January 31, 2024
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media at one of his properties, 40 Wall Street. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
When John Bolton joined the Trumpadministration as national security adviser in 2018, he thought the responsibilities of the highest government job in the land would tame then-President Donald Trump. In an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal Wednesday, he admits he was wrong.
“Mr. Trump’s only consistent focus is on himself. He invariably equated good personal relations with foreign leaders to good relations between countries. Personal relations are important, but the notion that they sway Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and their ilk is perilously wrong,” Bolton writes.
According to Bolton, Trump’s most dangerous legacy “is the spread of the isolationist virus in the Republican Party,” adding that if isolationism becomes the dominant view among Republicans, “America is in deep trouble.”
“The most immediate crisis involves Ukraine. Barack Obama’s limp-wristed response to Moscow’s 2014 aggression contributed substantially to Mr. Putin’s 2022 attack. But Mr. Trump’s conduct was also a factor. He accused Ukraine of colluding with Democrats against him in 2016 and demanded answers,” Bolton continued.
“No answers were forthcoming, since none existed. President Biden’s aid to Ukraine has been piecemeal and nonstrategic, but it is almost inevitable that a second-term Trump policy on Ukraine would favor Moscow.”
Bolton predicts that another Trump term will bring “erratic policy and uncertain leadership” that China and Russia would be happy to exploit.
The full OpEd is unfortunately behind a paywall at the WSJ;
Trump Is a Danger to U.S. Security
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-is-a-danger-to-u-s-security-bolton-first-administration-54fc9cbe
Do you smoke a cigarette after posting stories about Trump? lol…
Who knows what Trump would be doing with a cigarette, but he’s nowhere near as large a character as Bill Clinton, who used cigars. Size matters.
Someone has to ask.
What sort of a Woman would let a Bloke shove a Cigar up her Minge?
More important are the crystal clear points that Bolton made that are of great concern for Ukraine.
I gave up smoking, but I’d happily fire one up, with a glass of premium Nemiroff, when or if trumpkov is defeated by Nikki or Biden and returns to doing crappy reality tv shows.
Yeah, he sure sang a different tune after being fired.