Sarah Sanders Torches Bolton In Her New Book, Says He’s ‘Drunk on Power’
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders tweeted Monday a series of excerpts from her forthcoming book “Speaking for Myself,” which included a number of scathing accounts of former National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Bolton’s book “The Room Where it Happened” is set to be released Tuesday, but has been met with harsh condemnation from the White House over reportedly including classified information related to U.S. national security, including alleged lies.
Click here to read Sara A. Carter’s op-ed on Bolton’s book release.
Read a few excerpts from my soon to be released book “Speaking for Myself,” including a behind the scenes account of John Bolton, a man drunk on power who ultimately betrayed America when he didn’t get his way. https://t.co/nADrFC7HJk
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
In her statement, Huckabee Sanders described Bolton as “a man drunk on power who ultimately betrayed America when he didn’t get his way.” Moreover, Huckabee Sanders said Bolton constantly acted contrary to the President as if he was the elected Commander in Chief himself. Read the full excerpt below:
Earlier in the trip, the Winfield House had been the site of a nasty fight between senior White House officials. To prepare for every foreign trip we had daily operations meetings and briefings leading up to the trip itself…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
The UK state visit had lots of moving parts and one area of concern was that there would not be a presidential motorcade to and from most events, because the president would predominantly be traveling on Marine One. The UK security team was allowing one small staff motorcade…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
so they could be part of Bolton’s motorcade and not get stuck in traffic. Bolton’s team acknowledged the request. As he did on many of our foreign trips, Bolton had a separate agenda and often arrived and departed on a different plane because he didn’t want to travel…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
On board were Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Senior Advisor Stephen Miller, Senior Advisor Dan Scavino, Walsh and me. Based on US protocol, Mnuchin, Mulvaney and Walsh all outranked Bolton…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
While en route, UK police directed us to pull to the side of the road because someone was coming through…we looked over to see who it was and sure enough here came Bolton and his motorcade. We waited and watched as Bolton sped by and left us in the dust…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
Bolton was a classic case of a senior White House official drunk on power, who had forgotten that nobody elected him to anything. Often Bolton acted like he was the president, pushing an agenda contrary to President Trump’s…
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
Mick made clear he was the chief of staff and Bolton’s total disregard for his colleagues and common decency was unacceptable and would no longer be tolerated. “Let’s face it John,” Mick said. “You’re a f—— self-righteous, self-centered son of a b——!”
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
The rest of us looked on and nodded in approval, proud of Mick for standing up for us. Mick even got a few high fives from officials thrilled someone had put Bolton in his place.”
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) June 22, 2020
Over the weekend, a federal judge ruled that Bolton can proceed with publishing his book as planned despite the backlash. However, the Judge did share concerns that Bolton “gambled with the national security of the United States.”
I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of being Senate confirmed because he was considered a wacko, and was not liked, a chance. I always like hearing differing points of view. He turned out to be grossly incompetent, and a liar. See judge’s opinion. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2020
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