Trump Goes Cold On Bolton Over Venezuela: He Wants To Get Me 'Into A War'

[riversedge]

Source: TPM

May 9, 2019 8:39 am

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According to administration officials and people close to the White House who spoke to the Post, Trump’s ire is directed at John Bolton primarily over Bolton’s penchant for intervening in other country’s wars.

While Trump jokingly suggested this week that Bolton wants to get him “into a war,” he’s also been complaining that Bolton may have miscalculated Maduro and pushed Trump “into a corner,” in the Post’s words. Despite the irritation, Trump doesn’t plan to oust his national security adviser anytime soon, two senior administration officials told the Post.


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Trump is lazy and lets others do his work--then whines about it.

Link to tweet

[hlthe2b]

1. Duh... how many decades did it take for you to realize that, Moron?

[JonLP24]

18. +1

[lagomorph777]

36. As usual, Trump is the last person on Earth to see the obvious truth.

Bolton is a dangerous kook, even by Trump standards.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. To Trump, "the buck stops here" means "the important thing is, I get paid" (nt)

[lagomorph777]

37. Heeeee!

[joe_stampingbull]

3. Putin ordered his slave boy dump

to stand down.

[Johnyawl]

11. Yup!

So now Bolton is pivoting to Iran.

[comradebillyboy]

14. Putin won't let him attack Iran either. Who knew the Russians

would be a moderating influence on Trump's catastrophic foreign policy.

[JonLP24]

19. I'm not sure about that

They are playing war games near Iran which is very provocative.

[comradebillyboy]

20. Fortunately the Iranians don't seem to be taking the bait.

[jberryhill]

4. Putin has it under control, don't worry Donnie

[NCjack]

5. Dummy-#45 hired Bolton to get "into a war" -- now complains about

Just-Plain-Right-Wing-Nut Bolton. Those two stumble bums are heading us for a disaster.

[Dorn]

6. In this rare case DT is right on this one

[watoos]

7. Putin helped Maduro refine his oil

when he was in a pinch. It looks like Putin told private Trump to stand down. Venezuela may be a nice location for a Russian military base.

[Perseus]

26. Yes, that is what Putin has in mind

and the repercussions to USA will be dire...I wish other people could open their eyes and understand exactly what you presented.

Someone on this blog said "we are better off having Putin rule"??? Are you kidding? That should be the last thing we should want.

I am not a fan of Bolton, but this time he is 100% correct, but the buffoon is a simpleton who doesn't understand and the fact that, like you said, he is taking orders from his daddy Putin.

[tanyev]

8. Thought you only hired the best people, Donnie.

[forgotmylogin]

9. Nobody puts Trumpy in the corner!

Now Barr attempts the "over the head airplane press" with McDonald. Good luck to both.

[yaesu]

10. so when war breaks out he will blame bolton & be the war time president he has always wanted. nt

[2naSalit]

12. Funny...

he was all into it until his phone call to his boss last week. Pootie hates Bolton, he's too obvious.

[Turbineguy]

13. Actually.....

We are better off with Putin in charge than trump doing what comes natural.

You hire Bolton, that way you have somebody who can talk you into having a war. And then you blame him when it happens. How does Putin feel about Trump attacking Iran? Trump has to attack somebody, in order to get re-elected (well, steal the election actually but...) so it would have to be somebody Putin has no interest in.

[Perseus]

27. "We are better off with Putin in charge than trump"

You are kidding, right?

If you listen to Bolton explain the situation in Venezuela, and you have a grasp of the reality in that country, then you would understand that Bolton is 100% correct, and that he understands very well the situation, the history and the repercussions of keeping the Maduro regime alive.

You may not like Bolton, neither do I, but we cannot become fanatics and just because someone we don't like says something we dismiss it immediately, we have the ability to analyze, to learn, and this time Bolton is right.

The danger is that the buffoon is taking orders form his daddy who wants him out of Venezuela, and my question to you is, if Putin wants Venezuela, is that a good thing for Venezuelans and the hemisphere?

[EX500rider]

43. "We are better off with Putin in charge" The Ukrainians may not agree with that. nt

[Firestorm49]

15. Hence, the difference between leadership and stupidity.

[JonLP24]

16. Don't listen to Bolton Trump

He shouldn't have hired him in the first place. I don't want to go back to neocon nightmares.

