'He's an aberration': Former ally says Trump is just a short-term blip for GOP

Former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton says that Donald Trump's influence over the Republican Party will be short-lived.

Since leaving the Trump administration, Bolton has become one of its most vocal critics. Speaking to Newsweek this Wednesday, he said that "many in Congress are intimidated by [Trump]."

"But I continue to believe he's an aberration and I think when he disappears, his long-term effect on the party will be less significant than people think," he said.

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"He doesn't have a philosophy, so there's nothing in that sense to pass on. He doesn't have a successor person. There's only one Donald Trump, thank goodness. And so, I think we can get back on an even keel," Bolton added.

Bolton went on to say that another Trump term would be "four years of continuing crisis" that could "cause damage to the United States that we may not be able to repair."

Nevertheless, he said that President Joe Biden "just presents another series of problems as dangerous in their ways as Trump is in his."

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