Posted on 06/20/2020 6:30:34 PM PDT by RandFan
Bolton, the cold bureaucrat of the D.C. war machine, was prepared to kill innocent people. Trump wasn’t. Yet we’re told that it is Trump who is corrupt and unpresidential? That doesn’t make any sense. Nor does Bolton’s claim that every decision Trump made “was driven” by reelection considerations make any sense. Trump, if anything, never hesitates to place unpopular truth-telling over political optics. All Bolton’s lame complaining amounts to is that if you agree with Bolton, you are “principled”; if you disagree with him, you are “political.”
But what did Bolton expect? Had he not followed the campaign? Trump repeatedly promised to keep America “out of stupid wars,” the very wars Bolton tried so hard to justify. One can fault Trump for hiring Bolton, but not for ignoring him. That deserves praise. Trump has kept his promise and pursued a sensible foreign policy.
Bolton’s criticism of Trump sounds reminiscent of the criticism of Reagan aides who thought they were so much smarter than Reagan and found Reagan’s power perplexing. But that kind of criticism is just the befuddlement and bitterness of the bureaucrat over the natural leader. Could Bolton start a movement like Trump? Could he command rallies of tens of thousands? Bolton’s sour-grapes memoir testifies not to his power and acumen but to his impotence.
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Bolton is a loser. Never cared for that moron.
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