After Bolton fireworks, Trump picks low-key hostage negotiator to replace him

Reuters.com ^ | SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 | Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay and Matt Spetalnick

[Berlin_Freeper]

U.S. President Donald Trump picked U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien on Wednesday as his fourth White House national security adviser, turning to a low-key choice for the position after the boisterous tenure of John Bolton.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Hostage negotiator is perfect for the Terror State of Iran and making nice with the Taliban at luxury Camp David.

[Fungi]

A 769 word article takes this: Reporting by Steve Holland, Jonathan Landay and Matt Spetalnick; Additional reporting by Jeff Mason in Los Angeles and Roberta Rampton, Makini Brice and Susan Heavey in Washington; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Lisa Shumaker and Tom Brown.

That is seven reporters and three editors.

And they still can't get it right.

[HighSierra5]

So this guy was a foreign policy advisor to Romney and he has worked with John Bolton and likes him. I hope everybody is happy now.

[familyop]

"U.S. President Donald Trump picked U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien on Wednesday as his fourth White House national security adviser,..."

Yes. The President should have someone negotiate with a nuclear extortion and kidnapping nation, until that nation leads its New Axis friends to launch nukes on us. It's a good thing he followed the orders of the anti-Israel/anti-American liberaltarians. Ron Paul and Paddy Buchanan must be proud.

[Heapin' helpin' of steamin', odoriferous irony and sarcasm there.]

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[rintintin]

the Terror State of Iran

how about the terror state of Saudi Arabia?

[adorno]

With Bolton gone, the enemy can smell weakness, and Trump has indicated that he doesn’t want war, that he doesn’t believe in war.

Iran knows how to take advantage, and they have.

[rockinqsranch]

I do believe PDJT is paying out the rope. Yes there is rope laying about all over the place, but not his rope. We shall see if the new rope makes any difference, and if not I think PDJT will do what he’d rather not.

America First, and staying out of wars isn’t something history respects, but one can try. PDJT did say he “didn’t want to kill millions of Iranian citizens”. I believe that means he understands the consequences of his office.

[stylin19a]

from wiki:

O'Brien was nominated[7] by President George W. Bush on November 10, 2005, and confirmed by the US Senate as the US Alternate Representative to the 60th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which met in New York 2005-2006.

guess who was UN Ambassador in 2005-2006

[rintintin]

“With Bolton gone, the enemy can smell weakness”

Yes, good point. Trump is not being a strong president like George W Bush
Bush sure showed those folks in the Middle East who was boss, didn’t he? What a success his “tough” foreign policy was! Sounds like you miss ole George!

[HighSierra5]

How are all the Bolton haters gonna take this.

[Chgogal]

Deep State (which includes Deep State Military), you are insulting us. After 18 years we are still in Afghanistan????
I am disgusted! Young American men and women are dying! And you Deep State bastards sit on your butts pontificating. You had 18 years to get the job done and you didn’t.

YOU ARE FIRED!!!

[Alberta's Child]

I don’t have a problem with it. In fact, I suspect Trump hired a well-known globalist warmonger like Bolton to prove that he doesn’t listen to these dopes anyway.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

Hostage negotiator is perfect for the Terror State of Iran and making nice with the Taliban at luxury Camp David.

So you approve? I know you don’t approve of Brexit...you have made that much clear.

[softengine]

....advisor to Mitt Romney..

4 words. All I needed to know about him. Who the hell is advising Trump to appoint these neo-cons?

[adorno]

Nope! Don’t miss George.

Nope! George wasn’t tough either.

And, Trump started out talking tough, and sometimes acting tough. But lately, he’s surrendering to the surrender monkeys. He’s afraid of acting tough and the enemy smells the weakness. Bolton was talking tough and wanted Trump and his cabinet to act tough. Trump knows there is an election coming up, and doesn’t want to have to answer to the liberals’ constantly attacking him as a hawk and warmonger.

Trump is not letting things happen and take their course, without the U.S. getting involved. Everybody on their own. Trump never was and is not a defense hawk, and even started his presidency by stating that he would pull our of long-running wars and would not start wars. Sometimes, war is the only answer, especially with terror-supporting/terror-initiating countries like Iran and Russia. If Trump had been president, Crimea would have been lost on his watch too.

Talk tough, but carry toothpick.

[Jane Austen]

All presidents needs adviser. Seems Trump has some who are misleading him.

[rintintin]

“And, Trump started out talking tough”

I guess you weren’t listening during the primaries in 2016 Trump said he wouldn’t be getting us into more MidEast wars.

I guess you have a problem with Reagan too? No wars under him. Such a failure he was! /s

[adorno]

Trump is not letting things happen and take their course

Should be:

Trump is NOW letting things happen and take their course

[CJ Wolf]

Iran is gonna stick its head out and Trump will cut it off in a spectacular way no one will have imagined. Imho