G-7 nations issued an embarrassingly weak 40 page statement signaling disarray and incoherence about how to oppose China's economic warfare against them. The global West's disarray only encourages Xi Jinping's belligerent tendencies.
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John Bolton
@AmbJohnBolton
Former Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (NSA)
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I'm happy to hear that is safe after the security breach that occurred at his home. He showed courage in confronting the intruder. It's a reminder that we must be vigilant against these threats. I remain confident in the Secret Service and I'm grateful for men… Show more
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The US has critical interests in Pakistan. Continued instability and violence are not in anyone's interests. The treatment of Pakistan's former premier Imran Khan hinders relations and raises tensions. Civilians should not be tried in military courts where they have no access to… Show more
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Donald Trump is unfit to be president. No rational person believes they could get the Russians and Ukrainians to agree on anything within 24 hours. This impression that adversaries held Trump in high regard was untrue. Foreign leaders think Trump is a laughing fool.… Show more
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Reccip Erdogan is the Donald Trump of Turkish elections. There must be a fair count of Sunday's election. Erdogan controls the process so there must be full transparency to prevent cheating from going undetected.
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Trump is unfit to be President for many reasons. For the good of the country, Republicans must demand he end his presidential campaign immediately and permanently. Trump's become a joke boasting he can end the Ukraine war in 24 hours immediately after losing a sexual abuse and… Show more
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Biden's half-hearted efforts to enhance U.S. national security should be a significant vulnerability in 2024. China and both Koreas perceive a lack of US resolve and willpower to act decisively when ROK and U.S. national interests are threatened. America's nuclear "extended… Show more
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#TaiwanTalks speaks exclusively to on his visit to Taiwan this week. Hear how he believes Taiwan can maintain peace in the face of aggressive behavior from China and how the country may be key in the next U.S. presidential election. youtu.be/OWIi9OGdLus
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Bolton called for deeper interaction between the U.S. and Taiwan during a visit Saturday to the self-ruled island, which has seen increasing military threats from China.
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Biden and Trump's combined failures in Afghanistan, both the catastrophic strategic consequences of withdrawal, and the humiliating operational mishandling of the departure itself, should be key issues for their opponents in 2024. They have fully proven their incompetence in… Show more
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I was honored to deliver the keynote speech at the Asan Plenum 2023 on the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance. en.yna.co.kr/view/PYH202304
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U.S. should redeploy tactical nuclear weapons on Korean Peninsula to make deterrence 'credible': Bolton
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The invasion of Ukraine has forced hard choices on the U.S. and its allies. The U.S. is doing its part, but Japan must suspend its trade relationship with Tehran and use its substantial economic leverage to force companies to choose between doing business in Iran or Japan.… Show more
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North Korea's recent ICBM launch is yet another dangerous step towards developing deliverable nuclear weapons. The US and its allies must demonstrate they have not grown indifferent, starting with a dramatic increase in national missile defense.
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Protecting US national security should unite, not divide, us. There is nothing patriotic, or even political, about what happened here. This individual simply aided our worst enemies at the expense of his own country.
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Jake Teixeira is white, male, christian, and antiwar.
That makes him an enemy to the Biden regime.
And he told the truth about troops being on the ground in Ukraine and a lot more.
Ask yourself who is the real enemy?
A young low level national guardsmen?
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America's next president should be thinking in grand-strategy terms. It's time for modern-day NSC-68 - Truman's foundational document of U.S. Cold War strategy. The U.S. and its allies can't afford to drift aimlessly as history's tectonic plates shift.
