John Bolton has left the building, the White House.
Fine. Good riddance. However, the former national security adviser isn’t the problem. The national security risk remains with the guy who appointed him to the office he has just departed in a huff: Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States.
Trump said Bolton made too many decision with which he disagreed. What’s most stunning, though, is that Bolton did not want the president to meet with Taliban terrorists on the eve of the nation’s 9/11 commemoration. Trump seemed to call that a “big mistake.”
Moreover, then we hear from Trump that Bolton drew the ire of North Korean tyrant/dictator/murderer Kim Jong Un. Trump said Kim “couldn’t tolerate” Bolton … as if it should matter whether a Marxist tyrant should have to tolerate a U.S. national security adviser.
Bolton is the third national security adviser to leave the Trump administration. The first was Michael Flynn, who left after 24 days for allegedly lying to the FBI about that “Russia thing.” Then H.R. McMaster, an Army lieutenant general and a brilliant military strategist, resigned over differences with the president.
Now it’s Bolton who’s been shown the door.
These presidential appointees come and go.
However, the problem remains with the individual who called on them in the first place.
I think the timing of the meeting WAS probably inappropriate. A President hires advisors to advise him and to meeting with people with whom Presidential policy has an interest. Unfortunately, Trump doesn’t want advisors, all he wants is “YES” men. If their advice doesn’t agree with the boss, they’re fired. Sounds like some kind of reality show, where they eliminate contestants each week