Bolton resigned after Trump suggested relieving Iranian sanctions

[Miles Archer]

https://www.axios.com/john-bolton-resign-trump-relieve-iranian-sanctions-036e9b88-e33f-467a-a72b-2207d7308654.html

Former national security adviser John Bolton resigned the day after a Monday discussion about Iran policy in which President Trump raised the possibility of relieving some sanctions, a person close to Bolton tells Axios.

What happened: Bolton did not favor giving the Iranians relief and believed the maximum pressure campaign was working, the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

Background: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani "signaled approval" of Trump's dismissal of Bolton earlier this week, the AP reports. Rouhani reiterated that Iran is interested in negotiations with the U.S. only if suffocating economic sanctions are lifted, per Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency.

[hlthe2b]

1. Somehow I doubt that is all that occurred. I detest Bolton, I hate that his nasty warmongering

was--as ironic as it seems--the only thing countering Trump's erratic and strategy-free FAILED and DAMAGING foreign policy.

But, I think a lot more is going to come out soon.

[Sneederbunk]

2. 15 billion to Iran? And they don't even grow soybeans.

[RockRaven]

3. Trump is going to bribe Iran to get a deal WORSE than what Obama had secured...

which was both a) working (to its stated purpose anyhow) and b) backed out of by Trump SOLELY because it was Obama's deal.