Just a little after noon today the nation learned
President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton, had tendered his
resignation.
President Trump said, “I asked John for his
resignation, which was given this morning.
I thank John very much for his service.
I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.”
Bolton’s exit caused
shockwaves throughout the DC Beltway, though there had been numerous reports of
tensions between Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on some of President
Trump’s biggest foreign policy initiatives, including the now-collapsed peace
deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban and the nuclear talks with North Korea.
In the interim, Charles Kupperman, PhD will serve
as Acting National Security Advisor.
Kupperman has four
decades of national security policy and program experience serving in President
Ronald Reagan’s Administration. He served in several departments under Reagan: Executive
Office of the President, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the
President’s General Advisory Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. He also
served as foreign policy advisor to Reagan’s presidential campaign.
Sen. Lindsey Graham
(R-SC), a key Trump ally, said he liked Bolton but that the President deserved
to feel comfortable with his team.
“As National Security Adviser
to President Trump, I found him to be accessible and always pursuing an agenda
that not only helps the President but makes America safe. President Trump, like every other president,
has the right to a national security adviser of his own choosing.”
After John Bolton's firing, CNN's Jim @Acosta asks: "Is this National Security team a mess?" @stevenmnuchin1: "Absolutely not. That’s the most ridiculous question I’ve ever heard." pic.twitter.com/v47bYMd0Pr— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 10, 2019
Here we go. Acosta asks if NSC is "a mess." Hogan Gidley standing off stage mutters, "Is CNN a mess?" Rarely see that.— John T. Bennett (@BennettJohnT) September 10, 2019
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