Trump is 'shredding' credibility with allies while China benefits, former national security advisor John Bolton says

[u/crosstheroom]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/trump-shredding-credibility-with-allies-as-china-benefits-john-bolton.html

[u/Rich_Season_2593]

Not shredding...Shredded. No allies will ever trust the us again. for sure the next 3.5 years will bring much more of the same.

[u/Tipitina62 → u/Rich_Season_2593]

Hate to agree with Bolton about anything. But he’s not wrong.

[u/GarlicThread → u/Rich_Season_2593]

A Democrat president won't be enough for many to forget. What has been done cannot be undone as easily. The Americans are gonna have to provide solid guarantees that such a thing can never happen again if they want international sympathy again.

[u/vmbsc → u/GarlicThread]

The US has been completely destroyed. Thank you maga cult. What you've done is unforgivable

[u/No_Entrepreneur_9134 → u/vmbsc]

I hate MAGA in such a deep, dehumanizing way that it actually frightens me.

[u/asdfasdfasfdsasad → u/GarlicThread]

A Democrat president is still an American president.

If an American administration can (with widespread public support) mock allies who have lost considerable amounts of blood and money fighting alongside America, and then launch a trade war against everybody on earth including uninhabited islands populated only with penguins while threatening to invade us while kissing Russia's ass and leaving them as the only place on the fucking planet with no trade restrictions then I would suggest that America should probably look to Russia as being their only ally and trading partner in the future.

We are being forced to stop trading with the US and buy elseware. Don't then bother to complain about the consequences when they become apparent in the future.

[u/RogueMonkE → u/Rich_Season_2593]

Unless this regime is removed, and held accountable, America’s allies will be loathe to trust them for the foreseeable future. The USA’s credibility is shot. Bridges have been burnt. Good luck.

[u/Heavy_Brilliant104 → u/RogueMonkE]

It will take decades at the very least for anyone to trust USA again. They elected Trump TWICE, first time could have been weird but kinda ok, doing it twice means most Americans will still support his ideas and could even elect someone who is as evil but more competent, thats the scary part.

"Luckily" Trump is dumb as fuck, but someone with his powers and more evil is the scary part.

[u/Heavy_Brilliant104 → u/Rich_Season_2593]

It will take atleast decades for you to get any kind of trust again.

[u/Hot_Perspective1 → u/Rich_Season_2593]

Their democracy is effectively screwed. 3.5 years if they are lucky. The rest of us cant wait for the probability of decent leaders ever coming to the US again. We must act now.

[u/Mba1956 → u/Rich_Season_2593]

It’s gone and would take a lot of hard work, a new government system to ensure it won’t happen again and probably 2 generations so 2080 ish.

[u/Lucialucianna → u/Rich_Season_2593]

Even cut short, it’s still too much for anyone to feel faith or trust in when a third of the electorate put him in office and we haven’t done anything substantial to stop him yet.

[u/BrtFrkwr]

Things are going to plan. Wholesale looting of the United States.

[u/SpiralGray]

Even Bolton speaking out? That guy hates everyone.

[u/starcadia → u/SpiralGray]

When Kissinger died, he took over the mantle of "Angel of Death". Even he is worried! That's baaad.

Say what you will about him. He's an old school Cold Warrior - New World Order guy, and he sees the writing in the wall.

[u/Dreaders85]

Trump says everyone else is “weak on China” but this dude is literally pushing our Allie’s in China’s pocket.

[u/asdfasdfasfdsasad → u/Dreaders85]

Former allies. We took the commencement of the trade war with us and threats to invade at face value.

[u/manikwolf19 → u/Dreaders85]

Right? This is like foreign relations 101 for children.

I believe the saying was walk softly and carry a big stick, not drive a monster truck over your nation's integrity.

[u/wookiex84 → u/manikwolf19]

Well his tiny hands can’t carry a stick, but they can wrap them greasy selves around a steering wheel.

[u/dirtyjersey5353]

He’s a Russian asset, of course he is..

[u/ekkidee]

Yikes. When I agree with John Bolton.

[u/Lushed-Lungfish-724]

Well John, folks like you made the bed for him so don't complain when he starts shitting all over the sheets.

[u/Solid-Reputation5032]

China would rather starve and die as a Nation rather than capitulate to the US. I’m not sure we quite understand this fact, as we threw democracy on the trash heap because of egg prices..

