Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   The Truth About A Real Idiot Date:   3/3/2022 11:23:29 AM

An article about Putin's buddy....

During an appearance Monday night on Newsmax's "Rob Schmitt Tonight," John Bolton, the US's former national security advisor, criticized former President Donald Trump, his old boss, over his administration's legacy in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

When the host depicted the Trump administration's approach as "pretty tough on Russia, in a lot of ways," Bolton disagreed.

The former Trump national security advisor said the 45th president "did not" handle Russia better than President Joe Biden, as Schmitt said, and listed a series of qualms he had about how Trump dealt with Russia President Vladimir Putin.

"We didn't sanction Nord Stream 2," Bolton said, referring to the Russian offshore natural-gas pipeline running to Germany under the Baltic Sea, which was officially canceled last week by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

"We should have," Bolton added."We should have brought the project to an end."

After mentioning sanctions the Trump administration enacted on some Russian oligarchs, Bolton became more frank.

"But in almost every case, the sanctions were imposed with Trump complaining about it and saying we were being too hard," Bolton said. "The fact is that he barely knew where Ukraine was. He once asked John Kelly, his second chief of staff, if Finland were a part of Russia. It's just not accurate to say that Trump's behavior somehow deterred the Russians."