John Bolton, 'Putin saw Trump doing a lot of his work for him,' so he chose not to invade Ukra

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

John Bolton, who served as President Donald Trump's national security advisor, on Wednesday said that Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't invade Ukraine while Trump was in office because "Putin saw Trump doing a lot of his work for him."

Bolton pointed to Trump's outspoken criticism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the military and diplomatic alliance established in the wake of World War II.

"I think one of the reasons that Putin did not move during Trump's term in office was he saw the president's hostility of NATO. It was widely reported in American media," Bolton said during an interview with SiriusXM's Julie Mason. "And to Putin's mind, it's a binary proposition: a weaker NATO is a stronger Russia."

Bolton went on, "Putin saw Trump doing a lot of his work for him, and thought, maybe in a second term, Trump would make good on his desire to get out of NATO, and then it would just ease Putin's path just that much more."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-trump-national-security-advisor-231023716.html

[lame54]

1. Trump was the missile Putin sent over here

[Irish_Dem]

4. Putin invaded the US by getting his assets "elected."

Not just a POTUS but congress members as well.

[Walleye]

2. No shit, Ambassador Obvious

[LastDemocratInSC]

3. Bolton makes a reasonable point

but it's nothing special. I think everyone who voted for President Biden realized the same thing since the current crisis began.