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Trump rips former national security adviser after guilty plea: "Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!"
Key takeaways
- John Bolton, a very dumb, unbalanced, and unskilled former representative of the United States of America, just pleads guilty!
- He is a terrible person, a lunatic who only wanted to start trouble and wars, and who was a needless pusher of death and destruction wherever he went, the president continued.
- Bolton has become an outspoken critic of the president since his time serving in the first Trump administration.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
John Bolton, a very dumb, unbalanced, and unskilled former representative of the United States of America, just pleads guilty! Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on late Friday evening.
He is a terrible person, a lunatic who only wanted to start trouble and wars, and who was a needless pusher of death and destruction wherever he went, the president continued. Hopefully, he will be dealt with harshly!
Bolton has become an outspoken critic of the president since his time serving in the first Trump administration. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2025 on 18 charges related to mishandling classified documents.
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