{"id":382676,"date":"2018-10-28T01:11:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-john-bolton-behind-whisper-campaign-to-oust-mattis\/"},"modified":"2018-10-28T01:11:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T00:11:54","slug":"prison-planet-com-john-bolton-behind-whisper-campaign-to-oust-mattis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-john-bolton-behind-whisper-campaign-to-oust-mattis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb John Bolton Behind \u201cWhisper Campaign\u201d To Oust Mattis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-10-26\/bolton-pushing-oust-mattis-over-ideological-differences\"><strong>Zero Hedge<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 27, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long before President Trump declared that his defense secretary, whom he had previously praised as \u201cthe real deal\u201d, was actually \u201ckind of a Democrat\u201d, National Security Advisor John Bolton and his deputy, Mira Ricardel, had launched a \u201cwhisper campaign\u201d within the West Wing to try to oust the longtime general, eventually succeeding in cutting him out of presidential briefings due to the view that Mattis wasn\u2019t \u201cideologically aligned\u201d with the administration, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2018\/10\/25\/boltons-whisper-campaign-to-oust-mattis\/\">Foreign Policy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to two anonymous West Wing sources, Bolton and Ricardel are \u201ctrying to build a sense that [Mattis] is done for.\u201d \u201cThey have their knives out,\u201d one official added. However, the campaign to oust Mattis has been met with resistance by lawmakers and some inside the administration, who believe Mattis is one of the few members of Trump\u2019s cabinet who enjoys genuine bipartisan respect and support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.10.26mattis.JPG?itok=eLNEFOiF\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.10.26mattis.JPG?itok=eLNEFOiF\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/2018.10.26mattis.JPG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2018.10.26mattis.JPG?itok=eLNEFOiF 1x\" alt=\"Mattis\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"26135451-b187-4e6d-8385-82a2691314ed\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bolton has successfully managed to cut down on the number of National Security Council meetings, ensuring that he is the closest to Trump on issues involving national security \u2013 where Bolton is known for his fervent interventionism and continued support of the Iraq war. <strong>Though one source aligned with Bolton said the idea that the NSC isn\u2019t meeting regularly enough is \u201c100% Mattis spin.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>One Trump administration official noted, <strong>\u201cMira and Bolton are the only ones who benefit if Secretary Mattis leaves.\u201d The secretary is \u201chighly regarded\u201d within the cabinet and by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, the official said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The question of Mattis\u2019s departure is closely watched in Washington, in part because he\u2019s viewed as an experienced professional with a steady hand in an administration often plagued by turmoil. In countries that have had disputes with the Trump administration \u2013 on Iran or NATO, for example \u2013 knowing that Mattis&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/john-bolton-behind-whisper-campaign-to-oust-mattis.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zero HedgeOctober 27, 2018 Long before President Trump declared that his defense secretary, whom he had previously praised as \u201cthe real deal\u201d, was actually \u201ckind of a Democrat\u201d, National Security Advisor John Bolton and his deputy, Mira Ricardel, had launched a \u201cwhisper campaign\u201d within the West Wing to try to oust the longtime general, eventually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-382676","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}