{"id":551,"date":"2025-05-03T02:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/?p=551"},"modified":"2025-05-06T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:37:00","slug":"bolton-rubios-absolutely-bizarre-dual-role-could-make-trump-look-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/logicalware.net\/index.php\/2025\/05\/03\/bolton-rubios-absolutely-bizarre-dual-role-could-make-trump-look-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolton: Rubio's 'absolutely bizarre' dual role could make Trump look bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former national security adviser John Bolton characterized Marco Rubio’s new dual role<\/a> as secretary of state and national security adviser as \u201cabsolutely bizarre,” suggesting during an interview that it could make President Trump look bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAn organized White House would announce the successor immediately. And the fact that they didn’t have a successor showed they weren’t ready to make the announcement and to have Marco Rubio serve on an interim basis is just absolutely bizarre,\u201d Bolton, a frequent Trump critic, said during a Thursday appearance on CNN.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Trump altered the makeup of his national security team, yanking<\/a> Mike Waltz, a former House GOP lawmaker, as national security adviser and shifting him to a new role as ambassador to the United Nations.\u00a0Waltz’s new role will require a Senate confirmation. <\/p>\n

Trump said in a Thursday evening post on Truth Social that Rubio would serve in Waltz\u2019s post on an interim basis<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rubio became<\/a> the first official since the late-Henry Kissinger to serve as both the country\u2019s top diplomat and national security adviser concurrently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bolton, who served as both the national security adviser and UN ambassador, argued on Thursday that the remake of the team\u2019s leadership indicates that Trump lacks an adequate strategy. <\/p>\n

\u201cPeople say with great confidence, \u2018Oh, well, you know, Waltz wasn’t in tune with the President and that’s why he had to go.\u2019 Well, who hired Waltz? I mean, who knows who’s in tune with the president better than the president? This shows Trump has no philosophy, no national security strategy, doesn’t do policy,\u201d Bolton told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bolton said Trump hired Waltz because he “expected fealty.” <\/p>\n

“And, when Waltz exposed Trump to political liability because of the Signal group chat, that was all Trump needed,\u201d Bolton added, referring to Waltz inadvertently adding The Atlantic\u2019s editor to a Signal chat<\/a> with top national security officials where sensitive details about forthcoming airstrikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen were discussed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was not sufficient fealty \u2014 that’s what the cause of the departure is,\u201d the former UN ambassador said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rubio will reportedly hold the dual role for some time. Politico reported<\/a> on Friday evening that Rubio will be the U.S.\u2019s national security adviser for at least six months, citing three senior White House officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former national security adviser John Bolton characterized Marco Rubio’s new dual role as secretary of state and national security adviser as \u201cabsolutely bizarre,” suggesting during an interview that it could<\/p>\n

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