Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton is worried that he has a (political) target on his back.
During a recent interview with the Christian Science Monitor, Bolton said: “Loyalty is a virtue, it’s a good thing. That’s not what Trump wants. He wants fealty to him. He wants submissiveness. He wants yes-men and yes-women.”
“Kash Patel has demonstrated, in his service in Trump’s first term, that he’ll simply do whatever Trump wants,” he added. “I don’t think he’s qualified. And if there is a retribution campaign, and there certainly seems to be, he would be a central element of it.”
“I think that’s dangerous.”
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Bolton had previously compared Patel to Josej Stalin’s murderous right-hand man Lavrentiy Beria (who himself would later be purged), and called on the Senate to reject his confirmation 100-0. According to the political betting platform Kalshi, Patel has a 89% chance of being confirmed, which are higher odds than Pete Hegseth, another nominee controversial because they’d dismantle the swamp, had before his confirmation vote.
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