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| Like many books that been published over 4 years about Trump . Bolton's new dirt is old news . |
Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton has made a series of explosive claims about the US president in his new book The Room Where It Happened, according to numerous news reports and an excerpt.The Trump administration wants to stop the book from being released publicly next Tuesday and to claw back Bolton's earnings from its publication. Remember that Classified lies that are a threat to the security of the country. But they aren't true, just dangerous lies that give away our security secrets. The Justice Department has argued in court that Bolton didn't receive formal approval to publish the book, in breach of his contract with the federal government, and that the book still contains classified details that could cause "grave" harm to American national security. Several major news organizations, including CNN, obtained copies of the book and published articles about Bolton's revelations on Trump's behavior, such as the President's encouragement of foreign leaders to help him in the 2020 election. Trump himself tweeted that the book was “made up of lies & fake stories” and called Bolton a “disgruntled boring fool who only wanted to go to war”. Bolton alleges😂😳👉 that (1)>>Trump pleaded with China’s President Xi Jinping to help him get re-elected by buying more US agricultural products, according to accounts of his forthcoming memoir. I thought for four years that it was the RUSSIANS ! . Bolton's claims about China are too far fetched , as much as the theory that Trump colluded with Russia. , that Trump asked China to help him get re-elected . (1.2)>>You have to remember that China is in reality in Biden's camp for his election rather than Trump . OK but , John Bolton literally wanted to nuke Iran and kill millions of people. He supported the destruction of Iraq. He advocated the abrogation of every arms control treaty. This psychopath is now being offered up as a principled critic of Trump who we should listen to. (2)>>There’s no bottom line that Trump is unhinged , but Bolton's book is so similar to books by Comey , Wolff and others . Trump's support for Xi's program is one of a number of revelatory allegations Bolton makes against Trump in the new memoir, one that details what the former national security adviser calls the president's transactional dealings with world leaders that went beyond those in the Ukraine affair, for which Trump was impeached. The White House is arguing that it’s possible Bolton’s book contains both national security secrets (which by definition are true) and false claims. Yet they haven’t bothered to delineate which Bolton claims are supposed to be false and which are supposed to be important national security secrets. Their dual strategy allows them to cast a blanket of denial over everything in the book while simultaneously abusing government power to prohibit the book from being sold. (2.1)>>But Bolton's allegations create an uncomfortable situation for China hawks within the GOP who've often allied with Trump and called for Washington to hold a tougher line with Beijing and take the moral high ground over China's treatment of Uighurs. On Wednesday, Trump signed into law the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2020, which the president says "holds accountable perpetrators of human rights violations and abuses such as the systematic use of indoctrination camps, forced labor, and intrusive surveillance to eradicate the ethnic identity and religious beliefs of Uyghurs and other minorities in China."I find it just hilarious that of the 20 or so individuals who left the WH not ONE had their credibility questioned until after having written their "tell all" books detailing their stint in the WH. However the 1 person who did state that it remained a pleasure to serve under Trump has absolutely NO credibility. (3)>>Democrats were incensed that Bolton resisted taking part in impeachment proceedings last year and early this year. He and a key deputy could have told lawmakers what they knew on the record and under oath, Democrats said — but they sought a court ruling on the matter after the White House blocked their testimony. If Bolton’s end game was (4)>>to embarrass Trump and get him out of office this way has more of an effect. We’ve seen several anti-Trump Republican PACs come into play the past two weeks and now this and Trumps niece’s book all at the same time. I feel the establishment Republicans are trying to keep Trump out of office next term. It’s still reprehensible he will make millions off of it when it should be free to the public via public under oath testimony. I mean, it’s possible he was making a calculated (5)>>Dr. Strange endgame move, but I doubt it. Until proven otherwise, I believe his book is going to have little impact on the trump presidency. It’s too late to really try and drum up impeachment proceedings again, and the people who are going to vote for either candidate are mostly decided and if not, I don’t suspect they’re waiting on Bolton to sway their opinion. Plus, his book isn’t a testimony under oath. He could retract everything the moment someone tried to use it as evidence. He had a larger obligation to appear before the congress and give his testimony than he did to write some tell-all book regardless of whether it was some big brain move or an attempt at raking in book deal money. Bolton is also an uncompromising hardliner, but it's also been noted that he's a copious note taker who goes out of his way to record what is being said in meetings. So, despite not liking Bolton's politics, as the old adage goes, "my enemy's enemy is my friend". prefer that people save their hard earned money and not give it to the likes of John Bolton. Everyday people need not worry that the contents of this book won't 'see the light of day' - it's already out there, it's being examined and broadcast worldwide. And it isn't even available to the public yet. Save your dollars - donate them to worthy causes, and keep talking about the book, it costs nothing to do that.
