US PoliEra 2019 |OT7| It's happening
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Haha you were right to be skeptical. According to John Bolton's tweet just now he offered his resignation last night and they were going to discuss it today. Instead this was just another of Trump's, "You can't break up with me if I break up with you first!". So it's the same old, same old. Trump didn't fire anyone.
I literally could not get a reply out fast enough that stated the following possibilities:
-Trump fired Bolton
-Trump had someone else fire Bolton
-Bolton resigned
-Bolton is just finding out about this now
-Bolton is just finding out about this now and is going to end up not being fired
So Trump hated him enough that he didn't even get the usual best wishes. Just a straight up twitter firing.
I will see your Kissinger and raise you new National Security Adviser Dana Rohrabacher. That would fit this timeline perfectly.
He wasn't crazy enough in the right way.
Trump is legitimately not a war hawk, or at least not in a traditional sense. Mostly out of laziness. Conventional warfare is all strategies and reports and decisions and headaches.
Somewhat more likely to glass an entire country with a nuke, though.
Henry Kissinger's son David is a television producer, so he has the qualifications that Trump is looking for.
hahaha literally told him to sleep on it so he could fire him first. Trump is wasted on politics, he should have been writing new episodes of The Office this whole time.
And so, the great war of realities between Bolton and Trump begins. Twitter battles for days.
No way Trump was man enough to fire Bolton personally. He had someone else ask for the guys resignation.
Why hire him in the first place? I do believe Trump doesn't want the US to be in wars all over the place, and that's what Bolton wants.
Why hire him in the first place? I do believe Trump doesn't want the US to be in wars all over the place, and that's what Bolton wants.
Sounds like Bolton doesn't like having his balls stepped on. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Good shit. This will put some hurt on Yertle at least.
Lmfaooooooo this whole fucking thing
When Bolton isn't a crazy enough NSA for you
Trump's tweet says that he fired him last night, so I'm sure that tweet is the first that Bolton is hearing about it.
They don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming and they don't stop coming...
Because the spies all know that Trump is a Manchurian President
While I 100% believe Bolton, I'm going to so enjoy watching him flail uselessly against Trump's tweets.
Have fun digging yourself out of the hole you created, jerk.
*On CNN the next day*
Bolton: Trumps a raving fucking lunatic, what an asshole!
*on Fox* Bolton, total scumbag war criminal finally gone, thank god!
Obama had 3 national security advisors in 8 years. Both Bush and Clinton had 2 NSAs in 8 years.
Trump is already at 4 in two years. Lol. Trump in just his first term may even surpass Regan who had 6 NSAs over 8 years.
Trump is already at 4 in two years. Lol. Trump in just his first term may even surpass Regan who had 6 NSAs over 8 years.
On the bright side, odds of a war with Iran while Trump is still in office have just dropped.
Bolton was supposed to appear at a press briefing with Pompeo and Munchin an hour and 30 minutes before Trump tweeted it out
"I'm happy to announce Tom Cotton as my new National Security Advisor"
Not exactly, Trump fundamentally does not care about national security or foreign policy for a variety of reasons. First, we need to understand that Trump is a coward and doesn't want to be held responsible if something looks difficult. At the same time he wants to look dominant without having to do anything and think deeply about anything. That is why he was ready to bomb Iran, but pulled back at the last second when he learned people would have died.
I bet he is willing to start a war if it political looks good for him and he wouldn't be held responsible and making tough decisions.
That's my assessment of the clown too, whereas Bolton is gung-ho. That's why I'm surprised he was hired in the first place.
If you go back to the year leading up to the 2012 election there are numerous tweets from Trump saying Obama is going to attack Iran and start a war there to get re-elected. Given his low approval rating now, I wonder if that's foreshadowing. He's a coward, but if he sees a chance for patriotic fervor to get him another election win I could see him doing it.
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