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“In 2016 I voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton. Now, having seen this president up close, I cannot do this again. My concern is for the country, and he does not represent the Republican cause that I want to back.”
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Telegraph prior to publication of his scathing book on the Trump presidency, John Bolton said he was not betraying his Republican roots by refusing to vote for Mr Trump, because he did not believe that America's 45th president represented the party’s cause.
“The president does not have a philosophical grounding or strategy. He does not know the difference between the national interest and the interests of Donald Trump … which is very dangerous for the country.
“He came in with very little personal knowledge of how government worked, and he had no interest in learning. I was concerned after 17 months in the administration that he did not have the requisite competence to be president, and the American people need to know about that.
“I wanted to lay the facts out on key foreign policy and domestic issues and let the American people decide for themselves. I want to put this in front of them so they can see what was really going on. This is a history of how not to be president.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...interview-trumpdoes-not-represent-republican/
So Bolton belatedly joins his former bosses Bush41 and Bush43, neither of whom voted for Trump in 2016.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Telegraph prior to publication of his scathing book on the Trump presidency, John Bolton said he was not betraying his Republican roots by refusing to vote for Mr Trump, because he did not believe that America's 45th president represented the party’s cause.
“The president does not have a philosophical grounding or strategy. He does not know the difference between the national interest and the interests of Donald Trump … which is very dangerous for the country.
“He came in with very little personal knowledge of how government worked, and he had no interest in learning. I was concerned after 17 months in the administration that he did not have the requisite competence to be president, and the American people need to know about that.
“I wanted to lay the facts out on key foreign policy and domestic issues and let the American people decide for themselves. I want to put this in front of them so they can see what was really going on. This is a history of how not to be president.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...interview-trumpdoes-not-represent-republican/
So Bolton belatedly joins his former bosses Bush41 and Bush43, neither of whom voted for Trump in 2016.
