You are essentially telling us that you would consider getting into the 2024 race.
>> Absolutely- >> If anyone's concerned that
Donald Trump might end up being the Republican nominee for president in 2024.
Don't you worry, his former national security adviser and
well known War Hawk, John Bolton will be there to save the day.
He thinks he's the hero who can save us.
Now, let's hear more from Bolton and what his plan is, should it
become more clear that Trump is in fact gonna end up being the Republican nominee.
>> Nearly 95% disagree that Donald Trump is more important than the constitution.
I'm afraid there are some who would stick with Trump on this.
What does a candidate have to lose by appealing to 95% of the base of
the Republican Party?
I actually think most Republican elected officials in Washington disagree with
Trump on this, but they're intimidated.
This is the time where there's strength in numbers.
The more people who tell the truth, the easier it is for everybody else.
>> So, what do you have to see that would make you say now is the moment that I am
going to declare my candidacy?
>> I'd like to see Shermanesque statements from all the potential candidates.
If I don't see that, then I'm gonna seriously consider getting in.
Okay, now, look, I'm torn on this because on one hand he's calling
out the cowardice of the Republican Party, which is absolutely accurate.
It would be nice if he had a moment of self reflection and
acknowledged the fact that he was also a Trump as kisser until he realized that it
wasn't really working out for him anymore.
>> Until he realized he got in his mustache.
>> God why, why?
But anyway, but the idea that he would be the one to
save the country from a potential Trump someone else ticket,
carry lake ticket [LAUGH] I don't know is laughable.
I mean it's just more of that unearned confidence that he does deserve to
get a little bit of mockery for.
>> Yeah, so I'm totally torn on this as well for slightly different reasons.
So number one, his percentage chance of winning is about negative 17% beyond zero.
There's no way, no one likes John Bolton, no one in the right wing likes
John Bolton, no one on the left wing likes John Bolton.
The neocons love John Bolton and make sure media generally likes John Bolton,
but no actual human being likes him.
And so the neocons are the guys who want to start every possible war.
And so why did he get particles in his mustache back in the days from Trump?
Because he wanted to start a war with Iran and potentially other countries as well.
So he kissed Donald Trump's ass to become his national security adviser and
it worked because there's still enough New York house within the republican party
establishment.
You gotta get Bolton into, yeah Bolton, yeah, and then he came in there and
he's like war, war, war.
And so everything Bolton has said about Trump is true and
can be almost everything, can be verified, right?
On the other hand Trump is more correct than Bolton is on foreign policy.
Now don't get me wrong Trump's not a peacenik as some ridiculous people say,
increased drone strikes, etc.
But Bolton's a bigger warmonger which is not popular anymore on the right
in the grassroots was never popular on the left.
So that's why he can't get any voters.
But the reason why I don't mind him running is because he's kind of
a vicious guy.
So at least there'll be one person in there who wasn't afraid of Trump and
who is constantly telling you what a prick he is and
all the terrible things that he does.
I don't know that that helps, it depends on how he does it,
if he goes to the democratic way of doing it,
isn't he such a racist sexist bigot whatever it's not gonna work.
But Bolton is unlikely to do that.
He's a savvy guy whether you like him or not.
>> Now I'm actually, I think it's fascinating,
I'm interested to see how he would carry this out, right?
Because look, I mean you're right, everyone in DC is self interested and
they are motivated by incentives and disincentives, every single person.
I don't care what anyone says with the exception of maybe one guy and
that's Bernie Sanders but overall they're motivated by incentives, disincentives.
Someone like John Bolton who I haven't looked this up but I would speculate that
he's doing well for himself, working for private defense contractors.
Maybe he's lobbying he's gonna be fine.
He doesn't need a career in DC as a politician to succeed.
So that means he's kind of untethered to loyalty to Trump or
any republican or any politician really, right?
So he could if he wanted to go after Trump pretty aggressively in
the republican primaries.
Would he do it?
Maybe we'll see.
>> To your point Anna, John Bolton has a permanent seat ready for
him at a think tank to pay him a ton of money.
Why?
Because he's in favor of every war.
So defense contractors are gonna fund think tanks to hire people like
John Bolton and especially Bolton because he's the biggest proponent of war.
So he's covered there and so he doesn't have to worry about risk so much, right?
And so there's a secret part of this news story though that we still
haven't gotten to, let me do it.
That's Bolton saying republicans in DC are worried DeSantis isn't going to run.
>> Twist.
>> Because if DeSantis is gonna run, Bolton,
everybody else is gonna coalesce around him.
But Bolton is going on TV and saying I am a right man,
Bolton knows he has no chance of winning.
I don't think he's that delusional, okay?
I think that what he would be doing here is basically a political version of
a suicide bomber.
Where he goes in and says all these things that are true about Donald Trump,
knowing that republican voters are gonna hate him.
But at least he's getting you the truth about the guy and
maybe peels off enough of a percentage that it makes a difference, right?
But he wouldn't do any of that if DeSantis in the race, he wouldn't be necessary.
This is him saying, I don't think he's coming in and so
all those big establishment republican who were talking after the midterms,
Trump's killing the party.
We gotta get rid of Trump.
Now it looks like they're going back into their shell.
It looks like DeSantis is a coward and
they don't have a champion of fight against Trump anymore.
So they're left with the remnants like Bolton.
>> Look at Genk, identifying the nuggets that everyone else missed.
>> Thank you.