John Bolton, former national security advisor to ex-POTUS Donald Trump, has revealed his ambitions to make a play for the White House. Two of America’s most well-known political leaders may square off in the tense 2024 presidential race.
“I would get in to win the nomination and I would do it primarily on the basis that we need a much stronger foreign policy,” John Bolton, a former national security adviser, spoke with Noah Phillips of Good Morning Britain on Friday to examine events in North America.
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“I think it’s important that it’s understood not just in Moscow, but it’s understood in places like Beijing, that unprovoked aggression against your neighbors is not something the United States and its allies will tolerate,” Bolton continued.
John Bolton, a former national security adviser in the White House, made a sober assessment of President Trump’s dwindling Republican support and said that it was in “terminal decline.” This occurs while he intensifies his own campaign for the GOP nomination.
Bolton defended his eligibility to run for president by stating that “I wouldn’t run as a vanity candidate.”
“If I didn’t think I could run seriously, then I wouldn’t get in the race,” he added.
Bolton developed a reputation as a foreign policy hawk throughout the course of his political career, which dates back to the Reagan administration, calling for American military action and regime change initiatives in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen, and North Korea.
John Bolton served as the United States’ diplomatic face during George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, advancing American objectives in his capacity as ambassador to the UN.
John Bolton was chosen by Donald Trump to be his national security advisor in 2018, a crucial position in the government. It was not surprising that Mr. President referred to him as “Mr Tough Guy” since he was one of the most seasoned security advisers in contemporary politics and well-known for his strict foreign policy position.
The period that John Bolton served as national security adviser was undoubtedly interesting, but his employment ended abruptly when President Trump fired him in September 2019.
Trump said that he had notified Bolton the previous evening that “his services are no longer needed at the White House” and that he and Bolton had disagreed on several of the latter’s proposals in the Twitter post announcing the advisor’s termination. After Trump’s remarks, Bolton announced his resignation.
In his book “The Room Where It Happened,” published in 2019, former national security adviser John Bolton made shocking assertions regarding President Trump’s interactions with China and Russia. These accusations prompted a prompt denial from the president and his supporters.
Although the results of future elections may not be assured, political scientist Joshua Sandman of the University of New Haven thinks that former ambassador John Bolton’s chances of being nominated for president in 2024 are doubtful.
“Bolton, in Republican politics, does not have much political visibility outside a narrow group of people interested in foreign policy issues,” Sandman said.
“It would be very difficult to take the spotlight from Trump, [former Vice President] Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis or other more broadly known Republicans contenders,” he added.
According to Newsweek, Christopher Devine, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton, concurs with Sandman’s judgment. Both people see the approaching US elections to be a clear referendum on the politics and principles of the country as it is now.
“[Bolton] has no base of support within the Republican Party, and has never run for elected office,” Devine spoke with Newsweek.
“Even in a wide-open field, it would be very difficult for him to win the nomination. But with Donald Trump also running, as a former president who is still widely popular in the Republican Party, Bolton has little hope of coming in first,” Devine said.
Bolton’s focus on an aggressive foreign policy, in the opinion of Dr. Rob Goodman, a political theorist and assistant professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Politics and Public Administration “very popular in the Republican Party or in the country as a whole.”
“In general, foreign policy just doesn’t drive that much support one way or the other when it comes to primary elections or to public opinion in general,” Goodman spoke with Newsweek.
