“Long-simmering tensions between top figures on President Trump’s national security team have devolved into all-out hostility, creating a deep disconnect between staffers on the National Security Council, led by John Bolton, and the rest of the administration,” CNN reports.
“While there’s been friction between Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for months, things have gotten worse recently. Bolton and Pompeo rarely speak outside of formal meetings, including a recent stretch of going weeks without speaking to one another. That has left key coordination efforts between the White House and State Department to underlings.”
“There’s also a rift between Bolton and Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who oversees the West Wing.”
