Monday 22 June 2020

Will Donald Trump be a one-term president?

John Bolton has stuck his neck out and told everyone in a TV interview that he hopes Donald Trump will be a one-term president. A lot of people hope that, too. But for his former national security adviser to be so adamant that he thinks a second term would be dangerous for the United States, it does make you wonder why Bolton accepted a post in the Trump administration in the first place. Surely he knew when he accepted the job of national security adviser what sort of president Trump was. He must have known that it wasn't going to be an easy ride for him. In fact many people thought he was the perfect fit for Trump but now of course Bolton is a bitter man and he really has laid into his former boss. The trouble is Bolton doesn't think Joe Biden will make a good president either. And perhaps that's the real problem facing American voters in November. There will be a lot of people, not just Democrats, who will be fearful of giving Trump another four years but when faced with voting for the alternative - Biden and whoever his running mate is going to be - won't want to vote for him either. Will that mean an historically low turn-out? Bolton appears to be in a bind about who to vote for in November. He clearly can't vote for Trump having spoken out against him and wrtten so much bile aboout him in his memoir Does he think some Republican saviour on a white charger is going to appear to knock Trump off his pedestal and instal himself or herself as a late Trump challenger? It's all too late for that, isn't? This is the Republican party's problem as a whole. There have to be many Republicans worried about having Trump around until 2024. But what is the alternative? No Republican is going to bat for Biden. So, sorry, Bolton, it's Trump or Biden or no one. Bolton has done his best to screw Trump's reelection campaign. If nothig else, Biden will be grateful to Bolton for that. But will he get Bolton's vote in November? Actually by now I don't think anyone really cares what Bolton will do in November. One thing for sure, if Biden wins, Bolton will not be getting a job in HIS administration.

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