President Donald Trump has repeatedly locked horns with John Bolton since the latter was fired as national security adviser in 2019; Bolton was, in particular, infuriated over POTUS’s attack on the second-ranking Senate Republican, John Thune.
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton has claimed that President Donald Trump’s slamming of senior GOP figures is intended to ride roughshod over the Republican Party in the final weeks of his presidency.
Bolton tweeted on Saturday that apparently Trump’s “last goal is to tear apart his party” and that the US president is “lighting the torch to his own political funeral pyre by attacking Republicans who dare not kiss his ring”.
The remarks came a few days after Trump urged South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to launch a primary challenge against John Thune, the second-ranking Senate Republican.
Trump has often used the derogatory acronym “RINO” – short for Republican in Name Only – against those he has perceived as opposed to him. Thune, who is the Senate majority whip, angered POTUS in December, when he described Trump’s drive for a challenge to the Electoral College results as something that would “go down like a shot dog”.
In mid-December, the Electoral College vote resulted in Biden passing the threshold of 270 electoral votes required for him to become president, as he secured 306 endorsements, while Trump received 232 votes in total.
With the votes set to be certified by the US Congress on 6 January, Trump is still refusing to concede, citing “voter fraud” during the 3 November US presidential election.
As for Bolton’s Saturday tweet, it was posted after Trump berated him as “one of the dumbest people in Washington”, following the former national security adviser’s criticism of the president over reports that POTUS had considered implementing martial law “to rerun” the elections under military supervision.
In a previous interview with the US news outlet, he asserted that Joe Biden would be sworn in on schedule in January, claiming that “the real question is how much damage [President Donald] Trump can do before that happens”.
Bolton-Trump Feud
POTUS has repeatedly slammed Bolton since he dismissed him in September 2019 following failed negotiations between the US and the Taliban.
Adding fuel to the fire was the publication in June 2020 of Bolton’s book titled “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir”, which describes his time in the Trump administration.
The White House unsuccessfully tried to block the publication of the book, citing security concerns over the “unauthorised disclosure of classified information”.
In his memoir, Bolton depicts Trump as a president who was easily manipulated by the leaders of China, Russia, Turkey, and even North Korea. Trump has slammed the book as “a compilation of lies and made-up stories”, suggesting it was an attempt to get revenge for his sacking.
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