VOA慢速英语--John Bolton出任美国国家安全顾问

John Bolton Out as US National Security Adviser¹

U.S. President Donald Trump² forced out John Bolton as his national security adviser on Tuesday. The president says they had strong disagreements on several policy issues.

Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House. He later said that Bolton offered his resignation Tuesday morning.

Trump added that he "disagreed strongly" with many of Bolton's suggestions, "as did others in the administration."

Bolton answered in a tweet of his own that he offered to resign Monday and that “President Trump said, 'Let's talk about it tomorrow.'"

Bolton's ouster came as a surprise to many White House employees. Just an hour before Trump's tweet, the press office reported that Bolton would join Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury³ Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a briefing.

Bolton was always an unlikely choice to be Trump's third national security adviser. The official’s ideas seemed to conflict the president's "America First" position.

Bolton has supported a strong military-centered position in foreign policy since the 1980s when he served under President Ronald Reagan. He became known for his support for the Iraq War as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush.

Bolton briefly⁴ considered becoming a presidential candidate in 2016, partly to argue against the isolationist position of then-candidate Trump.

In the Trump administration, Bolton called for careful dealing⁵ with the growing relationship between the United States and North Korea. He planned a quiet campaign inside the administration and with U.S. allies to persuade Trump to keep U.S. forces in Syria.

Most recently Bolton reportedly opposed Trump’s offer to meet for peace talks with leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban. On Monday, the administration announced it had cancelled the meeting.

I’m -Bryan Lynn.

Words in This Story

isolationist – adj. someone who supports a policy of remaining apart or separate from the interests of other groups

1 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 treasury   

n.宝库；国库，金库；文库

参考例句：

• The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
• This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。

4 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

5 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。