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   From: liamhardshell@bikerider.com   
      
   >Former national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday   
   >that one of the   
   > reasons that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not move   
   > to invade Ukrai   
   >ne during former President Trump's term in office was that   
   >he saw "Trump do ing a lot of his work for him."   
   >   
   >He said in an interview on SiriusXM's "Julie Mason Mornings"   
   >that he though t maybe in a second term, Trump would "make   
   >good" on his "desire to get out   
   > of NATO," which would then ease Putin's path forward.   
   >   
   >Bolton said he believes that the Russian president thinks "a   
   >weaker NATO" e quals a "stronger Russia."   
   >   
   >He made similar comments during a Washington Post Live event   
   >on Friday, say ing that Putin was "waiting" for a possible   
   >United States withdrawal from N ATO and that former Trump   
   >would have likely made such a move had he been re elected.   
   >   
   >He told SiriusXM on Wednesday that a lot of people   
   >underestimated Putin's d etermination to get back into   
   >"control" and gain "perhaps actual sovereignt y over parts   
   >of the former Soviet Union."   
   >   
   >"I think the West as a whole but the U.S. in particular,   
   >failed to create a dequate deterrence to prevent him from   
   >concluding that he could get away wi th with invading   
   >Ukraine. Now he's run into a lot of tropical resistance fr   
   >om the Ukrainian army which is heroic," he added.   
   >   
   >However, Bolton noted that Putin's planning, operations and   
   >logistics with regards to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has   
   >been "very poor." But despite t hat, he will not negotiate   
   >with Ukraine unless it looks like he is coming f rom "a   
   >position of strength."   
   >   
   >https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/597523-bolton-put   
   >in-saw-trump-d oing-a-lot-of-his-work-for-him   
   >   
      
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