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(1)>>Trump pleaded with China’s President Xi Jinping . Bolton alleges that Trump made the plea to help his standing with American farmers during a summit with Xi on the sidelines of the G-20 conference in Japan, a month after negotiations for a trade deal had stalled. Xi, according to Bolton, complained to the president of unnamed American politicians who Xi said were wrong to call for a new cold war with China, a slight Trump took to be directed toward Democrats who he agreed were too hostile toward Beijing. (1.2)>>You have to remember that China is in reality in Biden's camp for his election rather than Trump . Whilst the idea that Beijing would like "Biden to win" is a popular electoral soundbite by Trump to emphasize his own toughness on China, this claim has no evidence in practice. How ever Biden's ties with China have gone a long way.Biden’s trip to Beijing around 2013 is coming under new scrutiny amid revelations about President Donald Trump’s efforts to dig up information to corroborate his unproven corruption allegations regarding Biden and his son’s work in Ukraine. The criticism on the left emerged after the Biden team released a digital ad that ripped the president as too willing to accept Chinese government explanations in the early days of the virus. Trump “rolled over for the Chinese,” the ad says, while Biden takes a tougher line, the message delivered over footage including what appear to be Chinese security forces. In fact, the biggest tension point between the vice president’s office and journalists accompanying Biden on the trip was over the media’s coverage of his five and a half hours of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Reporters had described Biden as “somber” or “subdued” during a photo-op, suggesting the meeting may not have gone well.“Candor generates trust,” Biden told Xi during the photo-op. “Trust is the basis on which real change — constructive change — is made.” U.S.-China détente may be likely in 2021 is the possible election of Joseph Biden. Biden’s China policy will be more rational and pragmatic than that of Donald Trump.Biden’s China policy team is more mature politically than Trump’s hawkish team, too. Although Biden has not finished with his China team’s construction — nor has he come to any discussions on the candidates for his national security adviser or assistant secretary of state for Asia Pacific affairs — as a former vice president during the Obama era, he was one of the participants in the “pivot” or “rebalance” to Asia strategy. He has also been in close contact with China experts and foreign policy strategists across numerous think tanks, such as the Brookings Institution. Therefore, it is not difficult to predict the basic framework of Biden’s future China policy team. If Biden succeeds in entering the White House next year, it will be highly likely that some of the “China Hands” —were in the US Cookie Jar. (2)>>There’s no bottom line that Trump is unhinged . Trump by no MEANS is a your average politician , the 4 years has proven that he can be vary INSANE! I have been at times vary critical of Trump's tweeting , lack of professionalism . Is Trump mentally unstable? I don’t know. But he’s sure not mentally all there, is he? Trump’s mental meanderings inevitably land, both figuratively and nearly literally, on ventilators.Trump responds to reporters’ serious questions, which he resents, with such presidential profundities as “Don’t be a cutie pie,” “You’re a fake” and “You don’t have the brains you were born with.” These are the rejoinders of a recalcitrant juvenile, a child with advanced ODS, oppositional defiant syndrome. Trump will always be defiant , nothing can change him. (2.1)>>But Bolton's allegations create an uncomfortable situation for China hawks. Bolton's book pushes the idea that Trump is weak on China , that Trump looked and begged Chairman Xi for help. Together, the excerpts portray a U.S. president mocked by his top advisers and who exposed himself to far more extensive accusations of impropriety than those that drove the Democratic-led House of Representatives to impeach Trump last year. I too wondered if Bolton was told (don’t even pretend these people don’t basically know the outcomes of things before we do. They all talk and make their stances clear. Things only change with unexpected events or bombshells.) that the GOP was not going to hear witnesses or impeach Trump, and if Bolton tried to force their hand they would release incriminating stuff about him. That’s just one possibility. I think Bolton is selfish and money hungry, but there’s so much more happening behind the scenes of Congress. (3)>>Democrats were incensed that Bolton. Because Bolton's lawyer told them he would fight any subpoena's in court, and they made the decision, correct or not, that the president bribing/extorting a foreign power to help rig his next election is more urgent than fighting a court battle for Bolton's testimony. It shouldn't have been needed, but I guess we all misjudged how blatantly corrupt senate republicans are. (4)>>to embarrass Trump and get him out of office. To add on this I also feel the establishment Republicans have likely struck a deal with Biden, that if they were to help and campaign against Trump that the new administration will limit investigations to Trump and his circle of friends and not extend out. It may have been a compromise. Biden doesn’t push Medicare for All and the GOP establishment hands over Trump at election time.(5)>>Dr. Strange endgame move, but I doubt it. Until proven otherwise. Also, he could have testified prior to the impeachment hearing in the senate by testifying during the House investigation which would have at least given the House a testimony under oath that they could submit as evidence regardless of the GOP senators’ inexplicable decision to forgo witnesses.
