Elon Musk Explains Why John Bolton’s Secret Files Will Destroy Middle Class…

Have you ever noticed how the people at the very top always claim they’re protecting democracy, yet somehow, the middle class keeps shrinking? That’s not an accident.

What John Bolton did with his secret files isn’t just about politics—it’s a window into how the game is rigged, and why ordinary Americans are the ones paying the price. Let me break it down for you.

Picture this: you’re sitting at your kitchen table, sipping your morning coffee, reading about yet another political scandal in Washington. Another familiar name, another controversy, another investigation that goes nowhere. You might think, “Well, that’s just politics as usual.” But what if I told you that Bolton’s story—this man who took classified notes and turned them into a personal crusade—represents something much bigger? Something that directly impacts whether your children will ever afford a home, whether your grandchildren will have the same opportunities you did, whether the America you grew up in still exists for hardworking families.

John Bolton wasn’t just any government official. He was Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor—one of the most sensitive roles in government. He sat in rooms where the most classified intelligence in the world was discussed. He had access to information that could affect national security, military operations, and foreign diplomacy. And what did he do with that access? He took notes—lots and lots of notes. While note-taking isn’t unusual, Bolton was what you’d call a prodigious notetaker. He recorded conversations, decisions, and even classified details. Then, when he left the Trump administration in 2019, he took those notes with him.

In the middle of the 2020 election season, he decided to turn those notes into a book called The Room Where It Happened. Think about that timing: a former national security official, revealing potentially classified information, right in the middle of an election year—clearly aimed at damaging a sitting president. That’s not just politics. That’s a potential breach of trust at the highest level.

The Trump administration tried to stop the publication. They went to court and filed lawsuits. And interestingly, the judge in the case even said Bolton wasn’t doing the country any good. She acknowledged that he was releasing information based on classified material that wasn’t in the national interest. But she didn’t issue an injunction to block it. Then the election happened, Trump lost, Biden took office—and guess what? The new administration quietly dropped the investigation into Bolton. Just like that: case closed.

Now you might say, “Well, maybe there wasn’t enough evidence.” But let me ask you something: if your neighbor took confidential documents from their job and used them to sabotage their former boss during a major business deal, what would happen? They’d probably be fired, face legal consequences, maybe even go to jail. But if you’re in the right political circles, different rules apply.

And that brings us to the bigger picture. Is this about Bolton specifically? Or is this about a larger system that protects insiders while punishing everyone else? Because once you start connecting the dots, you see that Bolton’s story is not unique—it’s part of a long pattern. And it’s a pattern that explains why your wages are stagnant, your neighborhood is changing, and why the elites making all the decisions seem totally disconnected from your reality.

Think about some other names you might recognize: James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, John Brennan, James Comey—even Anthony Fauci. All of them held positions of tremendous power and trust. All of them made decisions that affected the daily lives of millions. And all of them used their positions in ways that often seemed more self-serving than in service of the country.

During the Biden years, they enjoyed what you might call a free hand. They were given TV platforms, book deals, speaking engagements. They became celebrities in elite circles. Meanwhile, if you dared question their decisions—like wondering why COVID policies crushed small businesses while big corporations thrived—you were labeled an extremist. If you questioned immigration policies that seemed to depress wages for American workers, you were smeared as a xenophobe.

There’s a serious question here about deterrence. If you don’t hold powerful people accountable when they break the rules, they’ll keep breaking them. But if you do try to hold them accountable, it’s framed as “revenge politics.” It’s a perfect Catch-22 that protects elites while ordinary people pay the price.

Now, here’s why Bolton’s case matters for understanding the broader war on the middle class. He could’ve left the Trump administration with professionalism. He could’ve simply said, “I don’t agree with your foreign policy. I’m an interventionist, and you’re not.” He could’ve resigned quietly and maybe published a thoughtful critique later. Instead, he thought Trump was politically finished—especially after January 6. So he decided to help take him down with legal battles, media appearances, and his book.

