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Republican hawk John Bolton says the United States has lost influence and respect around the world under the leadership of President Barack Obama.
In an interview with The Hill on Thursday, Bolton said Obama’s failures on foreign policy and national security were key factors in the big Republican victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Bolton, who has served in several Republican administrations and is now a potential 2016 White House contender, said, “It was a vote about a failure of presidential leadership, driven in large measure, in my view, by the international failures.”
“What the voters measure is performance, and
when they see failure internationally, they read it correctly in my view as failure of leadership,” he added.
Bolton said Americans had feel that Washington had lost influence and respect universally. “I think that was out there playing in almost all the races because I think voters tend to look at foreign policy by the executive branch as a surrogate indicator for presidential leadership.”
Republican hawk John Bolton says the United States has lost influence and respect around the world under the leadership of President Barack Obama.
In an interview with The Hill on Thursday, Bolton said Obama’s failures on foreign policy and national security were key factors in the big Republican victory in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Bolton, who has served in several Republican administrations and is now a potential 2016 White House contender, said, “It was a vote about a failure of presidential leadership, driven in large measure, in my view, by the international failures.”
“What the voters measure is performance, and
when they see failure internationally, they read it correctly in my view as failure of leadership,” he added.
Bolton said Americans had feel that Washington had lost influence and respect universally. “I think that was out there playing in almost all the races because I think voters tend to look at foreign policy by the executive branch as a surrogate indicator for presidential leadership.”
