Bite me, John Bolton

| 11:00 pm EST December 22, 2019
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Oh good, John Bolton has something new to say. That’s right, the guy who quit / got fired from the White House because he didn’t want to be a part of what he saw as Donald Trump’s crime spree, but can’t be bothered to testify about it, wants to say something. Yes, he’s criticizing Trump on some other issue. But I just can’t make myself care.

John Bolton wants everyone to know that Donald Trump is screwing up his North Korea policy. Great. Bolton also wants everyone to know that he’s advising Trump to publicly admit he’s failed with North Korea. Fantastic. Whatever. Does Bolton want a medal?

Bolton is a material witness to a felony committed by the President of the United States. Yet when it came time for him to do his basic civic duty, he hid behind a court battle, even as his former underlings like Fiona Hill and Colonel Vindman testified instead. Even after a judge ruled that former White House officials must testify in the House impeachment hearings, Bolton hid behind an appeal.

Wake me if John Bolton decides he’s willing to show up and testify at Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial. Short of that, he’s just a far-right warmonger who’s refusing to testify because he’s afraid Donald Trump will tweet mean things about him, or he’s afraid he’ll hurt sales of his upcoming book, or both. Bolton has always been trash, and he’s reminding us that he’s still trash.