Trump Fires National Security Adviser John Bolton

discobot · September 10, 2019, 4:07pm

President Trump has fired National Security Adviser John Bolton, the President announced on Twitter Tuesday morning.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1247410

katscherger · September 10, 2019, 4:09pm

Guess the Dotard didn’t like being talked out of hosting the Taliban at Camp David on 9/11.

Snicker.

morrigan_2575 · September 10, 2019, 4:09pm

Not really shocked.

Wonder if Trump will dump Pence off the 2020 ticket? Probably

sysprog · September 10, 2019, 4:10pm

I hate John Bolton with the best of them but honest to God, Trump is a menace. Who is he going to ‘appoint’…Stephen Miller? Some OTHER equally inept toady? WTF?

moreyampersand · September 10, 2019, 4:10pm

“Obama never should have hired John Bolton, that I can tell you.”

castor_troy · September 10, 2019, 4:10pm

Yesterday, find out we exfiltrated a top aide near Putin.

Today, Bolton is gone.

Coincidence?

ldcolton · September 10, 2019, 4:10pm

My guess for new national security advisor: A bear with a bee hive stuck on its nose

mattinpa · September 10, 2019, 4:11pm

There was a time when I would have thought there was nowhere to go but up after taking this step. But like Mueller, if I were confident these days that were true, I would say so.

cervantes · September 10, 2019, 4:11pm

Can’t be worse than Bolton.

brutus1910 · September 10, 2019, 4:11pm

How about Ivanka, Jared or Donnie Jr., as the next National Security Advisor.

What professional, in their right mind, would take that job?

publishermike · September 10, 2019, 4:11pm

Who the fuck their right mind would work for this flaming asshole?

castor_troy · September 10, 2019, 4:12pm

Vladimir…

moreyampersand · September 10, 2019, 4:12pm

Have you met Don Jr.?

publishermike · September 10, 2019, 4:12pm

Ha, beat me to it literally by seconds…

hardyweinberg · September 10, 2019, 4:12pm

Blind squirrel, nut, etc…

ldcolton · September 10, 2019, 4:13pm

The bear would probably consider it

chezzer14 · September 10, 2019, 4:13pm

He can always go to Jared!

meri · September 10, 2019, 4:13pm

I wonder how thorough Pence’s brown-tonguing will be after he gets dumped? It seems to be the thing to do.

I’m suspecting Trump is the Purple Man.

publishermike · September 10, 2019, 4:13pm

But on the plus side, John Bolton is no longer National Security Advisor.

judygran · September 10, 2019, 4:14pm

I think not.

Do you suppose the Dotard will appoint Jared or Ivanka to replace Bolton? After all, he’s been grooming Ivanka for an international position, sending her places to meet with foreign leaders. I’m sure he’s looking for a way to give her experience so that she can become the first female Preznit.