UN Chief Warns Against U.S.-China Power Rivalry, Calls for Multipolar World Order 
Trump Claims Putin Agreed to Pause Kyiv Attacks Amid Extreme Cold 
Putin Envoy Kirill Dmitriev to Visit Miami for Talks With Trump Administration Officials 
Trump Warns Minneapolis Mayor as Immigration Raids Continue Amid Rising Tensions 
Trump and Schumer Explore Deal on New Limits for Federal Immigration Agents 
Venezuela Proposes Amnesty Law and Plans to Transform Helicoide Prison 
Canadian PM Mark Carney Urges U.S. to Respect Sovereignty Amid Alberta Separatism Reports 
Trump Administration Expands Global Gag Rule, Restricting U.S. Foreign Aid to Diversity and Gender Programs 
Trump Warns UK and Canada Against Deepening Business Ties With China 
Trump Family Files $10 Billion Lawsuit Over IRS Tax Disclosure 
U.S. Approves Over $6.5 Billion in Military Sales to Israel Across Three Defense Contracts 
Faith Leaders Arrested on Capitol Hill During Protest Against Trump Immigration Policies and ICE Funding 
U.S. Eases Venezuela Oil Sanctions to Boost American Investment After Maduro Ouster 
Panama Supreme Court Voids CK Hutchison Port Concessions, Raising Geopolitical and Trade Concerns 
Starmer’s China Visit Signals New Era in UK–China Economic Relations 
Democrats Question Intelligence Chief’s Role in FBI Georgia Election Raid 
Trump Administration Signals Shift as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Skips NATO Meeting Again 
Republicans, especially those who are staunch supporters of former President Donald Trump, have argued that there would be no crisis in Ukraine had Trump won a second term. However, according to Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, the former president would have withdrawn from the NATO alliance if he had won a second term.
Speaking to the Washington Post Friday last week, Bolton, who was also present during the infamous call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that Trump would have withdrawn the US from the alliance if he won a second term. Bolton, according to the paper, said that Trump was on the verge of withdrawing the US from NATO in 2018, reiterating the claim he made in his book in 2020.
According to Bolton in his book, he tried to convince Trump not to withdraw the US from NATO at the time. To note, Trump also withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Agreement and the Iran nuclear deal during his presidency.
“In a second Trump term, I think he may well have withdrawn from NATO,” said Bolton. “And I think Putin was waiting for that.”
Trump ultimately lost to Joe Biden in the 2020 elections, a loss that the former president would not admit to this day.
This was not the first time Bolton pushed back on Trump supporters. In an appearance on right-wing network Newsmax, Bolton told the host that the now-former president did not know where Ukraine was and that it was “not accurate to say that Trump’s behavior somehow deterred the Russians.”
Meanwhile, the conservative columnist for the Washington Post George Will, says that the former president’s influence in the country’s political sphere is coming to an end. In his piece for the newspaper, Will said that Trump’s post-presidential career as an influence over the Republican Party is losing steam and described the former president as “a stray orange hair to be flicked off from the nation’s sleeve.”
Will cited Trump’s endorsement of former Georgia GOP Senator David Perdue in the gubernatorial race against incumbent Brian Kemp as an example. Trump convinced Perdue to run in the state’s gubernatorial races, endorsing the former senator. Kemp drew the ire of the former president for refusing to decertify the state’s election results.
In a poll in February, Kemp led by 10 points against Perdue.
