Playbook: “It seems unlikely Bolton will go quietly. This is a guy who is a savvy Washington player — he texts with many reporters — and it seems near-certain he will want to maintain his reputation and tell people some of what he witnessed in the Trump administration. He has already texted multiple reporters, including WaPo’s Bob Costa, to push his claim that the decision to resign was his own.”
“It’s no secret that Trump and Bolton disagreed on many things; the president said so openly, including today. But from what we’re hearing, there were two recent points of friction that triggered his exit: Bolton’s vocal unhappiness over the president’s idea to host the Taliban at Camp David, and a dispute over whether to waive some sanctions on Iran ahead of a possible summit with President Hassan Rouhani. The two men had a heated conversation on the phone after Trump’s rally Monday night in North Carolina, and that was it.”
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