Trump handles employees like used tampons. Bolton’s departure read like an episode of “The Apprentice”. A guy who has been near the pinnacle of power for decades was handled like an unpaid Congressional intern, just like many of the other people fired by Trump. Instead of the bland “I thank him for his diligent efforts” that accompanies the typical Washington firing, Trump crowed about Bolton’s dismissal, just as he did for many of his peers in other cabinet positions. Bolton probably figured one good turn deserves another.
But what about the big picture, John? How the heck could you give a hand to the feeble-minded moron who is running against Trump? And that description fit even before the recent onset of what appears to be impending senility.
Over the weekend, the lovably salty vice president confessed to advising President Obama not to order the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound because there wasn’t absolute proof that the Al Qaeda leader was in the Abbottabad residence. “Mr. President, my suggestion is, don’t go.” Biden reenacted for an audience at a congressional retreat.
Surely, no one should fault a leader for hesitating over a commando raid that posed such significant risks to everyone involved. And it certainly took guts to admit the flawed decision in public (even if he was just trying to make his boss look good). But it was also a reminder that he may want to downplay the foreign policy aspect of his political biography.
The Persian Gulf War In 1991, Biden voted against the successful Gulf War though most historians now believe it was a well-executed, agile use of American power. According to a report in The New York Times back then, Biden “scorned the other members of the anti-Iraq coalition” because they saddled the U.S. with most of the hard sacrifices. ]
Bolton seems to have had a lot of people fooled.
KT McFarland was close to him, and she was on several talkshows around the time of the impeachment hearing, stating Bolton would never betray the President.
“That’s not John. I know him and he would never help give the Democrats the government...”
She was wrong. Bolton turned out to be a self-serving ego maniac, who thought he was the President, instead of serving the real President’s policies.
Knowing how he feels about foreign policy and knowing he realizes what will happen to foreign policy in a Biden Admin., I consider him a traitor. I know, technically, the term doesn’t wholly fit, but I consider him a traitor, nonetheless.