Tag: John Bolton
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Who’s in charge? Pompeo or Trump
There were a great many differences between President Barack Obama’s June 2009 Cairo speech and the address delivered on Jan. 10 in the same city by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. As Pompeo repeatedly...
Head to head: Bolton and Erdoğan on Syria
It may not have been such a good idea for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to snub U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton in his own capital of Ankara by not only refusing to...
Erdoğan rebukes Bolton about Syria and Kurds, saying he made a ‘serious mistake’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday for promising that Turkey will not attack the Kurds fighting the Islamic State in Syria.
“We cannot accept Bolton’s messages given from Israel,”...
Bolton: There will be ‘hell to pay’ if Iran defies the US
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton issued a strong warning to Iran, saying that the Islamic Republic must change its behavior or there will be “hell to pay” if the regime continues its aggression.
“According...
Bolton: US sanctions could cause end of Iranian oil exports
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions against Iran could cause the regime to no longer export oil.
Bolton’s remark occurred as oil prices rose 3 percent on Wednesday to $74.78 per...
Claiming Iran sanctions are effective, Bolton says regime change isn’t U.S. policy
While maximum pressure of American sanctions against Iran have been effective, the United States is not looking for regime change in the Islamic republic, emphasized John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security advisor.
“Just...
US national security advisor: No new policy on Golan Heights recognition
During his recent visit to Israel, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton told Reuters that despite strong Israeli pressure on the United States to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the American policy...
Bolton, Rivlin discuss ‘very challenging time for both Israel and the United States’
A day after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, discussing matters related to Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other Mideast issues.
Rivlin, who welcomed Bolton as...
We shouldn’t believe all the ‘experts’
President Donald Trump’s critics often take him to task for his ignorance of policy and his unwillingness to listen to experts. The first is an unavoidable consequence of his lack of experience; the latter...
Has Trump finally figured it out?
Donald Trump was elected president with no government experience or in-depth knowledge of foreign policy. That ignorance was reflected in some of his first choices to fill key administration positions. Yet after another shakeup...