John Bolton Claims He Was ‘Suppressed Unfairly’ by the White House, Applauds Resistance Twitter for ‘Standing’ with Him
Shane Trejo
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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton took to Twitter today to claim that the White House had been denying him access to his social media account.
Bolton made the announcement on Friday morning that his Twitter account had finally been “liberated” after being “suppressed unfairly” by the White House.
Glad to be back on Twitter after more than two months. For the backstory, stay tuned……..
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) November 22, 2019
We have now liberated the Twitter account, previously suppressed unfairly in the aftermath of my resignation as National Security Advisor. More to come…..
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) November 22, 2019
Re: speaking up — since resigning as National Security Advisor, the @WhiteHouse refused to return access to my personal Twitter account. Out of fear of what I may say? To those who speculated I went into hiding, I’m sorry to disappoint!
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) November 22, 2019
In full disclosure, the @WhiteHouse never returned access to my Twitter account. Thank you to @twitter for standing by their community standards and rightfully returning control of my account.
— John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) November 22, 2019
The White House has reportedly denied Bolton’s accusation that they locked him out of his Twitter account.
WH denies blocking Bolton from accessing his Twitter account. Senior admin official says "The White House did not block Mr. Bolton from accessing his personal Twitter account, and wouldn’t have the technical means to do so."
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 22, 2019
Bolton resigned from the Trump administration after having serious foreign policy disagreements with President Donald Trump. Bolton kept pushing his pro-war beliefs while Trump wanted to enact a more non-interventionist agenda.
“So, John is somebody that I actually got along with very well. He made some very big mistakes,” Trump said after Bolton was ousted from the administration.
Trump was particularly dismayed by Bolton’s remarks that North Korea would be taken care of using the “Libyan model.” This was a huge set-back in the ongoing peace talks between Trump and his good friend North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
“And it set us back, and frankly he wanted to do things — not necessarily tougher than me — You know John’s known as a tough guy. He’s so tough he got us into Iraq … but he’s actually somebody I had a very good relationship with. But he wasn’t getting along with people in the administration that I consider very important,” Trump said.
“As soon as he mentioned that, the Libyan model, what a disaster. Take a look at what happened to Gadhafi,” he added. “I don’t blame Kim Jong Un for what he said after that. And he wanted nothing to do with John Bolton. And that’s not a question of being tough. That’s a question of being not smart to say something like that.”
Trump went on to mock Bolton for his history of supporting failed foreign policy.
“John wasn’t in line with what we were doing and actually in some cases he thought it was too tough what we were doing,” he said. “Mr. Tough Guy, you know, you had to go into Iraq. Going into Iraq was something he felt very strongly about.”
Bolton’s social media posts indicate that he may be getting ready to join the left-wing resistance. The mustachioed warmonger signed a book deal earlier this month worth $2 million, and the book is scheduled to be published before the 2020 presidential election.
President Trump trusted Bolton to serve in his administration despite their many differences, and that trust may be broken by a neoconservative scorned by Trump’s unwillingness to start illegal wars.
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