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turbinetree

(24,703 posts)
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 10:41 AM Oct 2018

Bolton And His Deputy Launch Whisper Campaign To Oust Mattis

By Nicole Lafond
October 26, 2018 8:44 am

White House National Security Adviser John Bolton is reportedly behind rumors that Defense Secretary James Mattis is on his way out the door, Foreign Policy reported.

A former senior defense official told Foreign Policy that Bolton and his deputy, Mira Ricardel, think Mattis is “not ideologically aligned” with President Donald Trump. The two are reportedly behind whispers that his departure is imminent.

“(They want) to build the sense that he is done for,” the former defense official told Foreign Policy. “They have the knives out.”

For months, reports have surfaced that Trump and Mattis no longer get along and that Mattis is on his way out of the administration, which has all been denied by the Defense Department.

During an interview with “60 Minutes” earlier this month, Trump gave his strongest indication yet that there may be truth to some of the rumors that he and Mattis’s relationship is disintegrating. He called Mattis a “Democrat,” a clear insult in the Trump playbook.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/bolton-whisper-camapign-oust-mattis

So these two POS are going around and saying that Mattis is ............“not ideologically aligned” ...............Bolton killed 4,685 Americans and thousands of Iraqis ....................based on a lie...................I do not like Mattis....................but Bolton is a fucking psychopath, and he now has a partner...........................


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Bolton And His Deputy Launch Whisper Campaign To Oust Mattis (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2018 OP
If they manage to oust Mattis, all fucking bets are off. PearliePoo2 Oct 2018 #1
So, tough guy "Mad Dog" has been totally neutered. How fucking embarrassing. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2018 #2
Bolton is angling to be SecDef himself. Dr. Strangelove, I presume. hedda_foil Oct 2018 #3

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
1. If they manage to oust Mattis, all fucking bets are off.
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 10:51 AM
Oct 2018

He's about the only one left in this insane, evil nest of lunatics that still has some sense and sanity.

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