LE FIGARO. - You were Trump's national security advisor. So I would like you to answer the question that everyone in Europe is asking: if Trump returns to office, what will be the major consequence for American foreign policy?
JOHN BOLTON. -
We must first give some elements concerning Trump to answer. Because if we consider the latter as a normal politician, we are mistaken. Donald Trump doesn't have a political philosophy, he doesn't get involved in policy analysis or decision-making in the way we normally use those terms. For him, everything is episodic, anecdotal, transactional. And everything is contingent on the question of how this will benefit “Donald Trump,” politically or personally.
This is why when people talk about his policies they are talking about something that does not exist. Trump made thousands of decisions during his presidency. I agreed with…
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