Posted on 06/29/2020 7:43:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton criticized on Sunday President Trump’s response to reports that Russian military operatives offered bounties to Afghan militants to kill U.S. troops – saying Trump’s decision-making is “not connected to reality” and bashing the president for denying that he was aware of the bounties.
The comments by Bolton, whose upcoming memoir about his time in the Trump White House has drawn the ire of the president, come as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on action to be taken against Moscow following reports in the New York Times that a Russian spy unit paid the Taliban to attack U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan.
Trump sent out a tweet early Sunday morning denying that he had ever been briefed about the Russian bounties and questioning the veracity of the New York Times’ reporting.
“This is the problem with the president's decision-making,” Bolton said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It's not connected to reality, it’s connected to his personal position.”
Bolton added that if Trump had actually not been informed about the alleged bounties on U.S. troops, then he should have had the director of national intelligence report to him on the matter. Former Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, was recently confirmed as Trump’s new DNI and said over the weekend that he never briefed the president on the issue.
“If the president hadn't heard, presumably, he should have called up the DNI, and asked,” Bolton said. “That in and of itself is disturbing.”
The New York Times first reported that American intelligence officials have determined a Russian military unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces, including targeting American troops. The Wall Street Journal and Washington Post also reported on the Kremlin's effort to orchestrate attacks on Western troops.
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Bolton's working with and/or for the DNC.
Bolton has entered the last phase of his one man crusade...to be somebody... poor old feller, Bless his heart.
Yes, it is.
That is stupid. But as long as he’s dissing the President, no one will question him.
Even the Taliban denied it.
Director of Intelligence John Ratcliffe denied that the president was briefed on the situation. Former Director of Intelligence Richard Grenell said that the report only included “partial information” and that those using the information did not understand how the intelligence community verifies such claims
Bolton is probably the leaker and still has intelligence clearance. I expect more intel leaks to happen from now until election.
Bolton was fired last September. He’s speaking on things he could not have no direct knowledge of.
He stated today that he briefed the President back in March 2019. That’s hist story.
Bolton’s book looses importance merely by the sheer volume of trivia it contains. It is like Bolton’s daily diary. It might be correct but you will never find the paragraph of greatest interest because it is not arranged by dates, or index, or topics. It’s a mish-mash of self justification.
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