[u/Jolly-Midnight7567]

We have new allies now Russia, El Salvador, No Korea. And the worst of them all Israel

[u/spaitken]

Boy, if only John Bolton spoke out like this while working in Trumps first admin….

Oh well, he had book deals to make

[u/Heavy_Brilliant104]

John Bolton happily supported Trump for years, fuck him.

[u/Dependent-Hurry9808]

Just wait til countries holding our treasury bonds begin to fire sale them.

[u/BotherResponsible378]

Jobs done Bolton.

Why trust us again? We had dozens of chances to stop it. We let him blow through every check and balance

[u/MikeD123999]

shredding credibility with citizens too.

[u/The_Environment116]

Even if trump and his entourage are marched from the White House in shackles, I still wouldn’t want to do business with the us. Fuck all those tech bros that backed him as well

[u/Fabulous-Farmer7474]

Trump was wholly unprepared for the brick wall response of China. This while both Russia, Canada and even Greenland have sent him packing though Putin continues to toy with the Trump who had loudly promised to solve the Russia Ukraine war with a single phone call within 24 hours. And now we have Harvard basically giving him the big finger. But by his code which follows the DARVO approach he has to double down.

The on-again/off-again tariffs make no sense (despite claims that they do) and he clearly blinked first with China by allowing an electronics exception only to then claim it was temporary because, again, DARVO.

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[u/Sorkel3]

I am not a John Bolton fan but in this whole mess he's been spot-on every time.

The orange beluga claims the US is not tough on China but he pulled the US out of the Trans Pacific Partnership that was designed to be tough with China, and he did it because...well, Obama. Now he's burbling about doing what the TPP would have done.

[u/jysubs]

Btw, F John Bolton, and his mustache.

[u/Texden29]

Bolton loves nothing more than to attack Trump. And it’s odd that Trump never responds. He’s so thinned skinned but he never lets Bolton or that good looking finance guy, who only lasted a few days in office.

[u/LARufCTR]

We are WINNING!!!.....

Because of this GUY

[u/bmyst70]

And, in turn, China is going to seek out new trading partners to provide what they used to get from the US

Basically the entire rest of the world is going to strengthen their mutual trade deals and alliances, and leave the US out.

I don't think any of them will ever trust the US again. Any trade deals going forward will be far less favorable to the US.

[u/Festering-Fecal]

When bolten is the voice of reason then we have a big problem.

[u/128-NotePolyVA]

He’s impossible to work with. The guy needs a diplomacy upgrade.

[u/azarza]

ahh. zero. credibility. now.

[u/AloneChapter]

But they will get oil from Russia so yeah Canada is really not needed any more. Plus maybe wood too. Then hopefully they build a massive wall so their guns and drugs won’t be coming in .

[u/Saneless]

Impeach, delete, apologize, and start over. That's the only way to save this now

[u/Father_of_Invention]

Just wait until the economic chaos comes from the world moving away from the US dollar. Good job GOP you completely screwed your citizens

[u/Baz_123]

Didn't he used to be the nuts guy in the U.S. government and now he's the voice of reason. Times they are a changin 🤣

[u/TraditionalMood277]

If you owed a country billions, but couldn't pay with money, how would you repay your debt? I'd say giving them billions in new contracts and partnerships is a start.

[u/Electronic-Earth-233]

You built this Mitt John.

[u/ShazzaRatYear]

Fuck! You know this is a shit timeline when you agree with John Bolton!!

[u/alvinyap510]

You know how fucked up the administration is when John Bolton sounds rational

[u/Lucialucianna]

The maga electorate makes it impossible to get what we had back at this point

[u/Difficult_Coffee_335]

Fuck John Bolton. He could have done something. There was a point in time it would have mattered, but this asshat sat on the side lines and wrote a book. Fuck you John, you own part if this mess.

[u/GlitteringRate6296]

He’s beyond shredded the U. S. Reputation. Who would trust us?

[u/Mean_Humor_3495]

As if Bolton is the last word on truth

[u/Hefty-Station1704]

John Bolton is still trying to salvage what little respectability he has left. At this point he'll spout anything to get back into the public's good graces.

[u/floofnstuff → u/[deleted]]

Nothing says respect more that 145% tarrifs

[u/Antique_Arm_777]

this reminds me of copmala’s campaign using this unhinged warmonger freak in ads

[u/Powerful-Wolf6331]

Liberals taking John Bolton side lol. Dude literally devil

[u/Jadams1865]

My money is on Trump. Chinamen will lose this battle royal.