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Trump rattles White House with Bolton shake-up | TheHill

posted onMarch 24, 2018
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Article snippet: MORE is moving aggressively to reshape his team, and the unexpected moves are causing turmoil within his embattled staff.   The president’s supporters are cheering his decision to replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, whose views are more in line with those of the president.  The staff shake-up reveals the president’s frustration with members of his old team who encouraged him to back away from or delay key policy decisions, which he frequently makes based on gut instinct.   Bolton, the hawkish former Bush administration official, has pledged to implement Trump’s agenda, even on matters in which they might disagree. The president’s allies had grown frustrated with McMaster, believing he slow-walked the president’s agenda or sought to implement his own. “Bolton is coming in to prosecute the president’s agenda, which sets him apart from McMaster who tried to advance his own policies and beliefs,” said a former White House official. “If Bolton sticks to that plan, he will be a success. The president wants people in the administration who, when he makes a decision, will follow through on it.” Bolton will be Trump’s third national security adviser in just 14 months, adding to a level of turnover the White House not seen in decades. The reshuffle is far from over.    The National Security Council is now bracing for a shake-up under Bolton’s leadership. There is hope among Trump's allies that Bolto... Link to the full article to read more

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