What in the hell is John Bolton up to?

What in the hell is John Bolton up to?

by digby

I never thought I'd see him behave like a potted plant but there you are:

Bolton gets upset when Karl asks him about anti-Putin statements he made months ago, before becoming national security adviser.

Pressed on if he thinks the US can trust Putin, he ultimately says, "I'm the national security adviser, I'm not the national security decision-maker." pic.twitter.com/yzKCwl2Xes
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2018

ABC: Following Mueller's indictment, do you have any doubt that Putin knew about the election meddling that was going on in 2016?@AmbJohnBolton: Well, when we met, Putin told me he didn't, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/CaQKumw08j
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2018

He seems completely impotent which is not what I would have expected. Maybe it's the upside to Trump's lunacy. Still, one worries that if a crisis happens and Trump, being so far in over his head that he's clinically brain dead, will have to turn to him.

But how to make sense of this?

CBS: What's your biggest foe globally?

TRUMP: We have a lot of foes. The European Union is a foe.

CBS: A lot of people will be surprised that you listed the EU first.

TRUMP: Look, I love the EU. My parents were born in EU sectors. (This is a lie -- Trump's dad was born in NYC) pic.twitter.com/sfzEQb58ZG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2018

Asked on @FaceTheNation about what he expects the "tone" to be during his meeting with Putin, Trump goes on rant about the "Russian witch hunt, the rigged situation."

Trump then unloads on Peter Strzok, calling him "a disgrace to the country." pic.twitter.com/JM5sdCERd7
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 15, 2018

I'm speechless. I have no idea how this all ends. But it doesn't look good.

The press and the Democrats are enemies of the people. "The people" are only Trump voters.

Just so you know.

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