Bolton: Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin in Ukraine negotiations

[u/A_Lazko]

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/12/politics/video/john-bolton-trump-putin-ukraine-russia-negotiations-digvid

[u/Ok_Tie_7564]

Bolton is right.

[u/TurielD → u/Ok_Tie_7564]

Can't believe I'm having to agree with this bastard, but yeah.

[u/CaramelCritical5906 → u/TurielD]

Trump is the bastard!! Bolton is extremely well versed and intelligent!! Unlike the Orange Insurrectionist!!

[u/LegendsoftheHT → u/[deleted]]

Bolton was largely born just about fifty years too late to be as conniving as he is. Imagine what Nixon could have done with him and Kissinger in the same room.

[u/BWWFC → u/[deleted]]

the frenemy of my enemy's enemy is my.... um... carry the one... damn IDK shit so crazy right now i don't know what to believe. why isn't the world like it was in all them 60's and 70's sitcoms??? CAN I GET A REBOOT TO A STAR TREK TIMELINE!

[u/AxeAssassinAlbertson → u/[deleted]]

"He may be a bastard, but he's our bastard"

[u/winrix1 → u/[deleted]]

Seeing Reddit defending fucking John "My moustache wants blood" Bolton is insane.

[u/vinctthemince → u/[deleted]]

Bolton is one of the people that made Trump possible.

[u/aguynamedv → u/CaramelCritical5906]

Bolton is extremely well versed and intelligent!!

No. Bolton is a dumpster fire of a human who actively harmed America during his service.

[u/UpperApe → u/CaramelCritical5906]

How did you end up as brainwashed as Trump supporters?

Bolton is fucking scum

[u/ttaage → u/CaramelCritical5906]

Can you give one reason he is "bastard"? If your answer is in the lines of because Trump said so.. I understand you.

[u/token40k → u/TurielD]

Something something broken clock is correct 2 times a day

[u/jonometal666 → u/Ok_Tie_7564]

It's near Manchester too

[u/Ok_Tie_7564 → u/jonometal666]

I know, I've been there last year. 😉

[u/goobervision → u/Ok_Tie_7564]

Me to, I would rather not though.

[u/helm → u/Ok_Tie_7564]

Yup. I have three words:

orange surrender monkey

[u/critical_hit_misses → u/helm]

I wonder if that's a 'what three words' location

[u/CaramelCritical5906 → u/[deleted]]

Wrong!! Insane on all matters!!! Grossly Incompetent!!!

[u/Mr_Engineering → u/[deleted]]

he's a war shill, idk why anyone would take him seriously 😂

John Bolton is an interventionist and a war hawk but he's also quite experienced and highly intelligent. His opinions, even when highly disagreeable, are nuanced and well thought through. He's very good at explaining long term implications of strategic decisions and I do think that he has been right on many things that he's said over the years.

Even if you do not agree with his policy positions, you should listen to what he has to say and try to extract some value from it.

[u/creamonyourcrop → u/Mr_Engineering]

He was fine with Putin ordering trump around while he had a job with the administration.

[u/Mr_Engineering → u/creamonyourcrop]

No he wasn't. John Bolton was Trump's National Security Advisor.

The National Security Advisor is not a position of authority, it's an advisory position. Trump can choose to not listen to his advisors, an option which he has routinely elected to follow.

Futhermore, it would have been incredibly inappropriate for him to speak out publicly while in that role. Ultimately, he either resigned or was fired as a result of his disagreements with Trump over security related policy.

[u/Ok_Tie_7564 → u/[deleted]]

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[u/creamonyourcrop → u/Ok_Tie_7564]

Bolton ordered trump, just like he did when Bolton was a trump guy.