The anti-war and anti-US-meddling wings of all parties should be very happy today. John Bolton, the evil warmonger who has been Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor for the past year and a half has just exited the White House, stage right. Trump fired him, says Trump. I quit, says Bolton. Who cares? He’s gone and the world feels slightly less scary as a result.
In an effort to gauge public opinion on the matter, I read around the top news stories from papers across the country only to discover that views are mixed. Republican opinion is largely pro-Bolton, but oddly enough, some Democrats seem reluctant to admit that getting rid of Bolton is actually a very good thing. They would have us to believe instead that Bolton’s departure is a symptom of how unstable our government is under Trump, rather than a lucky break for vulnerable peoples across the globe. Read More
