Bolton: Trump can't understand that dictators want to take advantage of him

Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton joins CNN's Kaitlan Collins to discuss the international implications of a second Trump term in the White House.
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[jeffreyfitzgerald]

Trump has never expressed admiration for a leader who is not a dictator. That kind of says it.

[randyearles]

Trump will listen to anyone who flatters him. It has always only been Trump doing whats best for Trump.

[frisco]

While there is much merit in what Bolton has to say, it still sticks in my craw that he held out for a fat book deal when his voice could instead have played a significant role in the impeachment effort against Trump. Bolton took cash and turned his back on the country, and for that I cannot forgive him.

[TobinOsusky]

Because he thinks he's the lead dictator on the planet. He has literally said it dozens of times in recent years. Absolute psycho

[brianchase]

Perhaps the most pathetic human in history. But he's the "best" they've got. The GOP has dug itself into such a deep hole over the last 7-8 years and they just keep digging. My former party is unsavable at this point, and it will take at least a generation to overcome. Quite possibly two generations.

[pedalingprospector]

He can't understand even when they HAVE taken advantage of him.

[marshallmay]

Bolton should have spoken up while in the Trump administration. To only speak up while releasing books is disgusting. He is no better than Trump. History is watching these people.

[jeffprusha]

Ignorance and madness is a lethal combination for the rest of us.

[Lynn.Panadero]

It would have been nice for Bolton to have come forward with this information when it counted. Instead he saved it for his book to help line his pockets.

[DaTooch_e]

But these republican leaders like Barr will vote for him if he is the nominee. Unbelievable

[theREALsum]

The first thing I would have said as a reporter would be to correct the statement Trump just made. Kim Jong Un is not the leader of over a billion people. North Korea has a population less than Canada. Like 25 or 26 million.

[bradlevantis]

Can you imagine a president with a profound ignorance of history? That’s frightening

[SereneRottweiler-dcfx]

I got along with Putin and that's a good thing. As we watched the Trump Putin televised announcement by Trump saying he trusts Putin over his own intelligence agency. Sickening.

[markcroft]

Not that dictators want to, it's that they have already taken advantage or had kompromat on him. Putin is the prime example. Trump is the gift that keeps on giving.

[valerieo]

Why the heck didn’t Bolten and the rest of them speak up and support the impeachments?! We wouldn’t be in this predicament!

[superkunk]

I wish Bolton could go on Fox and say this.

[kennethpeterson]

I truly xan't understand how anyone does not see D. T. as a fraud. Career people on his staff thought they could hold him back. Fortunately, they did to some degree. His henchmen just fed the beast.

[eN-plvk]

Trump did not depart voluntarily the last time, either.

[tjmctube]

Trump thinks he is the alpha in that circle when in fact he's the patsy.

[MikeW-yktr]

A Dictator for a day is a Dictator for life.😢