John Bolton: Obama ‘dislikes American exceptionalism’

Published December 28, 2016 3:22am ET



Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton accused President Barack Obama of disliking American exceptionalism — a term President-elect Donald Trump once said he doesn’t think highly of.

Bolton, who was on the shortlist to be Trump’s secretary of state, said Tuesday that America’s abstention from the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements “is a deep reflection of Obama’s ideology.”

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