Posted on 01/27/2020 3:40:26 PM PST by McGruff
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton is publishing a tell-all book about his time in the Trump administration. The book is scheduled for release this March, but Bolton’s former Chief of Staff, Fred Fleitz, penned an op-ed for Fox News calling on Bolton to withdraw his book from publication.
“I don’t understand the need for a former National Security Adviser to publish a tell-all book critical of a president he served,” Fleitz said. “Especially during a presidential reelection campaign that will determine the fate of the country. There will be a time for Bolton to speak out without appearing to try to tip a presidential election.”
Fleitz called Bolton’s book release unprecedented and dangerous, citing former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who exited the Obama administration in June 2011. Gates published “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” a book which highlighted the incompetence of both the Obama National Security Council and former Vice President Joe Biden. Gates withheld his publication date for January 2014, understanding his scathing tell-all could have an effect on the 2012 election outcome. Fleitz believes Bolton should uphold Gates’ precedent....
“Presidents must be able to candidly consult with their advisers without worrying they will leak these discussions to the press or obtain high-dollar book contracts to publish them,” Fleitz said. “[This book] may set a dangerous precedent since it could discourage future presidents from seeking advice from expert advisers on sensitive national security matters.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
Inexplicable????? A ten year old can figure *this* one out!
Bolton was a fan of the Bush’s who hate President Trump. Also he’s a disgruntled employee after getting canned!
Mark Levin just discussed Fleitz. John Bolton’s good reputation is dead.
It was irksome to see Bolton looking "down" at Trump in these photos,
lying in wait, plotting to visit his stupid neocon agenda on Trump....
like using the US military to spread democracy in the ****holes of the Mideast.
Trump wasn't buying. Trump kindly called them "mistakes."
Bolton is a tool of the God-awful neocons. How he managed to slither into the Trump admin should be investigated.
It’s beeeegining to look a lot like witless... evvvverywhere I gooo...
Can BOLTON’S inexcusable actions be construed as SEDITION?
I never had a comfortable feeling about Bolton. Nothing from him would surprise me.
Lookit 'im---evil eyeing Trump. This guy Bolton has been lying in wait to "get" Trump
ever since his WH days. He's a first class opportunist........and a trouble-making neocon.
What respect I once had for Bolton is gone, gone, gone.
How much are the dems paying him?
That is right, Bolton shot himself now and along with that all his credibility, who will ever hire him again as a policy adviser?
The cat’s already out of the bag now. If Trump has a major weakness it’s that he trusts people that he should not trust like this loser, Omarosa etc.
I haven’t really heard Bolton say much of anything. All we’ve heard from is anonymous sources who have spoken to the New York Times and claimed to have read the excerpt. No direct quotes is a clue. No context. Might be in the book, but impossible to know since it was in the New York Times.
The book isn’t due out until March. I’m wondering if the “leaked” words are really a lie. Remember that Harry Reid kept saying the Romney hadn’t paid his taxes for ten years, and then after the election he said “I don’t regret it at all. He didn’t win, did he.”
It’s not yet at all clear that Bolton’s book says what the NYT says it says. Plus we appear to have another NSC leaker related to a Dem witness.
Videmans......
And that DOLT ROMNEY still SIDES with the EVIL Democrats!!!
Bolton can never have a serious political/government job again, he’s no different than James Comey and Andrew McCabe. He’s a nasty disgruntled fired ex-employee. All he has left is writing a vindictive book and being a Trump hater on CNN.
Bolton joined the Stalinists.
He chose very, very poorly.
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