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Move over ayatollahs: Bolton turns tweets and talons on Maduro
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 27, 2019 / 10:40 AM / UPDATED 6 HOURS AGO
Move over ayatollahs: Bolton turns tweets and talons on Maduro
Roberta Rampton
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There’s a new cartoon up on the wall in John Bolton’s West Wing office, one that depicts U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser shaking maracas and dreaming of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro behind bars in an orange jumpsuit.
A cartoon caricature of John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, is seen in this image provided by Venezuelan cartoonist Fernando Pinilla that now hangs framed on the wall of Bolton's West Wing office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 27, 2019. Courtesy Fernando Pinilla/Handout via REUTERS
Until now, the trophy wall has been dominated by mementos associated with Bolton’s signature foreign policy fight: Iran. One cartoon features an ayatollah hearing about Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
The new addition is a sign of how Bolton’s hawkish focus has zeroed in on a new target - getting Maduro to leave Venezuela. It’s a battle he has waged on Twitter, where his acid-tongued trolling of the socialist leader has made him one of the Trump administration’s fiercest voices on the issue.
Since January, Bolton has fired off more than 130 withering missives directed at Maduro, accounting for three quarters of all his Twitter activity in that time and more than a third of all his tweets since Trump named him national security adviser in March 2018.
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Move over ayatollahs: Bolton turns tweets and talons on Maduro
Roberta Rampton
5 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There’s a new cartoon up on the wall in John Bolton’s West Wing office, one that depicts U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser shaking maracas and dreaming of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro behind bars in an orange jumpsuit.
A cartoon caricature of John Bolton, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, is seen in this image provided by Venezuelan cartoonist Fernando Pinilla that now hangs framed on the wall of Bolton's West Wing office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 27, 2019. Courtesy Fernando Pinilla/Handout via REUTERS
Until now, the trophy wall has been dominated by mementos associated with Bolton’s signature foreign policy fight: Iran. One cartoon features an ayatollah hearing about Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.
The new addition is a sign of how Bolton’s hawkish focus has zeroed in on a new target - getting Maduro to leave Venezuela. It’s a battle he has waged on Twitter, where his acid-tongued trolling of the socialist leader has made him one of the Trump administration’s fiercest voices on the issue.
Since January, Bolton has fired off more than 130 withering missives directed at Maduro, accounting for three quarters of all his Twitter activity in that time and more than a third of all his tweets since Trump named him national security adviser in March 2018.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-bolton/move-over-ayatollahs-bolton-turns-tweets-and-talons-on-maduro-idUSKCN1QG25V
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