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#TheTrumpReport #TimesRadio

‘Incompetent’ Trump is not ‘fit’ to be president: John Bolton

Former National Security advisor John Bolton joins Times Radio’s Maddie Hale to discuss the Signal group chat scandal, the White House’s inability to accept their “mistake” and how Donald Trump and senior cabinet members aren’t “fit” to their jobs

youtube.com/watch?v=2KzTgd0LszI

#JohnBolton #Bolton #us #usa #goverment #incompetence #chaos

Polyrheo’s chemicals plant in Bolton-Est, Québec :flagqc: caught fire. The population has been asked to stay inside and the residents of South Bolton to not consume water.

cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ch
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L’usine de produits chimiques Polyrheo à Bolton-Est, Québec :flagqc: a pris feu. La population a été demandée de rester à l’intérieur et les résidents de Bolton-Sud de ne pas consommer l’eau.

ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2

CBCChemical plant burns in southern Quebec, sparking concerns about toxic contamination | CBC NewsDozens of firefighters from multiple municipalities were fighting the blaze and residents who live nearby should avoid drinking their well water in Bolton-Est.

Ex-US-Sicherheitsberater
#Bolton rät Merz zu raschem Besuch bei Trump
CDU-Chef #Merz sollte schon vor einer Wahl zum Kanzler den Kontakt zu US-Präsident Trump suchen. Das empfiehlt Trumps ehemaliger Sicherheitsberater Bolton. Und er gibt Merz einen Tipp, wie er im Weißen Haus punkten kann.

spiegel.de/politik/deutschland

DER SPIEGEL · Ex-US-Sicherheitsberater: Bolton rät Merz zu raschem Besuch bei TrumpBy DER SPIEGEL

#USpolitics #Bolton

OK the fascist may [appear} be dumb but his plan [2025] sure as h*ll isn't !
OK, the man may be vindictive because he got fired and didn't part ways on the best of terms. But he did see #Trump more than Trump saw his wife.
And he specializes on international affairs.

"Bolton: Leaders like Putin, Xi and Kim think Trump is ‘laughing fool’" [ ± 1min]

by CNN

youtube.com/shorts/EgbRE48j21E

Quote by CNN:
"2024, Feb 1
Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton tells CNN's Kaitlan Collins how dictators around the world view former president Donald Trump and what a second term would mean for the US."

Two prominent Republican senators have split with President Trump over his decisionto sever government security for former officials who are in Iran’s crosshairs.
Last week, Trump, 78, cut off funding for security for former Secretary of State Mike #Pompeo, ex-National Security Adviser John #Bolton and others.
Sens. #Lindsey #Graham of South Carolina and #Tom #Cotton of Arkansas, both outspoken GOP backers of Trump, are now encouraging the president to reevaluate that move.

“If people are going to work for the president now on Iran or China or North Korea or the Mexican drug cartels,
they might hesitate to do so”
because of the security withdrawal, Cotton warned
nypost.com/2025/01/26/us-news/

New York Post · Tom Cotton and Lindsey Graham break with Trump on nixing security for John Bolton, Mike PompeoBy Ryan King

Trump confirmed Friday he stripped security protections from former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, the latest in a pattern of retaliation against political adversaries.

🔥Why it matters:
All of Trump's targets have received death threats during a time of heightened political violence.

♦️#Anthony #Fauci

The former NIAID director lost his protection late Thursday night.

Fauci has repeatedly been forthright about death threats against himself and his family. He's now hired his own security detail, per the New York Times.
"You can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you worked for government," Trump said on Fox News on Friday, when asked about Fauci.
Between the lines: Former President Biden issued a preemptive pardon for Fauci on his last day in office, granting him broad immunity before Trump's term began.

Fauci faced repeated political attacks from Trump and other Republicans over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

♦️#John #Bolton

Trump's former national security adviser has faced death threats from Iran after being a fierce critic of the regime. In 2022 an Iranian national was charged in connection with a plot to assassinate Bolton.

"This is a matter that people should take seriously," Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper.
Context: Bolton was vocal in his criticism of Trump after working with him during his first term and ahead of his new administration.

"It's certainly a downer for expressing your opposition to Donald Trump," Bolton said on CNN.

♦️#Mike #Pompeo

Trump's former secretary of state, like Bolton, faced threats from Iran, multiple outlets reported.

Pompeo has criticized Trump on fiscal and foreign policy and was not invited to join his second administration. However, Pompeo spent Trump's first week in office celebrating his win, Cabinet confirmations, and early executive orders.

🔸Zoom in: Pompeo's top aide #Brian #Hook also lost his security, per the reports.
axios.com/2025/01/24/trump-fau

Axios · Trump strips security from Fauci, Bolton, Pompeo: TrackerBy April Rubin

"Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviser"

I wouldn't limit it to "international" crises based the #GQP (Grand Qanon Party) proclivity for back-stabbing, in-fighting and, in general, fluster-cluckery. I like #Bolton's line, ",,,even harder to impose any kind of intellectual decision-making discipline.”

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/d

The Guardian · Major international crisis ‘much more likely’ in Trump’s second term, says his ex-national security adviserBy David Smith

The State does not have this under control at all.
Did you guys put all your energy into clamping down on Climate Protestors and just ignore the Far Right or something?

It really is 'Property over People' in this sick, Colonial land, isn't it?

bbc.com/news/videos/c25llwx2dx

www.bbc.comWatch: Smoke bombs and mounted police in BoltonPolice worked to keep rival protesters apart in Bolton, where smoke bombs and fireworks were thrown from both sides.
Continued thread

There are also protests in #Bolton , #Southport and #Middlesbrough , where the crowd broke through the police guard

The policing minister told the BBC that the unrest has spread fear in communities and that people are particularly "frightened because of the colour of their skin"

Protests started across the country after the killing of three young girls in Southport on Monday

Remember when Just Stop Oil threatened hate parades in up to 35 locations throughout the UK?
No, I don't either, but they get the Boot and the fash get some Commissioner Gordon style "we will get you, rotters!" pantomime.

Anyway, bad news for;
#Blackburn, #Blackpool, #Bolton, #Bristol, #Cardiff, #Doncaster,
#Glasgow, #Hanley, #HighWycombe, #Hull, #Liverpool, #Leeds, #Leicester,
#Manchester, #Newcastle, #Nottingham, #Portsmouth, #Preston, #StHelens, #StokeonTrent, #Swindon,#Wrexham.

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⬆️ #venalPublicOffice

#Trump already made many public offices venal

A million dollars bought Gordon #Sondland the job for US amb to #EU, where he boasted he had come to “destroy the #EuropeanUnion"

Sondland testified he operated at express direction of Trump and that #Pompeo knew about the shakedown scheme to hold back #Ukraine aid in return for fake investigations of #HunterBiden

He also implicated #Pence, #Giuliani, #Bolton… “Everyone was in the loop,” he said TWICE

theguardian.com/us-news/2019/n