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told The Washington Post that the only reason Putin didn't invade Ukraine during Trump's presidency is that he would've withdrawn the United States from the NATO alliance in his second term.
"In a second Trump term, I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO," Bolton said, per the newspaper.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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Not capable? This wouldn’t even be happening to require peace talks, John, if Trump was still there.
I guess this missed all of the peace deals and signing ceremonies that took place during Trump’s tenure as President.
“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.”
Really? Yet, he built a corporation worth tons of money. Leveraged it and lost it all. Rebuilt his fortune yet he cannot think through a policy, consider pluses and miinuses, risks and costs involved? I think I smell feces and someone who is filling up their suit pants with same and it isn’t someone named Trump!
A former national security advisor with priapism for war and an axe to grind against the only president in recent times who didn’t drag us into a new war. Yeah, we really need to sit up and listen to this. /sarc
And if bullfrogs had wings and wheels they wouldn’t bump their ass when they hop.
Bolton, one of many bad hires. This is why I'd like to see a ticket with Ron DeSantis as President and Trump as VP.
Bolton is a neocon war monger who send whatever credibility he had left down the johnny flusher when he decided to sign on with the Liz Cheney wing of the GOP.
Really Bolton? I wonder how he managed to run a Billion dollar construction company if he couldn't be "thinking through a policy and considering the pluses and minuses, the risks and costs involved."
Now I have had issues with some of what Trump says and has done, but he seems to have been pretty capable making America energy independent, cutting unemployment(especially among Blacks) and putting the fear of GOD and us back into our enemies. It would appear that attention whore John Bolton isn't done pissing on his former boss and really no one but the media and pissant democrats care what he has to say.
I wonder if traitor Bolton is doing traitor Barr on the side?
Buck Folton
“ I am the walrus. Goo goo g’ joob.”
Always has been always will be, yet freepers here called me a du turd for saying this.
Trump would to better to pull from the FR roster for positions then touch anything within 500 miles of DC
Trump asked Michael Savage what he thought about Bolton.
Savage said something like, “Keep an eye on that one…”
President Trump is living rent free in Bolton’s head and, frankly, ...
The rent is too damn high!
I recall FReepers salivating like Pavlov’s dogs for Bolton to be named to Trump’s cabinet before it happened and having orgasms when it did.
When his deep state POS character revealed itself they still defended him.
Where are all the Obama back stabbers writing books? The democrats have astounding loyalty. Then again, Seth Rich....
Bolton also told the local newspaper that Trump would have gifted Russia Ukraine had had won a second term as president.
Based on what? I'm not sure what's worse - if Bolton believes what he's saying or is lying to make himself not look like an idiot.
So we have a disastrous hard left pedo fraud puppet in the White Hut, who is being used to carry out American destruction, and elevate all of America’s enemies, and Bolton can’t stop going off on Trump ?
Hey Bolt-in-the-head, there is a good chance Putin would have either waited on invading UA, or changed his mind due to a Trump presidency to begin with -
At least he’ll respond to you. He ran away from me like a little snowflake. Poor baby!
Wanna bet, Mr. Bolten????
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