Former White House national security adviser John Bolton told CNN Wednesday that he does not have confidence in President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic and his former boss was "turning a blind eye" at the onset of the outbreak because he did not want to hear "bad news" about his "friend," Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"I think there is an empty chair in the Oval Office, because the President did not want to hear bad news about Xi Jinping, his friend. He did not want to hear bad news about the cover-up of the virus in China, or its potential effect on the China trade deal that he wants so much. And he didn't want to hear about the potential impact of a pandemic on the American economy and its effect on his reelection. Turning a blind eye to all these early signs I think hampered the country's ability to deal with this, and continues to do so," Bolton told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room."
Asked if he had confidence in Trump's handling of the pandemic, Bolton responded: "I do not."
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Yeah
Bolton wasn’t naive; he overestimated his own ability to manipulate Trump. Selfish and ego driven and deserves to be shunned for what he has done. If Trump had been removed, and he should have been, a lot of dead Americans would be alive right now.
Your exactly right.🙂
Can we wait until Nov 3 to shun him? lol
Agreed 😅
Honestly, the chaos of installing Pence would have made the Covid-19 response far worse if Trump were removed.
I just watched the recording from last night. Excellent job Stephen Colbert! What I observed as you asked the questions that were needed, was that this man and others like him are one of the reasons Trump is in office. He is a party line ideologist that instead of telling the truth of what was happening in the White House, chose to be silent and blame democrats for his silence. Do not buy his book. If he cared about our country, he would have spoke up when it counted.
Leonaza7 well said 💪
Agreed
You always hit the nail on the head. Completely agree.
don’t you have a statue that needs pulling down?
Traitor.
Bolton has insulted the entire country with his self-serving refusal to testify during the impeachment hearings – so tired of all these “ex-trumpets” tooting their own horns at the expense of our democracy.
you spelled salem lot trial incorrectly.
You think the Senate would’ve voted differently if he testified?
DIRECT ACTION EVERYWHERE— uploaded video of thousands of pigs being cooked alive to euthanize them, Iowa Select Farms is killing pigs by slowly boiling them alive. Please speak up.
mate, you should’ve testified, you lack credibility, bigtime.
Libtards can’t get enough of him now. TDS is strong in libtard America. These idiots will actually by his book because Orange Man Bad!
Bolton, Please go on #FOX and say it all.
Tell us something we don’t know.
Trump response to the virus is killing Americans people every day
Americans, do you guys realise that you are the ONLY country in the world whose pandemic is getting worse AFTER the lockdown???!
Oh yes, we know.
He did not have the guts to sacrifice himself for the sake of the country. Spineless.
He hates Democrats more than he loves America.
I just want to say thank you for being there to let us down when it was important that you say something Bolton, you should have testified before Congress.
Not a blind eye. Just void of emotion. Does not want to be connected to something bad. Cannot handle problems. COMPLETE DENIAL!
Did he say Covid break open again? What U.S. in first wave still
USA & S Korea reported first cases the same day in January.
Today the USA has 120,000 dead. S Korea 280 dead.
It’s like 2020 has turned a blind eye to us 😂
I wish the media sepate themselves from John Bolton. I find many people think of him as a traitor and coward for not coming forward during the impeachment proceedings.
People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.
Alan Moore,
Ohhh dear🤣