New York Times: Five files prompted Trump to dismiss Bolton .. What?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump and national security adviser John Bolton disagreed on Washington's policy on five dossiers, the latest of which was the peace plan with the Taliban in Afghanistan, The New York Times reported.

According to a report in the newspaper that the divergence of views between the two men on the major external challenges facing the United States due to the views of Bolton, who favors a "hard" policy towards some countries, based on the imposition of sanctions and pre-emptive military operations, even if Trump preferred to deal with it through Diplomatic channels.

The paper highlighted files on five countries that have been the source of a dispute between Trump, who is reluctant to expand the US military presence abroad, and Bolton - Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Russia and Venezuela.

Afghanistan
Bolton was the most vocal opponent of the peace plan with the Taliban, backed by Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end the 18-year war.

Bolton opposed Trump's plan to hold a negotiating meeting with the movement's leaders, scheduled to take place at Camp David during the US Labor Day holiday, the first two in September each year, and argued that Trump could deliver on the promise he made during the presidential campaign. To end the war by partially withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan without concluding an agreement with the leaders of a "terrorist group," he said.

Trump announced on Saturday the cancellation of the Camp David meeting with Taliban leaders via a series of tweets in his Twitter account, and supporters to negotiate with the movement blamed it on Bolton, according to the newspaper.

North Korea
According to the New York Times, Trump sees one of his most important foreign policy achievements as the thawing of tensions between his country and North Korea. While he said he was unhappy that North Korea test-fired missiles in May, he played down their significance, saying the tests did not ease his optimism that the two countries could continue negotiations on US sanctions and North Korea's nuclear disarmament efforts, but Bolton did not see a gray area in These tests, and declared that they violate the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.

Iran
The newspaper pointed out that the Iranian file is one of the most prominent files in which Trump and Bolton, known to defend the idea of ​​adopting the military option against Iran even before taking office.

Trump, who is seeking a diplomatic settlement with Iran, rejected a plan by Bolton-led advisers to launch military strikes against Iran in response to the downing of a US drone in the Gulf last June. Trump said the proposed response was disproportionate to the scale of the attack. Iranian.

Venezuela
After the United States and its allies declared that the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was illegal, and declared its support for the opposition movement led by Juan Guaido; Trump was frustrated that efforts to overthrow Maduro had not achieved immediate success.

The Trump administration then learned that its influence in the region was less than expected, leaving the White House-backed opposition in trouble with the Maduro government for months. Trump questioned his administration's strategy there, while Bolton continued to call for more US pressure on Maduro. In August, "now is the time to act."

Russia
Recently, Bolton assured Ukrainians that they would get support in their conflict with Russian separatists, but the New York Times believes that the White House did little to meet that promise, but Trump secretly told his aides that he considered Ukraine to have a corrupt government.

Bolton has faced Russia for meddling in the election, a sensitive issue for Trump, who sees his debate undermining his legitimacy, according to The New York Times.