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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI. Don't. Trust. Bolton.
I find myself trying to figure out his angle. I know it is not the truth, the good of the country and our Constitution that motivate him. His history and the fact that he has sat on this for months make me doubt that it is anything but self-interest.
Book sales? - probably not enough
Revenge? - Maybe.
Future position? - unlikely
Failed blackmail? - sort of fits.
Double-cross where the leaks were staged and in testimony he denies? - Too scary to contemplate.
Skittles
(153,226 posts)but.....would Bolton unload for revenge and money? We all know repukes are mainly motivated by GREED
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)Jarqui
(10,130 posts)dchill
(38,565 posts)He. Detests. Trump.
underpants
(182,950 posts)Just saying.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)But there are ways to get a few fake pages inserted into a poorly secured manuscript. It's the sort of thing Rove would have done.
underpants
(182,950 posts)I don't know where he goes after this. The left will never have him. He will be a pariah of the right. Sure there are organizations that will have him due to the titles he's had (which are ridiculous) but he'll vanish from the public eye.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)🤞🤞
Jade Fox
(10,030 posts)Bolton and whoever is advising him probably planned this with maximum sales in mind.
Lochloosa
(16,073 posts)In Trump.
Just my opinion.
Arthur_Frain
(1,864 posts)At this point in time Im not exactly sure why we want witnesses. Its painfully obvious at this point that the republicans and their supporters care nothing for oaths.
Any republican witness you put on the stand is not going to worry about lying under oath. Theyve learned there is no consequence for it.
Any favorable witness you want to put on the stand, the republicans are going to use their majority to deny, or if they cant do that, the presidents defense team will tell lies, accuse the witness of lying, and trumps base will do fist bumps.
What we get out of this is the on record votes of seated republicans to use against them in upcoming elections. Thats really a best case scenario here.
bluestarone
(17,067 posts)ALL notes and DOCUMENTS from ALL of these fuckers!!
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)Bettie
(16,132 posts)but, what is his book worth if he says something different in front of the Senate, while under oath?
That's the part I cling to.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)If he claims the leak story is false and it turns out the book backs Trump. Every Trumper will buy five copies for their Momma.
Has Bolton publicly confirmed the authenticity yet?
CrispyQ
(36,540 posts)???
wishstar
(5,272 posts)after McConnell had already announced coordination with WH and signaled he would shut down trial asap
VOX
(22,976 posts)Hes as unstable as they come, like a load of nitroglycerin in a buckboard.
Even Trump Trump! was supposedly put off Boltons appetite for preemptive war and regime change(s).
All signs point to steer clear when it comes to Bolton.