Bolton: Trump is determined to withdraw from NATO

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, John Bolton, former US ambassador to the United Nations who also served as a national security adviser between 2018 and 2019 in the administration of Donald Trump, the former US president, announced in a conversation with SRF Switzerland that if Trump is re-elected, he can turn his back on NATO.

He went on to say: I think he (Trump) is still determined to leave NATO. The war in Ukraine probably gives him more reasons to do so – Trump has said things that were not at all in the interest of Ukraine and NATO. I hope I’m wrong, but for Trump this decision is not about national security. He’s just doing what he thinks is best for himself.

Bolton continued in response to the question whether Trump has the right to Europeans because most of them are 2% of GDP. They don’t spend domestic money on defense, he said: Trump has this right. I have also asked our European allies to spend more on defense. The United States of America spends about 3.5 percent of the GDP on defense, but we do not ask this from other NATO members. is forced to spend 5 or 6 percent on defense, as it did under President Ronald Reagan. Then the pressure will increase on other NATO members to spend at least three or four percent.

This former US official continued in response to the question whether US support for Ukraine will be in danger if Trump is elected. Bode said: This will happen and there is no question. Trump has said that he can solve the problem of Ukraine in 24 hours. This is of course ridiculous. He said he would put President Zelensky and President Putin in the same room and discuss the whole issue.

Trump will lose. But Trump has declared himself infallible. Trump is likely to propose something that will be very beneficial for Putin and Russia. He expressed his concern that Trump would point the finger of blame at Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine.

He further said that Trump is fascinated by the way of governance of big men like Putin. They do whatever they want and don’t have to constantly deal with parliament or courts. Dealing with autocrats who completely control their own population is more fun for Trump than dealing with Western politicians who have democratic restrictions. He also said: Trump also likes to be like Xi Jingping in China to rule. Trump believes that if, for example, he has a good personal relationship with Putin, the relationship between the United States and Russia will also be good. These autocrats understand that they must protect their national interests. Trump doesn’t understand that.

Bolton went on to question that Trump is said to surround himself with loyal men during his second term in the White House. Will he be more unbridled in his second term? Yes, he has said he wants revenge on his enemies – and he said he’s doing it for his fans. This makes him more unpredictable and possibly more dangerous.

He added: When making decisions, Trump often only focuses on what will help him politically. That’s what makes him so dangerous in a second term: it will be his last term as president, and he will never have to answer to voters again.

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