President Donald Trump's longest-serving national security adviser John Bolton condemned his presidency as dangerously damaging to the United States and argued the 2020 election is the last 'guardrail' to protect the country from him. In the interview with ABC News Chief Global Affairs
President Donald Trump's longest-serving national security adviser John Bolton condemned his presidency as dangerously damaging to the United States and argued the 2020 election is the last"guardrail" to protect the country from him.
Trump himself has blasted Bolton as a"wacko" and"liar," while accusing him of revealing classified information and attacking him personally:"Everybody in the White House hated John Bolton." Those comments contradict what Trump said just months ago after Bolton left the administration, telling reporters in November,"I like John Bolton. I always got along with him.
Why Bolton didn't speak out soonerThe critics have not been swayed by Bolton's explanation for why he stayed silent for months, until his book was ready for release. Last fall after resigning -- Trump said he was fired -- he rejected a request to testify before the House and said he would testify only if a judge ordered him to obey a subpoena. The House declined to issue the subpoena to avoid a legal battle.
"It's not my obligation to help the Democrats out of their own problem. My judgment was that I was prepared to testify. But I think now this is actually a better time to tell the story because now the American people can look at it in the context of the most important political decision we make as a nation every four years," he said.
"The defense of the president was, he cares about the general corruption in the Ukraine, and that was on his mind -- that's utter nonsense," Bolton told ABC News, adding the Ukrainian government"fully understood" the connection. Bolton said they all were actively working to convince Trump to separate the aid from any Ukrainian probe.
He cited specific examples of strongmen leaders who had"mastered the art of ringing bells," including Xi Jinping of China, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. Whatever was said to Erdogan, Halkbank was indicted last fall for fraud, money laundering, and sanctions violations after a negotiated settlement fell apart.While some critics have charged that Bolton's stories will weaken Trump's position on the world stage, Bolton shot back he's"not telling Vladimir Putin anything that he doesn't already know -- and it's telling the American people something they may not be aware of.
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