Trump’s Creative Excuse for Hiring “Very Stupid Person” John Bolton

If the guy's such a stupid warmonger, why give him so much power?

“I thought he was a very dumb person,” says newly-sworn in President Donald Trump about John Bolton, the man he appointed as National Security Advisor of the United States. “He’s the one, along with Cheney, that convinced Bush to blow up the Middle East and we got nothing out of it except a lot of death. We killed a lot of people, and John Bolton was one of those guys.” He adds once more, for effect: “A stupid guy.”

And honestly, we agree with you on this, Mr. President. But … if he’s so dumb, why’d you hire him? Surprisingly, Trump actually gave (made up) a reason:

“But I used him well,” he claims, “because every time people saw me come into a meeting with John Bolton standing behind me, they thought that he would attack them, because he was a warmonger.”

Huh. Just wonder if there was a way to do that without giving him the power to, among other dangerous acts, withdraw the US from an important nuclear deal, a move that in large part led to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But at least you scared some people.

Also in this episode: Trump’s pick for UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik testifies that Israel has a biblical right to the entire West Bank, Sean Hannity is enraged that a “so-called” bishop would ask Trump to have mercy on people who need help, and if you thought January 6 was over, guess again – now the Republicans are announcing a new Jan 6 subcommittee. Next we need a subcommittee to keep track of all the Jan 6 subcommittees.

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