From columnist DoyleMcManus: Collisions in North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, and Iran raise the question of whether John Bolton's job is in danger.
, Trump was furious, reportedly raging that Bolton had misled him about the chances of success.
Officials insist that Bolton’s job is not in serious danger. In past similar instances, when Trump has decided to fire an aide, he has aired his frustration on Twitter and floated the names of possible replacements.That hasn’t happened to Bolton yet. Instead, Trump has joked about his advisor’s hawkishness, making it sound as if he enjoys playing the good cop to Bolton’s bad cop.
In the current round, the Trump administration accuses Iran of supporting militants in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Iran accuses the White House of trying to destroy its economy and topple its leadership. Both sides are essentially correct.and imposed stiff new economic sanctions, including a move to choke off Iran’s oil exports.
The two countries were falling into a dangerous spiral: reading each other’s actions as aggressive, but seeing their own responses as defensive. That’s a situation that makes accidental or inadvertent escalation more likely.
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