Secretary of State Pompeo echoes Trump's tweet on the firing of National Security Adviser Bolton
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton amid disagreements with his hard-line aide over how to handle foreign policy challenges such as North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan and Russia.
The 70-year-old Bolton, who took up the post in April 2018, replacing H.R. McMaster, had also often been at odds with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, one of Trump’s main loyalists. A source familiar with Trump’s view said Bolton, an inveterate bureaucratic infighter with an abrasive personality, had ruffled a lot of feathers with other key players in the White House, particularly White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.Related CoverageDuring his time at the State Department under the administration of Republican former President George W. Bush, Bolton kept a defused hand grenade on his desk. His 2007 memoir is titled: “Surrender Is Not An Option.
White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said “many, many issues” led to Trump’s decision to ask for Bolton’s resignation. She would not elaborate.Trump would sometimes chide Bolton about his hawkish ways in meetings, introducing him to visiting foreign leaders by saying, “You all know the great John Bolton. He’ll bomb you. He’ll take out your whole country.”
FILE PHOTO: U.S. national security adviser John Bolton gestures as he meets with journalists during a visit to London, Britain August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/File Photo Bolton’s departure - the latest in a series from Trump’s national security team in recent months - comes a day after North Korea signaled a new willingness to resume stalled denuclearization talks with the United States, but then continued with a recent spate of missile launches.
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