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America's next president should be thinking about grand strategy. Here are three elements for a new US global strategy:
1. Increase defense to Reagan-era levels or higher
2. Expand alliances to face new threats
3. Split the Russia-China axis
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John Bolton says U.S. putting troops on the ground in Taiwan ‘makes sense’ | Just the News
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China is an existential threat to us, and the challenge is across the board. The next president needs defense increases in the range of what Ronald Reagan did, maybe even more. We've been asleep at the switch for a long time here, going back to the end of the Cold War.… Show more
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“I’m extraordinarily distressed by this document," former Trump official John Bolton weighs in on former President Trump's indictment with CNN's . Watch:
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Instead of begging the Russians to let him go -- if they don't produce pretty quickly I would take more decisive action. For example, organizing allies to expel Russian ambassadors from their capitals.
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“I think they know exactly what they're doing. This is a trumped up charge of espionage, and I think they're trying to set up a trade of some kind.“
@AmbJohnBolton says U.S. should expel the Russian ambassador in the wake of the arrest of journalist Evan Gershkovich:
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Trump is extorting the Republican Party. He's threatening that if he doesn't get the nomination, he'll blow up the presidential campaign, and whoever the Democrats nominate will win. I think most Americans actually don't want a convicted felon to be their president.… Show more
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"It's important to stress that in this case that involves hush- hush money to a porn star to cover up an affair that later involves cooking his company's books, you have not heard a single Trump defender stand up and say, oh, that's not the Donald Trump I know. And it goes to the… Show more
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“I think they know exactly what they're doing. This is a trumped up charge of espionage, and I think they're trying to set up a trade of some kind.“
says U.S. should expel the Russian ambassador in the wake of the arrest of journalist Evan Gershkovich:
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If the Manhattan DA's case gets dismissed or he's acquitted, it could be "rocket fuel" for Trump, former national security adviser says.
"I'm not worried about Alvin Bragg hurting Donald Trump. I'm worried about Alvin Bragg benefitting Donald Trump."
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. on Trump indictment: “The real issue here is whether Alvin Bragg gets a conviction at some point in the near term or whether Trump springs free, because the political implications are vastly different,” he tells .
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.: "So you agree that the Justice Department was weaponized under the Trump administration?"
Former Trump national security adviser : "I can attest to it personally.”
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Former Trump admin. national security adviser says it’s a “big mistake, politically” for Republicans to continue to align with former President Trump.
"It goes to the question of character and fitness for the presidency," he says of the Manhattan DA's case.
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Russia's arrest of a WSJ reporter on 'espionage' charges is deplorable. The Biden Admin must condemn this in the strongest possible terms and demand an immediate release. In Russia, the truth is a crime and America must protect its citizens and a free press.
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The Putin-Xi summit is more evidence of the worldwide nature of the threats facing the US. The only good news from the meeting is that Westerners who didn’t previously perceive the malign intentions of Russia and China will be awakened — and nypost.com/2023/03/21/vla… Show more
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"For the Republican party, it's bad news"
comments on Donald Trump stating that he expects to be arrested this week, calling Trump's 2024 Presidential candidacy the Democrat's "best asset"
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"The International Criminal Court is fundamentally illegitimate"
criticises the conduct of the ICC, following the warrant issued for President Putin last week
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"It's the fear of losing I think that could keep him out of the race."
John Bolton, former U.S. National Security Adviser responds to a question from on whether Donald Trump will run again to be President
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'How twitchy should America be that the Chinese President is going to Moscow today?' -
John Bolton says "China has been in Russia's court on this since the get-go"
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Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says he is "very concerned" about Moldova.
Moldova's President Maia Sandu says they're fighting a hybrid war and are under attack from Kremlin interference
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"The Biden administration should have shot the balloon down as soon as it crossed the coast of Alaska"
tells why he thinks China is choosing to send spy balloons to the US
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. quasi-isolationist security strategy is deeply flawed. China doesn't view the world through a soda straw, and neither should we. If the U.S. deprioritizes or abandons a region, it's an invitation to Beijing (and Moscow) to fill the vacuum.
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Neither or Biden have clearly declared what the goals in Ukraine actually are. We have had no strategy. The effect has been to prolong this war, increase casualties and damage, and give Russia more of a chance over time as the much larger cnn.com/videos/world/2… Show more
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