And another one bites the dust! Only the best people...

[DaisyDay]

Well, they've got you thinking exactly what they want you to think, for whatever reason.

Yeah, it was awfully clever of "them" to get Donald to say that there had been such a meeting planned until the recent Taliban bombings in Afghanistan.

 

[cow451]

Thank God. Bolton should never have been hired in the first place. Far more confidence in Trump's foreign policy now.

That’s setting a very low bar.

 

[Hank77]

There probably never was an intended meeting, in that timeframe anyway. Bolton should have just kept quiet.

I heard that the Taliban said they didn't know anything about this planned meeting.

 

[essentialsaltes]

I heard that the Taliban said they didn't know anything about this planned meeting.

They knew about it, but stated they weren't going to come until the US had signed the agreement that we had been negotiating together in Qatar, and that was reportedly close to final.

 

[Hank77]

They knew about it, but stated they weren't going to come until the US had signed the agreement that we had been negotiating together in Qatar, and that was reportedly close to final.

Thanks.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo insisted Sunday that the president had called off secretly planned talks at the presidential retreat in Maryland with leaders of the Afghan militant group that sheltered Osama bin Laden as he masterminded the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, and that has fought U.S. forces ever since.
Trump's planned Camp David retreat with the Taliban draws flak from all sides

 

[Ada Lovelace]

John Bolton fired as Trump's national security adviser – live news

John Bolton fired for disagreeing about inviting the supporters of 9/11 to Camp David in time for the anniversary.

With the chronic dysfunction in Trump's White House leading to a staff exodus I'm typically unfazed and just play my favorite version of Another One Bites the Dust. I thought Bolton was a terrible choice but at least one who was qualified for the position and has the composure of an adult. His ejection is far more unnerving, especially considering the context. I am literally praying that Trump doesn't tap Erik Prince, the unscrupulous war profiteer and brother of the incompetent Betsy DeVos, as Bolton's replacement.

 

[Brightmoon]

Trump would rather hire an incompetent who agrees with him than someone competent who tells him facts .

 

[iluvatar5150]

Trump would rather hire an incompetent who agrees with him than someone competent who tells him facts .

Seems like in Bolton, he got neither.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

President Trump is cleaning house and making the best government ever!

 

[Brightmoon]

President Trump is cleaning house and making the best government ever!

?!?!?! But ,but ,but he put these incompetents there in the first place

 

[LostMarbels]

My guess... it will be another 'acting'. Completely untouchable by congress, and no approval or permission needed.

 

[wing2000]

I am literally praying that Trump doesn't tap Erik Prince, the unscrupulous war profiteer and brother of the incompetent Betsy DeVos, as Bolton's replacement.

Now that you mention it, Prince does tick off all the Trump boxes:
- nepotism
- loyal
- profiting from the american taxpayer

....and -

Trump could replace American troops deployed in Afghanistan with [Blackwater] mercenaries - and claim he fulfilled his campaign promise..

 

[essentialsaltes]

?!?!?! But ,but ,but he put these incompetents there in the first place

Having five incompetent national security advisors in a row is like having two competent ones if you were able to sort of smash them together.

 

[Tanj]

My guess... it will be another 'acting'. Completely untouchable by congress, and no approval or permission needed.

What now?
National Security Advisor (United States) - Wikipedia

The National Security Adviser requires no congressional (or senate, for that matter) approval, so cannot be "touched" by them, acting or otherwise, not to mention such approvals when they do apply come from the senate, not congress.

 

[Tanj]

President Trump is cleaning house and making the best government ever!

This is a government, isn't it?
Finest in the district sir!
Explain the logic underlying that conclusion
Well, it's so clean!
It's certainly uncontaminated by competence.

Having five incompetent national security advisors in a row is like having two competent ones if you were able to sort of smash them together.

 

[Ada Lovelace]

At this point in the soap operatic Trump tenure I wouldn't be surprised if it was announced that this man is the new United States National Security Advisor:

 

[inquiring mind]

This is only political drama in Washington. Things are going really well now, except for the liberal hostility, which is only due to the trouncing Trump gave Hillary and the Obama legacy. Other than that, most liberals know things are much better now.

 

[wing2000]

This is only political drama in Washington. Things are going really well now, except for the liberal hostility, which is only due to the trouncing Trump gave Hillary and the Obama legacy. Other than that, most liberals know things are much better now.

Yea, clearly Trump doesn't need a National Security Advisor, nor a National Security Council, nor a State Department. Our security resides with Trump's gut instinct. Sleep well.

 

[inquiring mind]

Yea, clearly Trump doesn't need a National Security Advisor, nor a Nationals Security Council, nor a State Department. Our security resides with Trump's gut instinct. Sleep well.

Apparently so.

 

[Brightmoon]

This is only political drama in Washington. Things are going really well now, except for the liberal hostility, which is only due to the trouncing Trump gave Hillary and the Obama legacy. Other than that, most liberals know things are much better now.

or it could be due the the fact that Trump is a immature ,malignant narcissist and a racist, sexist, sadist who we’d better keep away from ruining the USA.