“Trump's real problem is not his ignorance or his politics, and his character "
U.S. District Judge Royce Lambert 20 June Rejected Trump Administration Attempt to Ban Publication of Former National Security Advisor John Bolton's Book Room, where it happened: memoirs from the White House " (The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir).
The US Department of Justice has filed a formal lawsuit, stated, that the release of Bolton's book should be delayed, and the manuscript must undergo additional verification, as the text may contain information, state secret. Ministry of Justice demanded from the publisher Simon & Schuster and the author to suspend publication of the book.
However, Judge Lambert indicated, that the arguments of the Ministry of Justice are not enough, to stop the release of the book. Besides, thousands of copies have already been shipped to stores across the country and abroad, and the content was leaked to the media.
Several news agencies and the media received copies of the book and published articles with quotes from it.. By that time, when the justice ministry sued, publishing house Simon & Schuster already distributed over 200 thousand copies of a book in the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia and India.
In his book, Bolton portrays Trump as a little ignorant, not interested in geopolitics, easy-to-manipulate person, who often makes decisions, based only on the prospects of his re-election for a second term.
So, Bolton writes, that Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to help him win the US presidential election in 2020 year. Bolton described a conversation between two world leaders at a meeting G-20 in June 2019 years in Osaka, Where "Trump told Xi, that Midwestern farmers are key to his re-election in November 2020 of the year. Trump called on Xi to support his political position, buying American agricultural products and promising in return to abandon some tariffs on Chinese products. Trump stressed the importance of farmers and increased purchases of soy and wheat in China for election results. ”.
Bolton does not spare his former boss, telling, how top Trump administration officials mocked him behind him. So, when during trump's talks with Kim jong un trump promised, that the US Senate will approve any agreement with North Korea, Mike Pompeo handed Bolton a note, which said "he is full of shit" (he is so full of shit), meaning trump. "I agreed", - writes Bolton.
Collage: ahval
Turkish news portal ahval also got a copy of Bolton's book, on the 191st page of which is told, that during a meeting between Erdogan and Trump in Argentina 1 December 2018 year, the US president promised his Turkish counterpart to stop the investigation of the US Department of Justice in connection with the Turkish Erdogan Halkbank, who was suspected of violating US sanctions against Iran. When the Turkish leader presented Trump with a note from a law firm, representing Halkbank, Trump leafed through her, and then stated, that he considers the bank completely innocent. Trump allegedly told Erdogan, that he “takes care of both of everything”, and explained, that Southern District prosecutors "weren't his people, and the people of Obama (the Southern District prosecutors were not his people, but were Obama people), and the problem will be solved, when they will be replaced by his people.
“Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a pretty strong influence on US policy in Syria and elsewhere. The book paints a picture of Erdogan Trump's frequent calls, very effective for, to get the president to do that, what Ankara wants, although he still failed on several fronts, including the extradition of the Islamist clergyman Fethullah Gulen, whom Erdogan accuses of organizing unsuccessful coup attempts 2016 of the year, as well as in an attempt to force US authorities to withdraw charges from the Turkish state Halkbank ",
- writes ahval.
Bolton sees the cause of US failures in resolving the Palestinian problem, in particular, in nepotism Trampa, who made his son-in-law Jared Kushner responsible for a Middle East settlement. Referring to his conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Bolton writes: “Netanyahu doubted, that the task of ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be entrusted to Kushner, whose family he had known for many years. is he (Netanyahu. - Ed.) was quite a politician, so as not to oppose this idea in public, but, like most of the world, wondered, why did kouchner think, that he will succeed there, where such failed, like Kissinger.
Bolton writes, that in discussions about methods of overthrowing the regime of Nicholas Maduro Trump "Insisted on military options", telling your advisers, that the country "is actually part of the United States" («is really part of the United States»). During a meeting at the Pentagon in March 2019 years trump expressed his discontent with the military, that the US is in Afghanistan and Iraq, not in Venezuela.
