Jordan Klepper Mocks John Bolton To His Face Over Apparently Conflicting Comments

John Bolton’s comments on the importance of alliances immediately came back to bite him during a discussion on former President Donald Trump and NATO with “The Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper.

Bolton, a Trump national security adviser who turned into a vocal critic of his onetime boss, acknowledged in Klepper’s new “Daily Show” special that the presumptive GOP nominee will likely try to withdraw the United States from the NATO military alliance if he wins back the White House from President Joe Biden in November.

Trump “doesn’t understand alliances,” Bolton noted in Monday’s broadcast of “Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Moscow Tools,” which explored Republicans’ recent pivot to support Russia and its President Vladimir Putin.

Klepper asked Bolton about the importance of “having an alliance with perhaps somebody you don’t agree with but connect with so that you can push together a common goal for geopolitical safety?”

“Well, I think NATO is the most successful political, military alliance in human history so before we give that up people ought to think about it a little bit more seriously than Trump does,” Bolton replied.

The bit cut to Klepper (as the voice-over) saying the stakes of the 2024 election “couldn’t be higher.” “The only way to stop an existential threat is through alliances, a unified front for the common good,” he added, saying choosing between Trump and Biden “must be a no-brainer.”

It then went back to footage of Bolton telling Klepper he won’t actually vote for either and will instead write in an unnamed candidate on his ballot. Bolton in April told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins he’ll write in the name of George W. Bush’s controversial former Vice President Dick Cheney, as he did in 2020.

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