Ex-advisor appalled after Ukraine deal: Trump's brain is "full of mush"

Frankfurter Rundschau Ex-advisor appalled after Ukraine deal: Trump's brain is "full of mush" Lisa Mahnke • 19 hours • 2 minutes reading time "Not suitable" as president Trump voted against a UN resolution that would have condemned Russia. Bolton, former national security adviser, is critical. Washington, D.C. - US President Donald Trump voted against a UN resolution that would have condemned Russia for invading Ukraine. Shortly afterwards, former national security adviser John Bolton commented on the Republican's decision. On Monday evening, Bolton said on CNN's "The Source" that Trump's brain was "full of mush". "There are a lot of strange United Nations votes that I have taken part in," he told moderator Kaitlan Collins, according to The Hill. "It wasn't so much the vote itself, but the fact that we are allied with what has always been NATO's main threat." It is not the first time that the former Trump advisor has been critical of the Republican. Sharp criticism from Trump's ex-advisor: USA sides with Russia in UN vote "With this vote, we have sided with NATO's main opponent," Bolton added. "It is simply unthinkable that a president could do something like that." Along with the USA, 17 other countries in the UN General Assembly voted against the resolution on the third anniversary of the Ukraine war. The voting behavior of the USA shows once again how Trump is making a U-turn in Ukraine policy. It is not the first time that Trump has made his position clear: Shortly before, at a meeting with Macron, Trump avoided the question of whether Russian President Vladimir Putin was a dictator - after the Republican had called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator because of postponed elections. Dictator statements as a negotiating tactic? Former advisor Bolton sees Trump as "unsuitable" as US president When asked whether Trump's evasive answer could be a negotiating tactic, Bolton said: "You see, Trump's defenders say that everything he says is a negotiating strategy, even if he says A and doesn't say A the next day, it's all just a negotiating strategy." He added: "I think that's [...] a sign that his mind is full of mush and he says everything that comes into his head." "This is someone who is not suitable to be president," Bolton said of Trump. "He can't tell America's friends from its enemies." According to the former security advisor, Trump and Putin consider each other to be friends, while Zelensky and Trump have had a disdainful relationship for some time. That is why Trump was able to call the Ukrainian president authoritarian "without breaking a sweat". (lismah)