KLAVAN: Bolton’s Departure Tells Us Much About Trump’s Foreign Policy

The end of John Bolton’s stint as National Security Advisor highlighted some of the most interesting aspects of the Trump administration, good and bad. The fact such a brash and outspoken hawk like Bolton lasted even eighteen months in a Trump administration dedicated to face-to-face dealing with any and all bad actors speaks well of Trump’s tolerance for disagreement.

What Trump apparently cannot tolerate is people who disagree with him after his decision is made. Reports are that Bolton blew a gasket when he found out Trump had planned secret negotiations with the Taliban at Camp David. This is understandable. The Taliban are dreadful uglies who not only tortured the people of Afghanistan with their Islam-o-madness but also allowed the Saudi terrorists who struck us on 9/11 to stage their operations from Afghan soil. To have them drop by for tea on the 9/11 anniversary would have been a moral error and a PR disaster. If Bolton had anything to do with stopping that, Trump should buy him a sports car as a parting gift.