Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton announced in an excerpt from an interview published Thursday that Donald Trump is "not qualified for the presidency" ahead of the forthcoming release of his book on his duties at the White House next week.
Speaking of Trump in an ABC interview to be published in full at the weekend, Bolton said: "I don't think he is eligible for the job. I don't think he has the competence to take on this position. ”
The Trump administration is striving to stop publishing the "The Room It Happened" diary, confirming that the book contains classified information highly classified.
In the book, excerpts of which were published in three newspapers, Wednesday, Bolton wrote that Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help in his re-election, and expressed his support for the Beijing policy of collective imprisonment of Uighur Muslims and other minorities, noting that the president shows great ignorance of issues the world.
"I have not really recognized any guideline except for what is useful for Trump's re-election," Bolton told ABC News in the interview to be broadcast on Sunday.
'' I think his Focus was on Re-Election to the point where long - term considerations fell,' he added.
Bolton cited Trump's engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying that Trump was focusing on "an opportunity to take a picture and the press reacted to it" rather than focusing on long-term U.S. interests.
Bolton, a veteran Republican hawk, is best known for his tough views on North Korea, a key reason he left the White House in September.
Trump rejected Bolton's thunderous remarks; He wrote in a tweet, on Thursday morning, that "Bolton's book ... is a set of false lies and narratives, all with the aim of showing me badly."
' Many of the ridiculous statements he attributes to me - I never said, are purely fiction - He is only trying to take revenge because I carried him like a sick puppy'
For her part, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the information revealed by Bolton's book shows that Trump is inappropriate and not ready to be president, adding that Democrats will continue to monitor the president's behavior.
Pelosi said in a press briefing: “It is clear that President Trump is morally inappropriate and intellectually unprepared to be the President of the United States. This apparently does not matter to the Republicans in the Senate. ”
She added that she is consulting with senior Democrats on the possibility of calling Bolton to testify.
In turn, Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee who ran the plaintiffs' team during Trump's trial aimed at isolating him, considered "Bolton's allegations very serious."
Schiff said in a statement that if what the former adviser says “is true, this is further evidence that the pressure that Donald Trump has exerted on Ukraine, under which charges have been brought against him, is part of a permanent tendency to use his position and misuse the powers of the US administration with a view to seeking a benefit Personal and political from foreign governments.
Schiff said in a statement that if what the former adviser says “is true, this is further evidence that the pressure that Donald Trump has exerted on Ukraine, under which charges have been brought against him, is part of a permanent tendency to use his position and misuse the powers of the US administration with a view to seeking a benefit Personal and political from foreign governments.
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