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Sep 10, 2019 · About Bolton’s firing: An hour before the briefing, Trump announced in a tweet that he had fired Bolton. The now-former national security adviser was scheduled to appear at the news conference ...
Sep 10, 2019 · Evan Vucci/AP. Updated at 4:57 p.m. ET. President Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton, the lifelong proponent of American hard power, after months of division between the men ...
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Trump never liked Bolton’s mustache. The president has spent a career fixed on image, prizing striking looks and frequently boasting about family members and Cabinet officials who look like they “stepped out of central casting.” Bolton’s bushy mustache simply didn’t fit the part. Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations and then a fixture ...
The president debated firing Bolton for weeks, listening to the advice of outside allies like Fox News host Tucker Carlson. With time, he grew increasingly agitated with the national security adviser, who had become a vocal internal critic of potential talks between Trump and leaders of Iran and, separately, Afghanistan’s Taliban. There were other ...
West Wing hallways can feel surprisingly narrow, especially when crammed with reporters. In the moments after Bolton’s firing, nearly a dozen journalists were clumped together outside press secretary Stephanie Grisham’s office. A Bolton ally, who spoke to reporters on the condition of anonymity, approached the group and declared: “I’m going to say ...
Sep 10, 2019 · Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said Afghanistan “broke open the bottom of the bag” in a relationship that had been eroding.
Sep 10, 2019 · “While John Bolton was national security adviser for the last 17 months, there have been no bad deals,” a person close to Mr. Bolton said minutes after the president’s announcement on ...
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Sep 11, 2019 · National Security Adviser John Bolton has left the Trump administration, following long-simmering differences between the hawkish Bolton and President Trump that recently came to a head.
Jun 20, 2020 · The presidency of Donald Trump has already generated a long reading list, but the latest offering from former National Security Adviser John Bolton has attracted more attention than most, given ...