[Polybius]

40. Exactly

As much as I can't stand Trump, I can't stand neo-con warmongers like Bush and Bolton more. Bolton was for all of the wars that Trump said was a mistake. Why was he even hired?

[comradebillyboy]

17. Bolton thought he could manipulate Trump into embracing his

warmongering. Bolton just got too big for his britches, the intolerable sin in the Dotard's administration.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. ....

(same thing may happen with Iran policy - Miller/Bolton vs Putin... wonder who will "win" )

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

22. Bolton would bomb his own mother

if she was a country.

[lapislzi]

23. Lady, you knew I was a snake when you picked me up.

Bolton has never pretended to be anything other than what he is.

[Perseus]

24. "Trump is lazy and lets others do his work--then whines about it."

No, he is not lazy, he is just evil.

Putin gave orders to the buffoon to not intervene in Venezuela, that is more clear now, although to me it has always been very clear.

Although I am not a fan of Bolton, he does understand the need to intervene in Venezuela, he understand that if the USA does not act, Bolton has a clear grasp of the reality in Venezuels, and that if Putin takes over, like cancer, his dominion will spread through South and Central America to use as base to take over the USA. I am sure many think that is Science Fiction, and so did the people from Venezuela and other places where dictatorship took over and Putin helped thus owning the dictators themselves.

I am appalled by the lack of understanding that many people and Democratic leaders have with regards to the danger of not getting the Maduro regime out presents to the future of the hemisphere and the USA. Putin has dreams of being written in the history books as "Vladimir The Great", make no mistake about it, and his definition of becoming great is one of invasions and toppling the number one power in the World, this is not science fiction, it is a reality.

[Javaman]

25. let me finish the quote from the orange asshole..

"He Wants To Get Me 'Into A War...but it's not with IRAN!!!!!"

[gordianot]

30. A war with Iran would make Vietnam and the Iraq debacle look like a walk in the park.

Go ahead assholes close the Straits of Hormuz create a world wide depression of unmanageable consequences.

[Javaman]

34. no kidding. nt

[louis-t]

28. You didn't know that when you hired him?

Somebody hasn't been paying attention for the last 20 years.

[pazzyanne]

29. Nobody knew Bolton's history on the subject of war!

Apparently, least of all donald trump.

[WhiteTara]

31. sounds like Vlad

gave him his new orders.

[BlueIdaho]

32. No shit Sherlock...

If you could pull yourself away from your burgers, fries, and chocolate cake long enough to read ANYTHING Bolton has ever written, you would know he’s a Chickenhawk of the first order.

[Yavin4]

33. There are two things that a Republican president MUST do

1. Cut taxes on the wealthy.
2. Engage in a war.

Trump delivered on number 1, but not number 2. He's being pushed hard to start a war either in Iran or Venezuela, and in the end, he will do it.

[Polybius]

39. He's not the natural warmonger like Bush and Bolton

I say he doesn't. I pray you're wrong.

[Yavin4]

42. It's not up to him.

Trump is at a major conflict between what Putin wants and what the Imperialist arm of the Republican establishment wants.

When the Republican Senate Intelligence Committee chairman subpoenaed Trump Jr. , that was a shot across Trump's bow. "Give us our war or we'll take you down".

However, Trump is also in debt to Putin, and he cannot cross him. Putin needs to project Russia's imperialist ambitions on the world stage in order to maintain power at home.

In the end, Trump is a con man who doesn't pay back his debts. He just finds another sucker to bail him out and keep going. This time though, there are no other suckers to bail him out.

[elias7]

35. Nothing he says can be taken at face value

He lies about everything

[Polybius]

38. As much as it pains me, I gotta give a tiny ounce of credit to him

Bolton is a disgusting warmonger. As bad as Trump is, he doesn't appear to be the warmonger like Bush and Bush (so far).

[Blue_Tires]

41. They're just playing "Good Cop/Bad Cop", and not very well, either

Trump's war boner is just as large as Bolton's

[Nitram]

44. This is a good turn of events because Bolton is dangerous. He is a psychopathic hawk.