President Donald Trump savaged former national security adviser John Bolton one day after dismissing him via Twitter
President Donald Trump on Wednesday savaged former national security adviser John Bolton one day after unceremoniously dismissing him via Twitter — blasting his hawkish ex-aide’s hard-charging brand of diplomacy and partly blaming him for launching the Iraq War.
Trump again claimed later in his remarks that it was he, not Bolton, who at times advocated for a more muscular foreign policy approach, despite Bolton’s perceived proclivity for military intervention and championing of the 2003 invasion of Iraq from within former President George W. Bush's administration.
White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham on Tuesday backed up the her boss' story, saying that Bolton and Trump met in the Oval Office on Monday night before the president left for a rally in North Carolina. It was then that Trump asked for Bolton's resignation, she said.posted shortly after Trump’s messages on Tuesday: “I offered to resign last night and President Trump said, ‘Let's talk about it tomorrow.
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