John Bolton Says He Knows ‘Exactly’ What Trump Will Do Next | EUROtoday

John Bolton, former nationwide safety advisor to President Donald Trump throughout his first time period in workplace, stated it’s already clear the place negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine are headed.

“I think we know exactly what’s gonna happen: President Trump has effectively surrendered to Putin before the negotiations have even begun,” Bolton advised CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Trump on Wednesday stated he spoke together with his Russian counterpart, and the 2 agreed to begin negotiations on ending the battle, which started three years in the past when Russia invaded its neighbor. Later within the day, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated Russia ought to be capable of preserve a few of the Ukrainian territory it has seized and that Ukraine mustn’t turn out to be a part of NATO.

Bolton referred to as these concessions a “complete reversal of the U.S. position” and a significant victory for Putin.

“The positions that Defense Secretary Hegseth announced in Brussels ― which I’m sure I’d be stunned if Trump didn’t convey them directly to Putin in their phone call ― constitute terms of a settlement that could’ve been written in the Kremlin,” he stated. “Maybe they were written in the Kremlin and got out in propaganda channels.”

He referred to as these early concessions an enormous mistake.

“If you’re going into a negotiation, you don’t announce what’s acceptable to you before it begins and give away positions,” he stated.

He added that Putin additionally received one thing else he needed: to barter over Ukraine with Trump relatively than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“Putin doesn’t wanna negotiate with Zelenskyy. He wants to negotiate with Trump because he thinks he’ll get more out of him, and he’s absolutely right,” Bolton stated.

Bolton stated there may be loads of blame to go round, noting that President Joe Biden additionally mishandled the state of affairs.

“But the surrender is gonna be signed by Donald Trump,” he stated.

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