>>BRUCE HAMILTON: JOHN BOLTON’S NEW BOOK THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED IS NOW ON
STORE BOOKSHELVES IT RAISES
GRAVE NATIONAL SECURITY
CONCERNS NOT JUST AS A RESULT
OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP’S ACTIONS. I MEAN THE
BOOK OUTLINES SOME PRETTY
SCATHING ALLEGATIONS AND IT
ALSO RAISES QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE MAN WHO SERVED AS
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, THE
MAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK JOHN
BOLTON HIMSELF NEWS 4 JAX
POLITICAL ANALYST AND HEAD OF
THE J U PUBLIC
POLICY INSTITUTE, RICK MULLANEY
JOINS ME HERE ON THE MORNING
SHOW MORNING, RICK MORE NUMBERS
SO ACCORDING TO THE BOOK BOLTON
LEARNED ABOUT A LITANY OF
UNETHICAL DANGEROUS. A
POTENTIALLY CRIMINAL BEHAVIORS.
BOLTON ALLEGES THE PRESIDENT
PLAYED WAS PLAYED BY KEY
INTERNATIONAL LEADERS AND MOST
MORE INTERESTED IN HIS
REELECTION AND OFTEN WOULD
COMPROMISE NATIONAL SECURITY IN
AN EFFORT TO WIN OVER THOSE
OTHER WORLD LEADERS. I USE THE
WORD BEFORE IF TRUE SCATHING.
CLEARLY SCATHING LET ME LET
SPEAK LACE 8 TO MENTION THAT
FOR
A SECOND. HE DID NOT HOLD BACK.
HE SAYS THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
INCOMPETENT. HE SAYS THE
PRESIDENT’S NOT FIT TO HOLD
OFFICE THAT HE’S ERRATIC THAT
HE DOESN’T DO HIS HOMEWORK THAT
HE DOESN’T GET THE INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFINGS THAT HE SHOULD.
THIS IS A BOOK IN WHICH JOHN
BOLTON DID NOT HOLD BACK.
SOME OF COURSE WILL SAY THAT HE
SIMPLY DESCRIBING WHAT
HE SAW OTHERS ARE SAYING HE’S
TRYING TO MAKE A PROP THE
PROFIT MOTIVE BECAUSE HE WANTS
TO MAKE A LOT OF LOT OF MONEY
BUT MAKE LET’S BE CLEAR IT WAS
CLEARLY SCATHING SO THE OTHER COMPONENT TO ALL OF THIS IF BOLTON WAS BEING HONEST SINCE
HE WAS NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER FOR WHAT A YEAR AND
A HALF. WHY DID HE SIT IDLY BY
AND DOESN’T THAT MAKE
HIM COMPLICIT.
>> SOME HAVE ARGUED THAT HE WAS
COMPLICIT THAT HE EITHER SHOULD
HAVE SPOKEN OUT SOONER OR HE
SHOULD HAVE LEFT SOONER.
JOHN BOLTON WOULD ARGUE THAT HE
WAS
17 MONTHS AS NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER THAT HE DIDN’T QUITE
SIT IDLY BY THAT HE WAS TRYING
TO SHAPE POLICY THAT HE’S
TRYING TO PERSUADE THE
PRESIDENT BUT HIS EFFORTS CAME
SHORT. REMEMBER HE HAS A LONG
HISTORY. HE SERVED IN 3 PRIOR
REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS.
HE’S KNOWN AS BEING VERY HAWK
US. HE HAS VERY STRONG VIEWS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL
TELL YOU WHEN OTHERS WILL TELL
YOU HE DID NOT SEE EYE TO EYE
WITH THE PRESIDENT ON A LOT OF
HIS VIEWS. SO IN THE EYES OF
JOHN BOLTON AND HE WAS NOT
SITTING IDLY BY BUT IN THE EYES
OF MANY IF IN FACT ALL OF THIS
WAS PLAYING OUT THE WAY HE
DESCRIBES HE SHOULD HAVE DONE
SOMETHING AND HE SHOULD HAVE
DONE SOMETHING SOONER.
>> DID HE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
SPEAK
UP PUBLICLY.
