US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday that John Bolton, a hawkish former US ambassador to the United Nations, will replace HR McMaster, a serving general who will leave office mid-April, as his next National Security Adviser (NSA). “I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18 (April 8), @AmbJohnBolton will be my new National Security Advisor,” Trump announced on Twitter. Trump found McMaster “too stiff” and his briefings too long. President Trump, who had once supported it, has since insisted he was one of its earliest critics. Bolton has the agreement “the diplomatic Waterloo Mr Obama negotiated”, and has called for the United States to pull out if it.

Source: Hindustan Times March 23, 2018 02:37 UTC