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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/597523-bolton-putin-saw-trump-doing-a-lot-of-his-work-for-him
Former national security adviser John Bolton
said Wednesday that one of the reasons that
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not move
to invade Ukraine during former President
Trump's term in office was that he saw "Trump
doing a lot of his work for him."
He said in an interview on SiriusXM's "Julie
Mason Mornings" that he thought 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" equals
a "stronger Russia."
He made similar comments during a Washington
Post Live event on Friday, saying that Putin
was "waiting" for a possible United States
withdrawal from NATO and that former Trump
would have likely made such a move had he
been reelected.
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