With his announcement that he will testify if the Senate sends him a subpoena John Bolton has inspired the pundits to conjecture about his motives and his goals. The conventional wisdom before this announcement was that if Bolton testifies he will be giving away all of the bombshells that would have made people want to buy his book, and that his fellow Republicans are likely to see him as being disloyal to the party if he outs Trump. So what happened? Why is Bolton now willing to come forward and testify? Is he really willing to reveal all?
Some pundits say that Bolton is happy with the likelihood of a war with Iran, but he does not trust Trump to carry out such a war. As bad as Mike Pence is he is still more stable and rational than Trump. I know the timing of the assassination of Soleimani and Bolton's announcement lend some credibility to this hypothesis, but I still think there has to be a lot more to Bolton's decision.
Some have also said that this is Bolton's chance to punish Trump for firing Bolton. But again this would be a weak reason if it decreases the profit Bolton would make from a book that will probably have Trump bouncing off the ceiling anyhow.
All right, so lets look at a different explanation. Suppose for a moment that Bolton is sure Moscow Mitch will never send Bolton a Subpoena. That is not far fetched because Moscow Mitch is now giving every indication that he can and will prevent such a subpoena. Furthermore Bolton knows that even the so called moderate Republican senators in swing districts are simply too squishy to ever stand up to Trump, Moscow Mitch, and the Trump chumps. What this means is that Bolton's announced willingness to testify without actually having to testify allows him to cast himself as one of the good guys without having to risk anything. To the triple digit IQ folks he can portray himself as someone willing to obey the law and defend the constitution without having to piss off the double digit IQ crowd by actually saying anything that hurts Trump. Furthermore, Bolton remains in control of whatever information his book will contain. This means that he can give tantalizing hints about the information the book will reveal and can leak dribs and drabs of information to generate interest in his book. The added bonus for Bolton is that he can still drive Trump crazy and put Moscow Mitch in a difficult position at the same time. If Bolton is not laughing his ass off he should be. The media is being had, and Trump is being played!
WAKE UP AMERICA! THE ASSASSINATION OF SOLEIMANI IS JUST ONE MORE INDICATION OF THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO THIS COUNTRY AND THE ENTIRE WORLD!