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"Washington (CNN)A hawkish ally of Donald Trump claims he cannot see the President due to "staff changes" at the White House.
John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the UN who at one point was a candidate to lead the State Department, claimed in a National Review op-ed published Monday that his plan for the US to exit the Iran nuclear deal had to be presented publicly, because staff changes at the White House have made "presenting it to President Trump impossible."
CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.
His alleged snubbing is the latest development in the tug-of-war for influence over Trump's White House between firebrands such as Bolton and those who have taken a more moderate approach to foreign policy, such as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Bolton's op-ed comes days after Sebastian Gorka, who advocated a hawkish stance against terrorism, left his position as a White House adviser.
Chief of staff John Kelly, who assumed the role in late July, has been conducting a review of the West Wing that includes assessing individual staffers' portfolios."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/politics/bolton-iran-deal-cancel/index.html
pangaia
(24,324 posts)He should be bolted to a wall somewhere and fed through a tube.
MyOwnPeace
(16,917 posts)there is ONE thing that has happened in DC that shows some brilliance on the part of someone.
But watch, Orange Cheat-o will probably "tweet" something about how Revoltin' Bolton is one great 'Merikan!"
TlalocW
(15,373 posts)Trump doesn't really have an ideology other than
1. Does doing something help the Trump brand?
2. Does doing something piss off people he doesn't like?
That combined with the fact that he's a fuckin' idiot, and someone like Bolton could talk him into nuking the rest of the world.
TlalocW
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Translation: Fuck you up the ass, Bolton.
There.
ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Myself I was thinking "How am I supposed to live without you", I know it is a different Bolton but another cosmic douche as well.
H2O Man
(73,506 posts)the little piggies crawling in the dirt? ......plays in my head when I see Bolton.
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)When Fox News Sends Him Home For The Week.
Leith
(7,807 posts)Bolton was probably pushing for nuking North Korea.