The Bolton Angle on the NSC Shutdown of Pandemic Team Confuses me.

[degage]

Something that's been nagging at me is that Bolton was apparently part of the shutdown of the NSC Pandemic team. Why? What was his angle on this? How did he benefit? Was it just about consolidating power? Did he have some other agenda?

It's not like he had to do that to have the virus run rampant in his most-hated country, Iran. It did that without US help.

I'm just wondering how he felt he benefited from the elimination of that team. I don't think he's much better than Trump with regard to thinking of anyone but himself.

[cos dem]

1. Typical republican "we don't need this" mentality

Same reason we have Bobby "Why Would You Ever Want To Monitor A Volcano" Jindal.

[4139]

2. Not necessary

The nsc is an advisory group, nuclear arms, etc. 350 employees. If you been reading trump wants to cut it to 200 employees as the nsc is gotten too big in their eyes.

[Demonaut]

3. was this info released to hurt him? is it true?

[blm]

4. Closing down govt agencies inc pandemic response team is Koch Brothers

directive to shrink government so it completely fits into their back pockets.

Pretty much every Republican operates to fulfill Koch Brothers’ agenda.

Collapsing the US government this way also serves their other master.....Putin.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Yosemite Sam's crazier brother says the disbanding was "streamlining."

[hlthe2b]

6. Bolton purged anyone he thought were Obama holdover/loyalists. SO, I'd imagine this was the impetus