Former Trump adviser: ‘I helped plan foreign coups’ Abroad

The committee members accuse former President Donald Trump of inciting violence in a last-ditch effort to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. competent enough to carry out a “carefully planned coup.” Bolton said that “as someone who has helped plan coups – not here – but in other places. That takes a lot of work. And that’s not what he (Trump, ed.) did.”

Tapper asked Bolton what attempts he was referring to. “I won’t go into the details,” the former adviser said, before mentioning Venezuela. “It turned out to be unsuccessful. Not that we had much to do with it, but I saw what it took for an opposition to try to overthrow an illegally elected president and they failed,” he said.

In 2019, as National Security Adviser to the White House, Bolton openly supported Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó’s call for the Venezuelan military to support his bid to oust Socialist President Nicolas Maduro. Guaidó – and much of the international community – argued that Maduro’s re-election had not been fair. In the end, Maduro remained in power. “I have a feeling there are other things you’re not telling me (besides Venezuela),” the CNN host said. “I’m sure there are,” said Bolton.

Many foreign policy experts have criticized Washington’s systematic interventions in other countries: from the coup in Iran in 1953 to the Vietnam War and supporting murderous regimes in Latin America in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. the US asserted its power beyond its borders with its invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.

It is highly unusual for US officials to admit openly that they played a role in fueling unrest abroad.