Intel: Bolton ouster leaves uncertain future for Iran policy

Jack Detsch

Sep 10, 2019

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks during an interview at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid - RC15F217A710 — US national security adviser John Bolton speaks during an interview at the White House in Washington, March 29, 2019. — REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

President Donald Trump said his national security adviser John Bolton would leave the US administration, removing a hard-line architect of the ongoing pressure campaign against Iran.

Trump, who tweeted that he “disagreed strongly” with many of Bolton’s policy suggestions, reportedly clashed with the veteran of the four presidential administrations over the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan and Syria.