China News Service, January 9 (Xinhua) According to a report by the British "Independent" on the 7th local time, former US national security adviser John Bolton said that he would participate in the 2024 US presidential election and claimed that he would fight against the former US president in the Republican primary election. President Trump.
Data map: Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton.
According to reports, Bolton said in an interview with ITV's "Good Morning Britain" program that he would not run as a "vanity candidate" (that is, someone who knows that he has no hope of winning the election, but runs for fame and attention). And said, "If I don't think I can seriously participate in the election, then I will not participate in this competition at all."
Bolton believes that the United States needs a "stronger foreign policy" now, and he is confident that he will win the Republican presidential nomination.
He said last month that if the Republican presidential candidates do not reject Trump, he is ready to run for the 2024 US president.
The "New York Post" stated in the report that Bolton wanted to hinder Trump very much. Trump once called him a "liar", "stupid" and "disgruntled boring fool".
Asked about his views on Trump, Bolton said, "I think Trump's support in the (Republican) party is declining dramatically."
According to reports, Bolton served as the US ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006.
Served in the Trump administration from 2018 to 2019.
But in September 2019, Bolton left the government and claimed to resign, but Trump said Bolton was fired.
Since leaving office, Bolton has often publicly criticized Trump.
When Trump recently accused "big technology companies" of colluding with the Democrats to deal with him on social media, and called for the "termination" of the US Constitution, Bolton commented that raising constitutional issues is an "anti-American" concept.
Sandman, a political science professor at the University of New Haven, said Bolton's criticism of Trump would "help" gain support among non-MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans.
But he also said that many well-known figures in the Republican Party are also critical of Trump, and he believes that Bolton has no chance of winning the party's nomination.
Devine, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Dayton, said that Bolton "has no support base in the Republican Party" and it is difficult to get the nomination. It seems more likely that Bolton intends to prevent Trump from getting the party's nomination.