Former national security adviser John Bolton mocked US President Donald Trump´s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner during a special speech last week, and pointed out that his former president´s approach to US policy toward Turkey It could be driven by personal or financial interests, according to many people who attended the meeting, "NBC News revealed.
"According to six people who were there, Bolton questioned Trump´s merits and his ability to apply his experience as a foreign policy entrepreneur, saying that such issues cannot be dealt with as contracts of profit or loss in real estate transactions: if one fails to move to the other," the network claimed. The description was part of a broader picture identified by Bolton "for the president (Trump) who lacks an understanding of the interrelated nature of relations in foreign policy and the need for coherence and coherence in such a policy."
It is noteworthy that Bolton has committed to keep a low profile since Trump was dismissed from his position as national security adviser on September 10, and the start of the efforts of Democrats in the House of Representatives to summon him to testify in the case of isolating Trump on Ukraine.
Bolton´s comments at a private meeting last Wednesday (November 6) at a private gathering organized by Morgan Stanley Investment International in Miami, Florida, painted a dark image of President Trump and his family who put their potential personal gains in decision-making above all. Something, according to people who attended the meeting. "
Bolton served as Trump´s national security adviser for 17 months, as the Ukraine scandal began to unfold on September 24, nearly two weeks after his controversial departure. President Trump, who said "I kicked him out," disagreed with Bolton, who insisted: "I have resigned."
According to several people who attended the private speech in Miami, Bolton did not mention Ukraine, but he reiterated that he had resigned and that he had kept his resignation letter in his office for three months.
Bolton is a potential witness in the investigation into Trump´s efforts to seek help from the Ukrainian government to investigate the corruption of the family of former Vice President Joe Biden, given his central role in the White House during that time. The investigation begins publicly on Wednesday.
Current and former administration officials testified about Bolton´s strong opposition to efforts to pressure Ukraine (to blackmail new President Vladimir Zelinsky) led by Trump´s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and allegations that Giuliani was involved in withholding military aid from Ukraine until the Ukrainian government publicly committed to the investigation. Against Biden, including the opening of investigations into the 2016 US elections and the possible Ukraine´s intervention in favor of the Democratic Party, along with Hunter Biden, the son of the former vice-president, working for a Ukrainian oil and gas company and receiving substantial funds from the company. N Vice President Biden, referring to the previous administration of corruption and conflicts of interest likely to rival in the 2020 presidential elections.
Bolton´s lawyer, Charles Cooper, sent a letter to Democrats in the House of Representatives last week suggesting that his client, former national security adviser (Bolton), was present at "many related meetings and talks" on Ukraine, including some of which were not disclosed. Yet for investigators.
Cooper said Bolton was willing to testify if a federal court agreed, and basically ruled that he could challenge the White House´s position that former employees could not testify before Congress.
According to "NBC", said people who attended Bolton´s speech in Miami on the sixth of this month: "The Bolton, one of the hawks of foreign policy for a long time, who also served in the administration of former President George W. Bush, expressed his support in his remarks Trump´s own position against China on trade, but he disagreed with Trump on Iran, North Korea, Syria and Ukraine. "
According to these, Bolton told the investment group Morgan Stanley that he was very frustrated with Trump because of his handling of Turkey, and that he supports broad bipartisan support in Congress for sanctions against Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan bought Russia´s missile defense system. "He (Bolton) expressed his protest and frustration with Trump´s actions, believing that there is a personal or business relationship that dictates Trump´s attitude towards Turkey because the other advisers of the president oppose his policy toward Turkey."
Trump´s companies have an important property in Istanbul, and President Ivanka Trump´s daughter attended the opening alongside Erdogan in 2012.
In a telephone conversation on October 6 with Erdogan, Trump agreed to withdraw US troops from northeastern Syria so that Turkish troops could invade Syria and launch an attack on America´s Kurdish allies in the region. Trump´s decision, which was followed by an order for all US troops to leave Syria, has been widely criticized even among the president´s Republican allies.
Erdogan will visit the White House on Wednesday.
According to attendees, when Bolton was asked what he thought would happen on Jan. 20, 2021 (the day the president takes office if Trump is re-elected), Bolton responded by criticizing Trump´s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and his daughter Ivanka Trump, both senior White House advisers and Sen. Kentucky Rand Paul, who hates US intervention globally, may turn foreign policy into an isolationist policy that includes them.
Bolton signed a multi-million dollar contract with publishing company Simon & Schuster to write a book about his experience as Trump´s national security adviser, where the book is likely to reveal many of Trump´s secrets.
