Trump Claims Bolton Was ‘Holding Me Back’ on Venezuela
John Bolton listens to Donald Trump during a meeting in Washington on Feb. 12.
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President Donald Trump claimed that John Bolton, the national security adviser he said he fired earlier in the week, was “holding me back” on Venezuela.
Trump didn’t elaborate in a tweet on Thursday. His administration has sought to collapse the government of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro with expansive U.S. economic sanctions, a campaign Bolton eagerly promoted himself on Twitter.