John Bolton — ex-President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser who was allegedly the target of a murder-for-hire plot — said on Thursday that his former boss yanked away his Security Security detail soon after the then-official resigned in Sept. 2019.
I don’t give much of a flying fig about the creature that hosts it, but John Bolton’s mustache is a national treasure and I, for one, am in favor of a Secret Service protection detail for the latter.
Well, Bolton said it wasn’t normal and if Trump knew he was under a known threat and did that, well then. I stress the “if” in the second part but it’s certainly plausible.
Sure, I’m not Bolton’s biggest fan either but you don’t leave anyone defenseless against foreign assassins. That’s vindictive to the point of mental illness.
Not to be insensitive to Amb. Bolton’s plight (although I truly am), but how many freaking security details for former Trump appointees, and Trump family members, are we still paying for?
I remember Bolton described as a “suck up, kick down” type of person. He clearly didn’t suck up enough to Trump. And then Trump showed Bolton what real kicking down is all about.
“The relationship between the hawkish Bolton and the somewhat less war-hungry Trump had soured considerably by the time the national security adviser left the administration.”
Yeah - I too would like to know exactly whom we pay for. And if those previous administration grifters and politicians are now calling for terrorism or civil war. Paying to protect people who encourage mayhem and extrajudicial killing seems wasteful and counterproductive.
Welp, can’t stand Bolton, but I don’t want him assassinated. I will never forgive him though for feeding Alex Vindman and Fiona Hlll to the dogs, while he said only what would sell a book.