Trump replaced the US National Security Advisor

US President Donald Trump has decided to replace his national security adviser, making yet another personnel reshuffle, of which there have already been many during the 14 months of his presidency, writes “Voice of America«.

Photo: twitter / @ AmbJohnBolton

As reported on Thursday by Trump in his Twitter, General G. R. McMaster will be replaced by John Bolton, former US Permanent Representative to the UN, and now an analyst at the conservative TV channel Fox News.

According to the White House, Trump and McMaster have come to a “mutual agreement” that the general will resign and retire.

“They have been discussing this for quite some time,” said a source in the administration. - The timing was accelerated, since they both felt that it was important to put the new team in place, avoiding constant rumors. It is not related to any moments or incidents. Rather, it is the result of an ongoing discussion. ”

McMaster published the following statement: “After 34 years of service to our country, I ask for the resignation of the US Army from this summer, after which I will leave the civil service.”

Trump's statement, published simultaneously with his tweet, says that the general helped "develop our national security strategy under the slogan" America First ", revive our alliances in the Middle East, crush ISIL, bring the DPRK to the negotiating table and strengthen our country's prosperity. Thanks to this work and these achievements, America will move on, relying on its economic and military advantages. ”

The head of the White House staff, retired General John Kelly, said that McMaster was developing different options for the president and made sure that they were all presented in full.

Bolton, which is from 2001 to 2005. served as deputy secretary of state for arms control and international security, is considered a hardliner and interventionist in foreign policy and defense issues.

He recently called for a strike on the DPRK and to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with Iran.

Shortly after the announcement of the upcoming reshuffle Bolton said in an interview Fox Newsthat the task of the national security adviser is to ensure that “all possible options are presented to the president”. However, when the president makes a decision, the national security adviser should serve as the main executor, regardless of whether he likes the decision.

In a White House statement, Bolton was named "one of the most influential experts on a range of issues in the field of national security and the challenges facing the country."

McMaster will remain in office until mid-April to ensure a smooth transfer of duties, clarified at the White House.

Responding to a request from journalists to comment on the appointment of John Bolton as Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that “this is the right of the US President” and called the appointment “not our issue.”

“We hope that the leadership of the United States will have more people who can abstract themselves from the wave of Russophobia that has swept many countries, including the United States,” added Sands.

A Kremlin spokesman did not comment on Bolton’s personal qualities, noting that “this would be incorrect.”

Earlier trump сообщил on the resignation of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. The new head of the State Department will be the director of the CIA Mike Pompeo. For the first time in history, the CIA will be headed by a woman, the ex-deputy head of the intelligence department, Gina Haspel.

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