According to Bolton, Trump's repeated demands to overthrow Maduro through military intervention often shocked presidential aides, and legislators. At a meeting with Republicans from Florida, “Trump is still calling for a military option”, leaving Senator Rick Scott and Governor Ron Desantis “completely stunned”, while Senator Marco Rubio, who previously heard similar from trump, managed to politely evade discussion of the topic.
Bolton does not bypass Russia. The main idea is that Trump does not like sanctions against Russia. Former National Security Advisor Approves, Trump privately complained of “sanctioned grunts and complaints”, superimposed on Russia, although he publicly supported them. It concerned, among other things, Skripal scandal and conflict 2008 in South Ossetia.
Before meeting with Putin in Helsinki in summer 2018 years, trump allegedly asked his advisers, is Finland a part of Russia or is it “a kind of satellite of Russia” (kind of satellite of Russia).
"Seem to be, that Putin laughed very loudly, appreciating, what he managed to achieve in Helsinki ", - writes Bolton. In the episode, describing a telephone conversation between the presidents of the United States and Russia, Bolton recalls, how Putin compared Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido with Hillary Clinton. “It was a great example of propaganda in the Soviet style”, - says Bolton, adding, what “Putin’s arguments convinced Trump in the main”.
According to Bolton, Trump directly linked US aid to Ukraine with Biden investigation; Bolton repeatedly accuses Trump of lying, rebuking the democrats, that they were limited to hasty, a narrow-party investigation into Trump's abuses, focusing only on the Ukrainian topic.
However, Biden’s team took advantage of Trump’s book accusations of indulging the Chinese leader, to score points in the election race. Ron Klein, who led the Biden administration, when he was vice president of the USA, accused Trump of, that he constantly fawned on Xi Jinping and “Ignored human rights violations” in China, trying to get help from Beijing in solving their personal problems in domestic politics.
“Turning a blind eye to human rights in China is a rule for the administration, which pursues an immoral foreign policy ”, - said Richard Haas, President, Council on Foreign Relations. Haas noted, that trump and his team “They just want to look, but not be tough on China. ”.
However, not all American media share this view.. So, Business Insider, commenting on Bolton's book, concludes, that trump is neither a hawk, not a pigeon regarding China, looking for economic benefits for his country: “He just wants to make deals, which will make him look effective in front of his voters, to win re-election ... "
It goes to the book and the former head of the Pentagon, General James Mattis, who several times kept Trump from military adventures, particularly against Iran. Jim Mattis - "Bolton's favorite punching bag", wrote David Ignatius in The Washington Post: “On every next dozen pages, there’s another shot at the former Secretary of Defense”.
“John Bolton’s book tells us very little about, what we did not know about President Trump’s foreign policy ”, - believes one of the most influential and popular American political analysts, weekly editor Newsweek International Farid Zakaria in his column in The Washington Post. “He paints the image of the president, who knows nothing ”and“ has few clear views on foreign policy ... However, Bolton shows… that Trump's real problem is not his ignorance or his politics, and his character ... For those, who was ready to support Trump ... Bolton's book clearly shows, Trump will pay any price, make any deal, will change any law, to ensure their own survival and success ".
Trump's team and the president himself did not remain in debt. Trump tweeted, that Bolton - "Disgusting man, who has failed in his duty to defend America. ". According to Trump, Bolton "Issued secret information in huge quantities and must answer for it".
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo reported, that I didn’t read Bolton’s work completely, but from the read passages concluded, what a former adviser “Spreads many false claims, half-truth stretched and direct fabrications ". “Sad and dangerous at the same time.”, that John Bolton’s last public role is that of a traitor, which harmed America, having abused the sacred trust of her people ”, - said Pompeo.
Peter Navarro, head of the White House National Trade Council, that Bolton released his book just for the money, that with the advent of the administration, he only promoted his interests, and after dismissal he began to criticize everyone. "Bolton did the same with the administration of President George W. Bush after, how pulled them into the war in Iraq, having lied about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction ”.
The discussion around John Bolton's book, inflamed, notably, even before the book itself is published, turns into evidence of the crisis of the American political system.
Vladimir PROKHVATILOV
