"Doesn't know much about foreign policy": Trump's ex-employee lashes out at old boss - warns of global crisis

Merkur "Doesn't know much about foreign policy": Trump's ex-employee lashes out at old boss - warns of global crisis Lea Winkler • 10 hours • 3 minutes reading time "Incompetent" After his inauguration, Donald Trump wants to end the wars in the world quickly. A former employee doubts his competence. Washington, D.C. - In less than a month, Donald Trump will once again take over the highest political office in the country as President of the United States. During his election campaign, he repeatedly promised to end the Ukraine war within a day as soon as he took office. He also claimed that he was the only one capable of resolving the Israel-Gaza war and preventing a third world war. While his supporters trust him, a former employee is increasingly expressing doubts about Trump's abilities and strategy. Trump becomes 47th US President: His promises in office - "All just boasting" John Bolton was national security adviser for 17 months during Trump's first term in office. He is now said to have warned at the United Nations about Trump's second term, reports The Guardian. A major international crisis is "far more likely" because Trump is "incapable of focusing on foreign policy." Speaking to The Guardian, Bolton described Trump's claims of being able to end the world's wars as "typical Trump: all just boasting." Bolton said the risk of an international crisis is much more likely in a second Trump term. He has serious concerns "given Trump's inability to focus on coherent decision-making." Trump "doesn't know much about foreign policy": Decision-making through personal relationships and "neuronal flashes" Trump may be "charming," but he lacks the competence required to be US president and ignores his daily national security briefings. "He doesn't know much about foreign policy. He doesn't read much. He reads newspapers from time to time, but he almost never reads briefing papers because he thinks they're unimportant. He doesn't think those facts are important. He thinks he looks the other person across the table in the eye and they make a deal," Bolton told The Guardian. During Trump's first term, Bolton agreed with "many" of Trump's decisions. However, Trump's decision-making was driven by personal relationships and "neuronal flashes," he explained to The Guardian. Bolton initially believed that the responsibility that comes with being the American president would influence Trump's thinking "to produce serious results." However, he later found that he was wrong. The friendship between Trump and Putin: "Likes other big guys" Bolton also criticized Trump's dealings with authoritarian politicians such as Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán to The Guardian. Trump believes he has a personal friendship with Putin, Bolton noted, while Putin probably thinks he can easily outsmart Trump. "Trump doesn't see that at all," Bolton explained, warning: "If you base everything on personal relationships and don't understand how the person you're talking to on the other side sees you, that's a real lack of situational awareness that can only cause trouble." Bolton also said that Trump's fascination with "strong men" could have deeper psychological roots. "I think Trump likes being a big guy, likes other big guys," he said. Trump admires authoritarian politicians who don't have independent parliaments or jurisdictions and can make decisions as they please. "It's much more fun when you don't have the kind of restrictions that constitutional governments impose," Bolton added. Trump caused damage in his first term: "Perhaps irreparable" Shortly after Trump's election victory, the Frankfurter Rundschau conducted an interview with Bolton. Even then, the former national security adviser expressed his concern that the next four years could be extremely damaging for the USA. "Trump has done damage in his first term and will do more, perhaps irreparable, damage in his second," Bolton said. Nevertheless, he emphasized that the political institutions in the United States are robust. Regarding Trump's announcements to quickly end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, Bolton noted at the time that Trump viewed these conflicts as Biden-era problems that he wanted to "get rid of" before his own term began. "I think that's not good news, at least not for Ukraine," he added. Bolton also warned that the next three to five months could be particularly dangerous for the United States and its allies, as America's enemies could try to test the new administration.