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.

    • SeaJ
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      7415 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
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      2216 hours ago

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

    • @Duamerthrax
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      415 hours ago

      He’s trying to clean his reputation.

      • ✺roguetrick✺
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        1815 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.”

        • @[email protected]
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          1314 hours ago

          You probably meant to type vicious, but viscous is also perfect. He’s both ruthless and slimy.

        • @TrickDacy
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          214 hours ago

          …he can know other people have a problem with being a warmongering bastard.