Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Friday once again teased a potential run for president and criticized other potential 2024 contenders for not being more critical of the former president.

After Trump suggested last week that the U.S. Constitution should be terminated, Bolton said he will consider joining the presidential race if that is what it takes to stop his former boss.

โ€œIโ€™d like to see Shermanesque statements from all the potential candidates. . . . If I donโ€™t see that, Iโ€™m going to seriously consider getting in,โ€ Bolton told Meet the Press Now.

On Friday, Bolton reiterated his comments to Fox News.

โ€œWhat started the process really on very accelerated basis was Trumpโ€™s statement about terminating the Constitution to put him in the presidency or hold a new election and the relative lack of comment by many of the by the potential Republican [presidential candidates],โ€ Bolton said.

โ€œI view it really as roughly equivalent to saying he [Trump] wants to overthrow the government,โ€ he added. โ€œThatโ€™s what happens when you terminate the Constitution and for him to say that, as somebody who took an oath when he became president to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution is advance warning that even if he took that oath again, he wouldnโ€™t mean it.โ€

He went on to say the party must move on from Trump โ€œin a definitive way.โ€

โ€œAnd I think part of leadership is being willing to go out front to make the point so that others know that youโ€™re prepared to make hard decisions,โ€ he said. โ€œSo as I say, I was disappointed that the field didnโ€™t really do that.โ€

Bolton said he is not sure that other potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates have been โ€œcritical of Trump in a significant way.โ€

He added: โ€œThereโ€™s a lot of nuance in much of what they say, and I know what theyโ€™re trying to do. Theyโ€™re trying to walk what they see is a tightrope between Trump supporters and Trump opponents. . . . Youโ€™ve got to be more definitive than that.โ€

Former vice president Mike Pence, who is seen as a possible 2024 contender, spoke out against Trumpโ€™s comments on suspending the constitution, telling WVOC radio: โ€œI must tell you that I think that everyone that serves in public office, everyone that aspires to serve or serve again should make it clear that we will support and defend the Constitution of the United States.โ€

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie, a former Trump ally who has suggested he is mulling his own presidential run, said on ABC that more Republicans should speak out against Trumpโ€™s election fraud rhetoric after the former presidentโ€™s comments on the Constitution.

โ€œIt should not be hard to say that the 2020 election is over,โ€ Christie said, adding that Trumpโ€™s 2024 candidacy has been โ€œuninspiring so far.โ€

Representative Liz Cheney (R., Wyo.), said in a tweet on Sunday that โ€œno honest person can now deny that Trump is an enemy of the Constitution.โ€

Bolton also told Fox News he understands โ€œhow complex a taskโ€ it is to run a presidential campaign.

โ€œSo Iโ€™m going to take the time I need to take, and thatโ€™s why Iโ€™m having a lot of conversations,โ€ he said, adding that if he does decide to run, he would launch his campaign in the first quarter of next year.

โ€œI would get in to win it, not simply to make a point,โ€ he said.