(1,294 posts)9. I am
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)13. He's bored ?
MrsCoffee
(5,801 posts)15. Lol. nt
Blue Owl
(50,283 posts)6. Dr. Grimesby Roylott
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)8. What a disaster for this country, a lying scumbag.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)11. Remember all the JPR folks...
...claiming Hillary was more hawkish than tRump?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,708 posts)14. This deserves its own thread, pardner.
SHRED
(28,136 posts)19. Done
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,610 posts)12. We're screwed.
They might as well bring Cheney and Rumsfeld out of retirement.
Rachel Maddow, when speaking of Bolton, would always yell his name: JOHN BOLTON!
cwydro
(51,308 posts)16. Anyone surprised?
Im not.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)17. Chaos? What chaos?
If there wasn't before there sure is now
OnDoutside
(19,948 posts)18. Dr. Strangelove Bolton
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)20. Who could have possibly seen this coming?