>> WELL CERTAINLY BRUCE THIS IS
WHERE HE IS REALLY VULNERABLE
IN TERMS OF CRITICISM AND WHEN
HE
SPOKE OUT. ADAM SCHIFF FOR
EXAMPLE SAYS HE MAY BE AN
AUTHOR BUT HE’S NOT A PATRIOT
NANCY PELOSI HAS CRITICIZED HIM
FOR THIS REPUBLICANS HAVE
CRITICIZED HIM. HE IS THE ONE
MAN WHO MAY BE HIS UNITED
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ON
ONE ISSUE AND WE’RE AT A SHIFT
IS GOING IS THE ARGUMENT THAT
IF JOHN BOLTON BELIEVE THIS AND
IF IT WAS TRUE.
HE SHOULD HAVE TESTIFIED BEFORE
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON
IMPEACHMENT IN SEPTEMBER OF
2019 MANY DID HE REFUSED TO
TESTIFY, INSTEAD HE’S HELD IT
BACK FOR THIS BOOK SUBJECTING
HIM TO THE ARGUMENT BY MANY,
THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY
AND HE REPORTEDLY RECEIVED A $2
MILLION ADVANCE ON THE BOOK AND
NOW IT’S A NUMBER ONE
BESTSELLER ON AMAZON.
SO MAYBE JOHN BOLTON IS HAVING
TO PAY DAY THAT SOME CLAIM
THAT’S WHAT HE
WAS SEEKING.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: LET’S TAKE
THIS A STEP FURTHER WE DON’T
KNOW IF BOLTON’S REVELATIONS
WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE
DURING THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL,
ESPECIALLY HIS FIRST HAND
EVIDENCE THAT MISTER TRUMP LINK
US ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE WITH
HIS DEMAND THAT UKRAINE
PUBLICLY
ANNOUNCE INVESTIGATIONS INTO
THE BIDEN FAMILY AND IS
DOUBTFUL IT WOULD SWAY
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ANYWAY.
SO THE BIG QUESTION FOR THE
BOLTON BOOK IS NOW SO WHAT.
>> AND THAT IS A QUESTION BECAUSE MOST LIKELY IN THIS ENVIRONMENT, IT’S BEEN THIS WAY
FOR A LONG TIME IT WILL BE
THROUGH THE INTO A PARTISAN
LENS FOR THE REPUBLICANS,
ALTHOUGH JOHN BOLTON IS
SUBSTANTIAL MAKE NO MISTAKE.
HE WAS APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO
THE UNITED NATIONS DURING
BY PRESIDENT BUSH INTERESTINGLY
ENOUGH HE COULD NOT GET
CONFIRMATION FROM THE DEMOCRATS
AND HE HAD TO LEAVE HE WAS A
RECESS APPOINTMENT, BUT HE HAS
BEEN A STALWART. THE REPORT FOR
THE DEMOCRATS.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS NOT AGREE WITH
HIS HIS HAWKISH VIEWS HE’S
NEVER BEEN A FAVORITE OF THE
DEMOCRATS. SO IN THE END THE
PARTISAN LENS. THE REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO BE DISMISSIVE WHAT
HE SAYS IN THE BOOK MANY WHO
SUPPORT TRUMP. DEMOCRATS ARE
GOING TO SAY
TOO LITTLE TOO LATE AND THEY’RE
GOING TO QUESTION HIS VOTERS,
THEY’RE DISAPPOINTED WITH JOHN
BOLTON FOR A LONG TIME SO IN
THE END THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE
BOOK HE MAY SELLS BOOKS BUT
IT’S VERY UNLIKELY TO HAVE MUCH
OF
AN IMPACT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IN THE END IS
THIS REALLY A BIG PAYDAY FOR
PUTIN AND OTHER U.S. ENEMIES.
>> SOME WILL ARGUE THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS TAKING ITS EYE
OFF THE BALL. SOME WILL ARGUE
THAT REVEALS
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION THAT IT
REVEALS SOME INTERFERENCE OR
SUGGESTED INTERFERENCE WITH
FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND THAT IT
SERVES UP ON A SILVER PLATTER
TO FOREIGN POLIC TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES SUCH AS CHINA AND
RUSSIA, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PROPAGANDA AND OTHERS IN THE
EYES
OF MANY.
>> THAT WOULD BE THE CASE YOU
MENTION CHINA OF COURSE ONE OF
THE POINTS IN THE BOOK IS THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT DIRECTLY
TO THE G AND ASKED HIM TO HELP
WIN THE ELECTION. I GUESS WE’LL