But Bolton failed to understand one crucial thing: he had no real constituency. He never had Senate confirmation in any Republican administration. George W. Bush had to give him a recess appointment. Even Trump couldn’t get him confirmed. Bolton was a creature of the Sunday talk shows. He believed that if he kept hammering Trump as dangerous and unfit, the elite circles would reward him. But like others—Bill Kristol, John Kasich, Mitt Romney—he completely misread the country. He forgot that real Americans—those who work hard, pay taxes, and struggle with bills—weren’t interested in elite approval. They care about results, not media spin.

This is where Bolton’s story connects to your story. His arrogance—thinking he could weaponize classified material to serve a personal or political agenda—is the same arrogance that has eroded the middle class for decades.

Here’s how it happened. The Democratic Party, sometime between the 1990s and early 2000s, made a strategic shift. They said, “We don’t need the middle class anymore. We are now the party of the wealthy—but we’re the good wealthy people.” They aligned themselves with the professional class that benefited from globalization: university professors, corporate lawyers, consultants, tech workers—the kinds of people who could afford homes in San Francisco, drive imported cars, and send their kids to elite prep schools.

This class convinced themselves that they were solving the world’s real problems—climate change, social justice, global governance. Meanwhile, everyday concerns—home ownership, food prices, energy bills, student debt—were dismissed as backward complaints from people who “didn’t learn how to code.” The middle class was ridiculed—called clingers, deplorables, chumps, drags on progress.

Corporate elites joined in too. They changed logos, canceled anything vaguely associated with traditional working-class culture. When Cracker Barrel removed rural imagery or Bud Light promoted woke campaigns, people understood: this wasn’t just marketing. This was moral judgment. The message was clear: “We don’t like you. We don’t want your business.”

But average Americans aren’t stupid. They saw it. And they started to push back. Because the issue wasn’t just about beer or corporate logos. It was about the broader sense that American institutions were being captured by elites who actively dislike ordinary people.

And it all ties back to the mindset of someone like Bolton. He thought the information he had access to was his personal property, not the country’s. He thought he could drop a book at a politically convenient time to take down someone he didn’t like—and be applauded for it. It’s the same mindset that runs elite universities, corporations, and political consulting firms.

Universities, in particular, used to be liberal, but still open to debate. Now, they’ve become ideological factories. They train the administrative class—the bureaucrats, media personalities, corporate HR managers—who all carry the same message: traditional American values are outdated. The middle class is selfish and must be managed. These universities no longer serve the nation; they serve a globalist elite.

And here’s where things really changed: they decided to transform the country’s demographics in order to secure permanent political power. It wasn’t a conspiracy—they wrote books about it, celebrated it, and gave it names like The Emerging Democratic Majority. They assumed immigrants would always vote for them. But that didn’t turn out as planned. Many second-generation Latinos and Asian-Americans leaned conservative. Still, by then, the damage to the working class was done.

Bringing in 30 million people who work below market wages hurts everyone’s wages. Needing housing for 50 million new residents drives up housing costs. Overloaded schools affect your children. And if you pointed this out? You were called a racist. A xenophobe. A bigot.

The elites live in protected bubbles. Private schools. Private security. Jobs that can’t be outsourced. They don’t experience the chaos their policies create. And worst of all, they mock the very people who keep the country running. They say things like, “What have whites ever contributed?” and get away with it. If the same were said about any other group, the outrage would be immediate. But when it’s working-class white Americans, it’s somehow acceptable.

This is about more than hurt feelings. It’s about a systematic effort to demoralize and marginalize the people who built this country—people of all races who share traditional values and want a fair shot.

And now, the backlash is here. People are tired of being blamed. Tired of watching their tax dollars support illegal immigrants while they can’t afford housing or healthcare. Tired of being ridiculed by their own institutions.

That’s why Trump’s recent deployment of the National Guard in DC matters. For the first time in years, there was no murder for over a week. But instead