The former national security adviser called for the secretary of state to resign as his "reputation might suffer for a long time."

Summary

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to resign following a tense White House meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky that ended abruptly.

The February 28 meeting, meant to discuss a ceasefire deal, devolved into an argument when Zelensky expressed skepticism about Putin honoring any agreement.

Bolton told MSNBC that officials should resign when leaders pivot “from understanding American allies to backing America’s adversaries.”

After the meeting, Trump dismissed Zelensky as “not ready for Peace,” while Rubio criticized the Ukrainian president and defended Trump.

  • SpaceRanger13@lemm.eeEnglish
    1442·
    21 hours ago

    “Disgraced former trump Yes Man tells current trump Yes Man he should say No”

    • SeaJ@lemm.ee
      771·
      21 hours ago

      He was actually more of a “no” man. And to Bolton’s ideas, Trump was a “no” man to him. If I recall correctly, Bolton was pushing for Trump to bomb Iran and Trump (rightly) refused. They did not particularly care for each other.

      Bolton is a war mongering whacko but he is correct here. That meeting was a disgrace.

    • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      21 hours ago

      If there’s a person who knows from experience, who should also know that they’ll ignore him.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.world
        191·
        20 hours ago

        No, Bolton doesn’t see anything wrong with being a viscous warmongering bastard. He wouldn’t consider his reputation as needing cleaned. He’d argue for the US to put boots on the ground in Ukraine and annex it with indirect rule. His type is the ones that Russia uses as boogymen to justify their imperialism as “fear of NATO.”