Former national security advisor John Bolton he said he thinks foreign policy under another term with former President Trump in the White House would not be “pretty.”
Bolton joined CNN’s Abby Phillip, where they discussed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to North Korea and discussions he had with leader Kim Jong Un.
When asked what it means for Putin and Kim to have a close relationship if Trump is re-elected, Bolton suggested the former president could boast about his connections to both.
“Well, the Putin-Kim meeting in Korea was actually a meeting of two of the people in the world that Donald Trump considers his best friends,” Bolton told the host in an interview, highlighted by Mediaite.
The meeting between the two world leaders triggered a new international partnership. Russia and North Korea promise to offer each other mutual aid and protection against their enemies, while Moscow continues its war against Ukraine and Pyongyang seeks to increase its military power.
Bolton argued that partnership means unity and is “definitely something to worry about.”
“I mean, you hear a lot of Trump defenders trying to reassure people that the second term will not be like the first, it will be a rational foreign policy,” the former White House official said. “I think… they are deceiving people, perhaps unconsciously, perhaps expecting it.”
Hope, he said, is not a strategy when it comes to Trump potentially taking office again.
“This is what American foreign policy looks like, and it’s not going to be pretty,” Bolton added.
North Korea has been supplying Russia with military equipment as the war in Ukraine continues and approaches the two-and-a-half year mark.
In return, Russia provided economic assistance and technology transfers, including materials that could boost North Korea’s missile and space satellite sectors. Putin also threatened to send weapons to Kim’s army if South Korea provided aid and weapons to Ukraine.
The meeting raises concerns and the partnership could spell trouble for President Biden, as he faces multiple foreign policy issues ahead of the elections and his rival, Trump, has already signaled that he is an ally of both Kim and Putin.
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