Posted on 03/27/2022 5:30:14 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Former President Donald Trump would not be "capable" of holding peace talks in Moscow between Ukraine and Russia to stop the ongoing war, said John Bolton on Saturday.
Bolton, who served as Trump's national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, said that such statesmanship would be out of Trump's character.
"He's not capable of it," Bolton told The Palm Beach Post. "This would require thinking through a policy and considering the pluses and minuses, the risks and costs involved. That's just not what he does."
Last Saturday, Trump said his personality kept the US out of war and added that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were still in office.
The former president has repeatedly asserted that the ongoing war would not be happening if he was still in charge, Insider Lauren Frias and Sonam Sheth reported.
Bolton previously told The Washington Post that the only reason Putin didn't invade Ukraine during Trump's presidency is that he would've withdrawn the United States from the NATO alliance in his second term.
"In a second Trump term, I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO," Bolton said, per the newspaper. "And I think Putin was waiting for that."
In his interview with The Palm Beach Post, Bolton reiterated his belief that Trump's objective was to "withdraw the U.S. from NATO or substantially limit" Washington's support for the defensive alliance.
"He was very negative on the institution," Bolton added.
Bolton also told the local newspaper that Trump would have gifted Russia Ukraine had had won a second term as president.
Speaking to British radio station LBC last week, Bolton offered a negative assessment of how his former boss would have fared in this conflict. "If Trump had been re-elected, Putin would be in Kyiv already," he said.
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By saying Trump would have gifted Russia to Ukraine, Bolton is repeating or supporting MSM talking points that undermines Trump and helps the deepstate, which supports Biden and neocon and neoliberal agendas.
This is just the sort of analysis I expect from a sharp guy like John Bolton, famous author of "The Art Of The Deal". [/s]
Bolton, deep state POS.
Biden would not be capable of understanding peace talks. Harris would be laughing through them.
Now you are trying to bring in the confirmed liar John Bolton,? You really must be getting very desperate.
He wouldn’t have had to hold peace talks
Ahh, bolton. The fountain of credibility. I think his 15 minutes was up a couple of years ago.
There wouldn’t need to be talks if Trump was president.
Bolton is way too slow, Trump spins circles around him.
Bolton would not be capable of pouring piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel.
Exactly right.
Have effective treatments for TDS been developed yet?
Bolton’s an a**. I actually approved of him at one time.
John Bolton disgraced his character by backstabbing the USA. He really should be in prison, not writing books and doing interviews.
Bolton is so screwed up, he can’t even be object anymore.
This is another instance of him being way way way off base.
Trump will have plenty of advisors.
He’d be just fine.
Oh boy, as if John Bolton ever successfully lead any foreign policy effort. What a clown he is.
Who gives a rat’s poop chute about what any of the swamp creatures Trump exposed has to say?
Bolton is really out for revenge. Trump is well known for his negotiating acumen in business. I am sure it would carry over into negotiation in diplomacy as well.
No, now you are deflecting to attacking me, a classic libtard tactic instead of defending Bolton who is attacking Trump because you obviosly support Bolton and the deep state, and at FR of all places.
You belong at MSNBC, loser.
Support Trump or beat it.
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