John Bolton Says He Knows 'Exactly' What Trump Will Do Next, And It's Frightening

[Wicked Blue]

HuffPost

John Bolton, former national security advisor to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, said it’s already clear where negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine are headed.

“I think we know exactly what’s gonna happen: President Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin before the negotiations have even begun,” Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Trump on Wednesday said he spoke with his Russian counterpart, and the two agreed to start negotiations on ending the war, which began three years ago when Russia invaded its neighbor. Later in the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Russia should be able to keep some of the Ukrainian territory it has seized and that Ukraine should not become part of NATO.

Bolton called those concessions a “complete reversal of the U.S. position” and a major victory for Putin.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-bolton-trump-putin-ukraine_n_67ad6c52e4b0498c1a8f4b68

[Autumn]

1. Fuck that comb licker.

[MagickMuffin]

5. Comb Licker was Paul Wolfowitz But they all act alike

[Autumn]

6. Well fuck him too.

[BoRaGard]

2. republicon Draft-Dodger-in-Chief surrenders

what a whiney whimpy anti-democracy draft-dodging felonious billionaire blowhard he is.

[Wicked Blue]

3. But he's right

TSF intends to hand Ukraine to Putin. Which is what Putin wants.

[Lonestarblue]

18. So what was Trump's blathering about offering Ukraine a deal for $500 million of their rare earth elements?

Does idiotic Trump just plan to give those to Putin because most of them are in areas occupied by Russia. It would seem to be far better for the US to have access to those than Russia.

[AdamGG]

25. Trump will always

pursue Putin's interests above those of the USA. I hope I live to see evidence of how Putin had this hold over him and that we will live in a country where it can be freely reported.

[Butterflylady]

19. Hate to admit it, but yes he's right....

However, Ukraine now has the backing of countries in Europe. What I'm concerned about is F47 getting us into war to help Russia in one way or another. We are like sitting ducks with no one to help us because of an idiot sitting in the White House.

[Wicked Blue]

21. Ukraine has had the backing of most European nations all along

What scares me is that TSF may pull the US out of NATO, leaving the remaining members to face having to fight to protect Ukraine and themselves. And either the US will sit on the sidelines while Russia has its way. Or the US might side with Russia and help smash Europe.

[Emile]

4. Yep, Trump is a surrender puppet. Putin pulls his strings.

[AverageOldGuy]

7. A major victory for Putin -- and --

-- Death or imprisonment for thousands upon thousands of Ukrainians
-- Beginning of WW III in Europe as Putin tries to restore the old Soviet Union's empire
-- The end of America's influence anywhere as our soon-to-be-former friends and allies turn away from us

History -- if any is written -- will not be kind to Trump and Musk nor to the Republican Party -- not one
Republican. And the Democrats who sat around wringing their hands won't fare so well either.

[Wicked Blue]

8. The end of freedom for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

I have relatives in Estonia

[OMGWTF]

9. So do I. My 30-something niece from Seattle has lived there for five years and loves it.

She has several contingency plans if the worst happens, and they are invaded by Putin.

[Wicked Blue]

12. Estonian citizens have been training for years for guerrilla warfare and more

But they and other small nations are in huge trouble if TSF pulls the US out of NATO, as he probably will.

I hope your niece stays safe.

[OMGWTF]

10. So do I.

My niece from Seattle has lived there for five years and loves it. She has several contingency plans if the worst happens, and they are invaded by Putin.

[maxsolomon]

16. The Baltics are in NATO already.

That's WW3.

Worry about Moldova and Georgia.

[DBoon]

27. Followed by Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe.

Trump has brought back the Iron Curtain

[Butterflylady]

20. Amen!!!!

[cilla4progress]

26. Agree.

A lot of sturm and drang but no meaningful action..yet.

Someone has to rally us.

[Johonny]

11. Putin will ask for more than that

When you give him a little before the start, he will take those for granted and ask for more and more and more. No one thinks Trump will out maneuver Putin. Putin will dictate terms and Trump will stand by his side nodding his head fast and furiously.

[Wicked Blue]

13. He will demand that the US pulls out of NATO

[sakabatou]

14. Fucker who helped get us into a quagmire says what?

Then again, he's probably right about Dump.

[Farmer-Rick]

15. The moment pedo Trump claimed to have won

The presidential election, and the corporate media and Congress went along with it, was the moment we all knew the surrender monkey was going to give Ukraine to the dictator Putin.

People who have a history of standing up to that dictator need to get out of Ukraine before Putin puts them in a remote artic penal colony or just murders them. Putin is not constrained by laws or morals and if you think he's going to fair, you are crazy.

[Cheezoholic]

17. This proposal is actually a divvying up of Ukraine between two fascist Oligarchy's, Russia and the US

Detailed in the proposal, as I understood it, was WE get Ukraines natural resources in exchange for them giving up the territory Russia has already taken. This is an old old Cold War mentality after WWII. Not only that, they totally bailed on NATO with this, make no mistake. The Europeans and the Ukrainians, like the Palestinian's, have not even been consulted about this as far as I can tell. The world is about to enter an age of instability not seen since the 50's and 60's because that's the mindset here now in our government.

[2naSalit]

22. Can we...

Finally hang the fucker for treason now?

[Martin Eden]

23. Ukraine and our erstwhile NATO allies are unlikely to concede Ukrainian territory

Based negotiations between Trump and Putin.

What leverage does the US have other than withholding aid, which it appears Trump plans to do anyway?

Western Europe has already indicated it will pick up that slack.

[progressoid]

24. Exactly. N/T