But Bolton is just as expendable as Trump. He’s just another fall guy with an ego bigger than his brain. ... First, they will point the finger at Trump, and if the American public won’t swallow that, they’ll point it at Bolton. ..…
Like Trump, both Pompeo and Bolton are hawks who believe in American primacy. ... In Bolton, Trump has appointed a man with a similarly impetuous and explosive temperament whom neither Mattis nor Kelly favored for the post. . ..…
Yesterday, US John Bolton denounced International Criminal Court, announcing in speech that Trump administration would no cooperate with the court and rattling off number of threats should ICC investigations reach US, Israeli or other allied country citizens.. ... which scraped away the..…
At the time, Bolton's speech and any follow-on commentary allow Trump administration to pursue low-cost and high-profile strategy to fulfill its America First campaign promise. ..…
And when Trump said, We reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism, he was also channeling Bolton, leading to global government... ... While Trump believes, as Bolton does, that multilateral institutions such the president is more..…
Trump also appointed Nikki Haley his Ambassador to the United Nations and John Bolton his National Security Advisor. ..…
These could well come to a head this May over the renewal of Iran's nuclear accord, which Trump and his new saber-rattling advisers like Bolton want to scrap--as well as the summit meeting with North Korea over its nuclear missile program, which could be a ruse for the U.S. to ratchet up the..…
Trump’s three top foreign policy officials — Mr. Bolton, Mr. Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — support a broad United States strategy to contain Iranian military activity across the region. . ... Bolton says the faster the better. But at the news conference on..…
DEBKAfile's sources add Russian- Israeli crisis over Il-20 has passed into the hands of four security advisers John Bolton for Trump and Meir Ben Shabat for Israel, Their conclusions will be put before President Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu for decision when they meet again. ..…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is 'already dead to us' National Security Adviser John Bolton told the Federalist Society recently. ... Why would the Trump Administration take such a hard line against 'the world's court of last resort'? ..…
Instead, I decided to encourage my correspondent to leave the world of elite bias, of media bias, and instead reflect on Trump Administration's foreign policies. Appointing Mike Pompeo at State, Nikki Haley at the UN, and John Bolton as National Security Adviser... ..…
By contrast, his hostility to Iran is unremitting more sanctions are coming on stream, Trump's two speeches at the UN this week focused on the threat from Tehran, theme also of John Bolton. ..…