John Bolton vs. Donald Trump: “The threats to Vladimir Putin are empty”

John Bolton Former National Security Advisor of the United States President Donald Trump On Saturday, the president’s last statements regarding the war in Ukraine.

“These are hollow statements designed to draw a semblance of balance – after the things he said about Zalansky and the Ukrainians,” he said in an interview with the CNN network. “I think Putin realizes that Trump does not mean the empty threats.”

Bolton also referred to Trump’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir PutinAnd President Ukraine Vladimir Zlansky. “Everything is personal for him, this is how he does business. I know that people who are hard to internalize that are not behind his decisions, but he believes that the United States’ relationship with other countries is a continuation of his relationship with the leaders who head those countries.”

He mentioned that this is not the first conflict between Trump and the Ukrainian President: In September 2019, a conversation transcript was published between the two, where Trump demands to explore his political rival – Joe Biden And the business of his son in Ukraine. This conversation was at the base of Trump’s first impeachment. “He never liked Zalansky, probably after the call in 2019. But he thinks Putin is his friend.”

Finally, he concluded and referred to the American decision to suspend part -wing intelligence assistance to Ukraine: “Why will Putin rush to the negotiation table if he knows that Trump will give him everything he wants?”