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[General Mattis is a “dope”; General Kelly is a “dope”; General McMaster is a “dope”; Secretary Tillerson is a “dope”; AG Sessions is a “dope”; and now John Bolton is a “dope”. Notice a pattern here folks? (& who is the next “dope” to fall? General Milley?) VP Pence, if he turns on him. Out of control. In executive business, this kind of fickle leader and incessant turnover would see the Board ridding itself of such an unstable CEO.]

I am both a Trump and Bolton supporter. Bolton because of his realist views on foreign policy and the fact that he is a patriot. Trump because he’s the only standard bearer we have, and because many of his domestic policies are ones no other Republican would have done more than rhetorically support, such as the border wall, and the appointment of doctrinaire right-wing judges. I almost never criticize him not because I don’t disagree with his policies, but because it’s pointless when the alternatives are people like Mitt “BLM” Romney and Lindsey “Amnesty” Graham.

At the same time, Trump’s problems with personnel are largely of his own creation. By brusquely treating men of substance like they’re extras on “The Apprentice” and tossing them out like used Kleenexes, he’s caused generally close-mouthed individuals like Bolton (who has kept his counsel through multiple administrations) to write tell-all books. It appears that Trump’s abrasiveness isn’t just put on for Twitter - it characterizes just about every aspect of his relationships with the people he personally appointed to their positions. It’s becoming obvious why Sessions never felt the urge to stand up for him - the petty, as well as serious, humiliations that Trump repeatedly visited upon these people never engendered a feeling of personal loyalty.

That’s why the only people remaining 100% loyal to him are his daughter and son-in-law. And that’s why he produced a get-out-jail-free card for drug felons in federal prisons - to throw them a bone.

Whatever you might say about Reagan, he never alienated his courtiers to this degree. But what’s the alternative? This isn’t a parliamentary system where you can have an intra-party revolt, do a vote of no confidence and call a general election. Trump is the president and the nominee for 2020. For the GOP, he’s the only game in town.

I am both a Trump and Bolton supporter. Bolton because of his realist views on foreign policy and the fact that he is a patriot.

This makes almost as little sense as Trump hiring Bolton in the first place. Trump destroyed the front-runners in the Republican field in the 2016 primaries for the simple reason that he was a breath of fresh air compared to the globalist morons who had run this country -- and the GOP -- into the ground over the last 25 years. It made no sense to hire some jackass like Bolton who would have been a prominent player in a Jeb Bush administration.

My contempt for Bolton even gives him a place of "honor" at the top of my profile page ... because I posted this when his name first came up as a potential NSA nominee all the way back in 2017:

I voted for Donald Trump because I was tired of Ivy League globalist pr!cks running this nation’s foreign policy. Anyone who still thinks the invasion of Iraq was a good idea shouldn’t even be allowed to clean the toilets in the White House.