The proposal appears to be timed to bolster ally Benjamin Netanyahu, and to paper over differences on Iran.
A person close to Bolton says Trump raised the possibility of lifting sanctions on Monday, leading the national security adviser to quit.
Every Democrat running for president opposes the Trump doctrine in some way.
John Bolton, President Trump’s third national security adviser, took issue with the president’s assertion that he was fired, saying he had offered his resignation.
The abrupt disclosure appeared to deal a significant blow to the ongoing peace talks.
Despite the president’s unwillingness to criticize Kim Jong Un, U.S. officials lately have been rebuffed time and again in their overtures to the North Korean leader’s underlings.
The departure of lawyer Jason D. Greenblatt leaves the Arab-Israeli peace effort without its top full-time leader.
No one was more gleeful than Trump to see Johnson’s political ascent on the back of the promised British withdrawal from the E.U., and no other world leader may have as much to lose from the stunning political humiliation of a populist brother-in-arms.
A proposal would have Germany slightly increase payments for administrative costs for the alliance, while the U.S. share would drop.
President Trump announced the trip at the start of a Cabinet meeting, at which he also renewed his false claim that Democrats are responsible for “loopholes” that led to his family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border.