It's happening. McMaster out Bolton is in.

[herding cats]

WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump’s national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation, will resign and be replaced by John R. Bolton, a hard-line former United States ambassador to the United Nations, White House officials said Thursday.

General McMaster will retire from the military, the officials said. He has been discussing his departure with President Trump for several weeks, they said, but decided to speed up his departure, in part because questions about his status were casting a shadow over his conversations with foreign officials.

The officials also said that Mr. Trump wanted to fill out his national security team before his meeting with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un. He replaced Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson with the C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo, last week.

Officials emphasized that General McMaster’s departure was a mutual decision and amicable, with none of the recrimination that marked Mr. Tillerson’s exit. They said it was not related to a leak on Tuesday of briefing materials for Mr. Trump’s phone call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/us/politics/hr-mcmaster-trump-bolton.html#click=https://t.co/NcRSvCbDcG

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. We're so fucked.

[alterfurz]

36. "We are so beyond Fucked now...

...that the light from Fucked won't reach us for 10,000 years." -- Roseanne Barr

[blake2012]

2. Dupe

[poboy2]

3. Code red, folks

[Hoyt]

4. Bolton -- racist, warmonger, has NRA job of spreading guns worldwide. He's the worst imaginable.

[CanonRay]

5. We're bound to have a war with somebody

Bolton is insane.

[herding cats]

11. My guess is Iran.

My husband says North Korea.

I don't know which one is worse, or even if they're mutually exclusive.

We realistically could be seeing the prelude of the next world war.

[H2O Man]

22. I think Iran, too.

[herding cats]

24. You're a lot smarter than I am.

So, it's depressing you agree with me is in this one instance.

[H2O Man]

33. While I wouldn't

say I'm smarter than you or anyone else here, I do enjoy some good sources. I've been in touch with one, since reading your OP. I hope to have an essay of value within the next 24 hours or so.

[herding cats]

34. I'll keep an eye out for it.

Thank you for the heads up.

[coeur_de_lion]

35. PM me when its ready please!

[LeftInTX]

6. I was already sick with a stomach virus.....

Then I read this........................

[chelsea0011]

7. "My Generals" is down to one.

[Cha]

8. Hope it blows up

in their fucked up faces

[herding cats]

9. I hope it does, too.

Preferably, before they kill a bunch of Iranian citizens.

[Cha]

12. Exactly.. I bet they're

thinking "war" is a way to save trump.

[herding cats]

14. And Bolton is the perfect man to deliver that cover.

I had the exact same thought, but there's a real risk here these fools could start another world war.

Iran, China, North Korea and Russia would be a hell of a force for the rest of us to try and fight.

[Cha]

16. The brand New "Axis of Evil"

[herding cats]

18. I'm afraid so.

I'm wrong a lot. Let's hope I'm wrong here, too. 🤞

[rzemanfl]

27. Why in the world do you think we have a "rest of us?"

It would be the U.S. alone.

[herding cats]

29. Touch

Touché We're isolationist now. I haven't adapted to that mindset yet.

[Glimmer of Hope]

10. Make it stop.

[Tatiana]

13. Put there by Putin. So we know Bolton is compromised, too.

G-d. Just... this is beyond a train wreck. It's a never-ending horror show.

[sarcasmo]

15. War Pig. Bolton will have us in another war by years end.

[Lars39]

17. Gah! What can we do to help Mueller speed things up?

[BoneyardDem]

19. I was so sure the article called Trump a loser

General McMaster’s serious, somber style and preference for order made him an uncomfortable fit with a president whose style is looser, and who has little patience for the detail and nuance of complex national security issues. They had differed on policy, with General McMaster cautioning against ripping up the nuclear deal with Iran without a strategy for what would come next, and tangling with Mr. Trump over the strategy for American forces in Afghanistan.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcmaster-to-resign-as-national-security-adviser-and-will-be-replaced-by-john-bolton/ar-BBKzUaa?li=BBnb7Kz

I'm sure it's a typo

[herding cats]

21. Has to be a typo.

He's a loser for sure.

[NCTraveler]

20. I was hoping this wouldnt happen. Nt

[herding cats]

23. We all were.

By "all" I mean every decent citizen on planet earth.

[NCTraveler]

25. +1 nt

[madaboutharry]

26. Bolton is the most kind of dangerous person.

He is intelligent, well spoken, and comes across as a person with great knowledge and experience. And underneath it all is a warmongering lunatic.

[smirkymonkey]

28. This is madness.

It just keeps getting worse and there is no end in sight. I don't know what to think anymore. I don't know if we can wait until November for a change in the guard.

[maryellen99]

30. Get your fallout shelters ready nt

[herding cats]

31. Costco sells a years worth of disaster food for about $700

I laughed when I saw that, then Puerto Rico happened... now I'm rethinking my previous sense of humor altogether.

[Blue Owl]

32. These days, Bolton should have the shelf life of a Mooch

n/t