Bolton called out Russia for propping up Maduro’s regime and said it would cost the Kremlin.

Pompeo doubled down.

Now, Trump has cut their legs out from under them, saying Putin “is not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela.”

Tell that to the Venezuelan people. https://t.co/3Cxe9ugoV3

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) May 4, 2019

Trump hired Pompeo and Bolton as a sop to the old guard Republicans who are tempted by Never-Trumpism, but he never intended to allow them to have any power or do anything that would upset Putin.

— Rev. Magdalen ||This Machine Dismantles Patriarchy (@revmagdalen) May 4, 2019