John Bolton, President Trump's former national security adviser, doubled down on his view that the president's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will not result in a peace deal.

“I don't think there's a peace deal anywhere in the near future,” Bolton told CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday.

“As long as Putin is advancing on the battlefield, even if it's 3 yards in a cloud of dust, he's not going to give up anything if he can get away with it,” he added. "And I think here, I think the White House has lowered expectations precisely for the reason that it's too........

© The Hill