Sept. 19, 2019
By Bill McCann
The chaotic White House got even crazier last week when President Donald Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton resigned, or was fired, depending on whether you believe Trump or Bolton. Bolton was Trump’s third national security adviser in 32 months.
Foreign policy experts predicted the Trump-Bolton marriage wouldn’t last. Trump campaigned on getting the U.S. out of foreign wars. As president he has alternated between being mister tough guy and mister softie. Hardliner Bolton never met a war he didn’t like and has favored U.S.-led regime changes in North Korea and Iran. With Trump so unpredictable, our nation badly needs a rational adviser to help counsel him against doing something dangerous, especially with Trump’s eyes on reelection. Bolton wasn’t that person.
Not surprisingly, Trump took some parting shots at Bolton…
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