Bolton: Trump’s options for his administration are “the worst in American history”.
The national security adviser of Trump’s first administration, questioning the options considered by the preside-elect of the United States for security and ielligence institutions, said that he has witnessed the worst cabinet appoimes in rece history, which sends a strange message to the world.
According to RCO News Agency, John Bolton, the former national security adviser in the first administration of Donald Trump, said that Tulsi Gebard, the nominee for national ielligence, and Matt Gates, the nominee for attorney general, should not be appoied uil they are investigated by the FBI. Attend the Senate confirmation meeting.
In an ierview with The Hill, Bolton said the official investigation would send a message to China that the United States is serious about its national security. “I think Geberd or Matt Gates shouldn’t see a confirmation hearing uil they’ve done a full FBI field investigation, and then I think the Chinese will say to themselves, maybe they’re serious,” he said.
When asked by a Hill reporter if Bolton waed to question Gabard, he said, “I think so. “Given the Russian propaganda that he has supported over the past term, I think he is a serious threat to our national security.”
In this ierview, Bolton strongly criticized Trump’s choices for these positions and called Gebhardt and Gates the worst cabinet appoimes in rece American history.
Asked about the message he thinks Trump was to send to China, Bolton said: “By announcing Tulsi Gebhardt as director of national ielligence, he’s sending a signal that we’ve lost our ielligence collection.” Uil a few hours ago, I was saying that this is the worst cabinet appoime in rece American history. Of course, this was uil the engageme of Matt Gates was announced, because he took the lead in this field.
Bolton expressed concern about the message Gebhardt’s nomination would send to China, saying, “It shows that the administration is not serious about one of the most importa aspects of dealing with a threat like China, which is ielligence.”
Bolton recalled an ierview Gabard gave in January 2020, after Congress learned of Trump’s assassination and martyrdom of General Qassem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. According to Bolton, Gebhardt said in a 2020 ierview that he was “concerned about the illegal and unconstitutional act of war that has been carried out under the orders of Preside Trump.”
“So this is the person we wa to put in charge of our eire ielligence community?” Bolton asked.
The former US national security advisor also said in an ierview with the CNN News network: “The word “loyalty” is often used about the chosen people. But I think that’s the wrong word. In fact, I think what Trump was from his advisers is loyalty; A sense of leadership and obedience.”
But Bolton warned the US preside-elect that loyalty would come with a price. “Maybe he’ll get what he was, but in the long run it’s not going to help Trump or our coury,” Bolton said. Trump’s nominees must stick to their principles and iegrity in the White House. “In my time, I’ve seen people who I thought had great iellectual iegrity and personal iegrity, but they were just adapting to stay in the Trump administration.”
Bolton also expressed concern about the possibility of purging the US Departme of Defense on Trump’s order. Members of Donald Trump’s transition team are preparing a list of military officers to be fired, possibly including the chairman of the Joi Chiefs of Staff, in an unprecedeed shakeup at the Peagon, two sources said.
In a situation where 67 days are left uil the inauguration of “Donald Trump” the preside-elect of the United States, his governme is almost being formed and new names are announced every day. In the latest case, Trump’s options for the head of the US ielligence community and the US Attorney General were announced.
If confirmed by the Republican-corolled Senate, Gebhardt will oversee the US ielligence community, which includes the CIA, NSA and FBI. Also, the selection of 42-year-old Matt Gates, who has never worked in the Justice Departme or as a prosecutor at any level of the US governme, has sparked a new wave of criticism because he has the least experience. The selection of “Pete Hegst” as the option of the US Departme of Defense also caused many reactions and many experts said that they had not even heard of his name.
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