Throughout his life, 71-year-old John Bolton has served in four Republican administrations in top official positions. After leaving the Trump administration, the former national security adviser rolled out a tell-all book ‘The Room Where It Happened', criticizing Trump's decision-making on foreign policy.
In an interview to Spiegel, former US National Security Adviser John Bolton revealed additional details on US President Donald Trump's philosophy, foreign policy principles and relationships with women leaders.
Trump and Women
In light of allegations cast by media reports that Trump was tough with such female leaders as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Bolton pondered on possible “increased difficulty” in relations between the president and women in high political positions. He said that Trump's ties with Merkel and May were “two of the most difficult” that he saw.
He argued, however, that there are also “political reasons”, referring to US-EU trade relations as “a major source of controversy” between Washington and Berlin, and Germany's reluctance to spend 2 percent of GDP on defence, as NATO non-binding agreement suggests.
When asked by Spiegel whether Trump might have problem with women in general, Bolton agreed that it “might be a factor”, but added that the president also has problems with “a lot of democratically elected leaders” regardless of their gender.
