John Bolton: Donald Trump Has No Philosophy. 'It’s Performance Art.'

Donald Trump’s month-old presidential campaign has been chaotic. His recent call for the termination of the Constitution irked his former National Security Advisor John Bolton so much that Bolton is considering a presidential run to knock Trump off his perch. “Donald Trump has no philosophy,” Bolton tells Ali Velshi. “There is no Trumpism and there’s no real succession to Trump.” While he acknowledges that there’s a “virus of isolationism” within the GOP, he downplays Trump’s politics as “performance art” and says it’s “delusional” to think his party is unfixable. “It’s the job of Republicans to repair the damage [Trump’s] done.”


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[SMS]

I would NEVER give John Bolton my vote for anything. He was a part of the clown show and instead of coming forward and telling the truth he ran. No vote from me.

[oliverseitz]

I wouldn't trust him as far as I can throw him.
He was Donny's loyal jester and spread his lies.

[cbe]

Bolton should be held in contempt for knowing a crime was happening and said nothing till he wrote a book and profited from, and wrote in the book the crime trump did.

[petemccutchen]

The idea that Bolton could ever win any elected office is nuts.

[rameyzamora]

The NFT gambit smells a whole lot like money laundering to evade the financial monitoring going on.

[rileyhoffman]

Performance art? I'm an art historian. It's performance schlock, but genuine evil.

[babybijou]

Bolton enabled the performative Trump show, with his silent complicity.. Bolton chose a book deal over patriotism

[russellberwick]

The problem seems to be, that the republicans prefer performance art, to boring politics.

[SwiftJustice]

"I can't believe I'm going to jail for an nft salesman."
-actual maga dingus waking up in real time

[eldenringer]

Remember when he refused to testify and sol his story in a book at the cost of democracy.

[xelasomar]

He does have one philosophy, feed his frail ego. Whether with wealth, or praise.

[brianetchieson]

Delusional to think he'd even have a whisper of a chance.

[DarkPesco]

Who is John Bolton to talk about the qualities of the soul of another? He has none, himself...

[rickfry]

I froze this segment to say; “ I hope the host asks Bolton if he think's the party will support Trump in any way once Trump is indicted, or will they conform to the rule of law, and honor the constitution?”

[joesausville]

Seems to me Mitch that if a president should be held accountable for his participation in an attempt to overthrow our country and constitution that the same standard should apply to anyone in congress too. Don't you think? They all took the same oath.

[dehsa]

He's got a philosophy, it shows in the way he does things. And it's got nothing to do with any benefit for the American people. Exactly, performance art. Are you feeling entertained enough, now, to see his point?

[dryzhao]

Where was he when the impeachment procedure needed him to testify ?

[jackderipper]

I think it's comical that the Republicans helped build the orange monster and now it's destroying them.

[barbarapreskorn]

Nothing that Donald Trump does can be called art! His Performance is crude and designed to spotlight on himself, but making us so fearful of his actions is not an art form.

[PulseAM]

Bolton gives me the creeps, I would never trust him with anything.