HOMEPAGE Politics Trump’s Former National Security Adviser Says ‘International Crisis’ Is ‘Much More Likely’ With Him Back WAR OF WORDS Sean Craig Updated Dec. 25 2024 4:11AM EST / Published Dec. 24 2024 12:48PM EST fb icon twitter icon email icon reddit icon Former National Security Advisor John Bolton listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Thursday, July 18th, 2019 in Washington, DC. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post President-elect Donald Trump’s onetime national security adviser warns that the return of his former boss to the White House will significantly increase the risk of “an international crisis.” John Bolton—who served as Trump’s national security adviser for 17 months from April 2018 to September 2019—dismissed the president-elect’s claims that he is uniquely positioned to resolve international conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza in an interview with The Guardian. He called it “typical Trump: it’s all braggadocio.” On the contrary, Bolton warned that Trump is poised to take office in a “more dangerous” world than when he was first elected, adding that he worried about the instability of Trump’s decision-making, which he likened to “a series of neuron flashes.”