{"id":1356,"date":"2022-12-06T16:54:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2022-12-06T16:54:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T16:54:46","slug":"former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","title":{"rendered":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Could Donald Trump be facing a primary challenge from one of his former employees? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former National Security adviser John Bolton signaled to NBC he&#8217;s seriously considering mounting his own bid for the White House after Trump&#8217;s weekend comments signaling he supports &#8220;terminating&#8221; the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Fmr. Nat\u2019l Security Adviser John Bolton is considering a 2024 presidential run if it would prevent fmr. President Trump from taking office again. <br><br>Bolton: \u201cYou can\u2019t simply say, \u2018I support the Constitution.\u2019 You have to say, \u2018I would oppose people who undercut it.\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Twy8pluMYT\">pic.twitter.com\/Twy8pluMYT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MeetThePress\/status\/1599876132559544337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If no other potential Republican candidates make \u201cShermanesque statements\u201d in response to what Trump said, Bolton declared,\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m going to seriously consider getting in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think to be a presidential candidate you can\u2019t just say, \u2018I support the Constitution.\u2019 You have to say, \u2018I would oppose people who would undercut it,&#8217;\u201d Bolton said in his interview with NBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bolton served in roles in the Reagan administration and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. He later worked as Trump\u2019s national security adviser from April 2018 to September 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Bolton&#8217;s departure, he and Trump have exchanged several tense exchanges. According to The Daily Wire, in 2020 Bolton told reporters he would not vote for Trump, claiming Trump was not fit for office, and stated he would \u201cfigure out a conservative Republican to write in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could Donald Trump be facing a primary challenge from one of his former employees? Former National Security adviser John Bolton signaled to NBC he&#8217;s seriously considering mounting his own bid for the White House after Trump&#8217;s weekend comments signaling he supports &#8220;terminating&#8221; the U.S. Constitution. If no other potential Republican candidates make \u201cShermanesque statements\u201d in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[9,8,46],"class_list":["post-1356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-28","tag-2024-presidential-election","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-bolton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Could Donald Trump be facing a primary challenge from one of his former employees? Former National Security adviser John Bolton signaled to NBC he&#8217;s seriously considering mounting his own bid for the White House after Trump&#8217;s weekend comments signaling he supports &#8220;terminating&#8221; the U.S. Constitution. If no other potential Republican candidates make \u201cShermanesque statements\u201d in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Madeleine Jackson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Madeleine Jackson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Madeleine Jackson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2\"},\"headline\":\"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\"},\"wordCount\":201,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"2024 Presidential Election\",\"Donald Trump\",\"John Bolton\"],\"articleSection\":[\"2026\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\",\"name\":\"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\",\"name\":\"Great America News Desk\",\"description\":\"Your Source for Great America&#039;s News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Great America News Desk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"Great America News Desk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2\",\"name\":\"Madeleine Jackson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Madeleine Jackson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/author\/njackson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk","og_description":"Could Donald Trump be facing a primary challenge from one of his former employees? Former National Security adviser John Bolton signaled to NBC he&#8217;s seriously considering mounting his own bid for the White House after Trump&#8217;s weekend comments signaling he supports &#8220;terminating&#8221; the U.S. Constitution. If no other potential Republican candidates make \u201cShermanesque statements\u201d in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","og_site_name":"Great America News Desk","article_published_time":"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Madeleine Jackson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Madeleine Jackson","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/"},"author":{"name":"Madeleine Jackson","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2"},"headline":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge","datePublished":"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/"},"wordCount":201,"commentCount":4,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","keywords":["2024 Presidential Election","Donald Trump","John Bolton"],"articleSection":["2026"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/","name":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge - Great America News Desk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","datePublished":"2022-12-06T16:54:46+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/2026\/former-national-security-adviser-mulling-trump-2024-challenge\/njackson\/2022\/12\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former National Security Adviser Mulling Trump 2024 Challenge"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/","name":"Great America News Desk","description":"Your Source for Great America&#039;s News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#organization","name":"Great America News Desk","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GAND-Email.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"Great America News Desk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e7309ff06a09187d683d78b9529a62b2","name":"Madeleine Jackson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb743ca3c0d5dee4d94e8a5a7742d76f842c0bcdbe5f6f26ea19261f1c8a9df0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Madeleine Jackson"},"url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/author\/njackson\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/John-Bolton-w-Donald-Trump.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}