Bolton: Trump’s options for his administration are “the worst in American history”.

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 intelligence, and Matt Gates, the nominee for attorney general, should not be appointed until they are investigated by the FBI. Attend the Senate confirmation meeting.

In an interview 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 until 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 wanted 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 interview, Bolton strongly criticized Trump’s choices for these positions and called Gebhardt and Gates the worst cabinet appointments in recent American history.

Asked about the message he thinks Trump wants to send to China, Bolton said: “By announcing Tulsi Gebhardt as director of national intelligence, he’s sending a signal that we’ve lost our intelligence collection.” Until a few hours ago, I was saying that this is the worst cabinet appointment in recent American history. Of course, this was until the engagement 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 important aspects of dealing with a threat like China, which is intelligence.”

Bolton recalled an interview 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 interview that he was “concerned about the illegal and unconstitutional act of war that has been carried out under the orders of President Trump.”

“So this is the person we want to put in charge of our entire intelligence community?” Bolton asked.

The former US national security advisor also said in an interview 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 wants from his advisers is loyalty; A sense of leadership and obedience.”

But Bolton warned the US president-elect that loyalty would come with a price. “Maybe he’ll get what he wants, but in the long run it’s not going to help Trump or our country,” Bolton said. Trump’s nominees must stick to their principles and integrity in the White House. “In my time, I’ve seen people who I thought had great intellectual integrity and personal integrity, but they were just adapting to stay in the Trump administration.”

Bolton also expressed concern about the possibility of purging the US Department 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 Joint Chiefs of Staff, in an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon, two sources said.

In a situation where 67 days are left until the inauguration of “Donald Trump” the president-elect of the United States, his government is almost being formed and new names are announced every day. In the latest case, Trump’s options for the head of the US intelligence community and the US Attorney General were announced.

If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Gebhardt will oversee the US intelligence community, which includes the CIA, NSA and FBI. Also, the selection of 42-year-old Matt Gates, who has never worked in the Justice Department or as a prosecutor at any level of the US government, has sparked a new wave of criticism because he has the least experience. The selection of “Pete Hegst” as the option of the US Department of Defense also caused many reactions and many experts said that they had not even heard of his name.

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