The former US national security adviser has cited one of these examples of a 2019 attempt in Venezuela against the president, Nicolás Maduro, though he has clarified that the United States “didn’t have much to do with it”.
John BoltonDonald Trump’s former National Security Advisor, has stated in an interview with the television network CNN that he has “helped” plan coups in other countries and ruled out the idea that the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol was tantamount to an attack .
“As someone who helped plan coups, not here, but in other countries, it takes a lot of work, and it’s not what (Trump) did, go from one idea to another until he finally found those who were responsible.” for the coups.” riots on Capitol Hill,” he told reporter Jake Tapper.
Attempt in Venezuela in 2019
Among these examples, he cited an attempt in Venezuela in 2019 against the president, Nicolás Maduro, though he clarified that the United States “didn’t have much to do with it.”
“I wrote about Venezuela in my book, but (the coup attempt) it did not work I saw what it takes for the opposition to try to overthrow an illegally elected government.”
Attack on the Capitol
“The idea that Trump is half as competent as the Venezuelan opposition is laughable,” he argued, before emphasizing that “you have to understand the nature of the problem” with the former president.
“When we use a reference to Star Wars, it’s a disruption to the military, but not an attack on our democracy. It’s that Trump cares about Trump, something you only experience once in a lifetime,” he added.
In this way, Bolton has emphasized that Trump “did not overturn the Constitution to buy time” and has emphasized that “it is a mistake” to say that the attack on the Capitol was “a carefully planned coup”.
“It’s not Trump’s way of doing things. He goes from one idea to another, one plan fails and another comes up,” he said.
“He doesn’t listen to anyone else, but it’s important to understand that nothing Trump did after the election (November 2020) in connection with the voter fraud lie is indefensible,” Bolton said.
Bolton has held numerous positions in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, George W. Bush and Trump himselfalongside the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2005 and 2006.
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