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Bolton accuses Trump of lying in new ABC interview
By Tal Axelrod - 06/17/20 02:24 PM EDT
Former national security adviser John Bolton accused President Trump of lying while in office, according to a preview of an interview with ABC News set to air Sunday.
In a promotional clip released by the network, ABC's Martha Raddatz sits down to talk about Bolton's experience in the administration and his upcoming book, "The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir."
"Is the president lying?" Raddatz asks Bolton.
“Yes he is, and it’s not the first time either,†Bolton replies, according to the clip.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503211-bolton-accuses-trump-of-lying-in-new-abc-interview
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Bolton claims House should have investigated other impeachable offenses by Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503222-bolton-claims-house-should-have-investigated-other-impeachable
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Trump asked China president to help him win 2020 election, new Bolton book claims
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-2020-election-xi-jinping-bolton-a9571871.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-china-2020-election-xi-jinping-bolton-a9571871.html)
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Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
NEW Bolton book excerpt in WSJ: In June 2019, Xi "explained to Trump why he was basically building concentration camps in Xinjiang. ... Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do."
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Comfortably Smug
@ComfortablySmug
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If it were true, he would have said it under oath
He's selling books
And Journos are just dumber, underpaid PR he can use to hit number one on Amazon
Simple as that
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
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This is by far the most explosive allegation from the Bolton book that we’ve seen so far—that Trump *encouraged* Xi to continue building concentration camps for religious minorities in Xinjiang, & that Trump “thought it was exactly the right thing to do.â€
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Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
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BOLTON says that for Trump, obstruction of justice is a "way of life," denounces what he says is Trump's penchant to "give personal favors to dictators he liked" & says Trump prioritized his reelection and family's well-being over all else. @michaelcbender
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Bitter, fired, emasculated, huge ego employee who's butthurt over getting dumped...not taking one iota of whatever garbage he spews seriously. The man has zero credibility...zero.
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Zeke Miller
@ZekeJMiller
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.@PressSec
today on Bolton book: "This book is full of classified information." This would appear to be a tacit confirmation of at least some of the accounts in the book. It can't be classified if it didn't happen.
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Los Angeles Times
@latimes
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Breaking: Federal prosecutors are weighing whether to criminally charge John Bolton with disclosing classified information in his upcoming White House memoir https://latimes.com/politics/story
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Schiff blasts Bolton for not testifying after release of excerpts
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/503264-schiff-blasts-bolton-for-not-testifying-after-release-of-excerpts
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Lighthizer denies Bolton claim that Trump asked Xi for election help
By Niv Elis - 06/17/20 04:33 PM EDT
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday denied a claim by former National Security Advisor John Bolton that President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for help winning the 2020 election.
"Absolutely untrue, never happened. I was there, I have no recollection of that ever happening. I don't believe it's true, I don't believe it ever happened," Lighthizer said at a Senate Finance Committee Hearing.
Less than an hour earlier, The Washington Post ran an excerpt from Bolton's upcoming book, in which the former Trump administration official claims that Trump made the request for electoral help from Xi during a one-on-one meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Japan in June 2019.
Trump, Bolton wrote, turned the conversation to "China’s economic capability to affect the ongoing campaigns, pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win.â€
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https://thehill.com/policy/international/503262-lighthizer-denies-bolton-claim-that-trump-asked-xi-for-election-help
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
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This is by far the most explosive allegation from the Bolton book that we’ve seen so far—that Trump *encouraged* Xi to continue building concentration camps for religious minorities in Xinjiang, & that Trump “thought it was exactly the right thing to do.â€
That one kills Bolton's credibility at square 1. No sane POTUS or even American would say anything that stupid. I am thinking Bolton didn't get to play Boom ! Boom!, and now wants to return a little pay back.
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That one kills Bolton's credibility at square 1. No sane POTUS or even American would say anything that stupid. I am thinking Bolton didn't get to play Boom ! Boom!, and now wants to return a little pay back.
Bolton is part of the gang of former insiders now on the outside looking in. Like the others it’s all about Bolton’s rice bowl now. Naturally he wants Trump gone.
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This book brings me back to the campaign of ‘16. Recall the frenzied attacks on Trump? The years old recordings of Trump’s phone calls, the outlandish accusations? Hourly stories about his insane behavior, his criminal activities, his pact with the devil, how he ate babies and crushed puppies for amusement. LOL!
Bolton’s book is that. You know what they say, politics ain’t beanbags.
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Bolton takes hits from all sides over book
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503294-bolton-takes-hits-from-all-sides-over-book
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‘He Is So Full Of Sh*t’: Bolton Claims Mike Pompeo, Others Mocked Trump Behind His Back
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/17/john-bolton-mike-pompeo-mocked-donald-trump-behind-back/
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Rebecca Ballhaus
@rebeccaballhaus
NEW Bolton book excerpt in WSJ: In June 2019, Xi "explained to Trump why he was basically building concentration camps in Xinjiang. ... Trump said that Xi should go ahead with building the camps, which Trump thought was exactly the right thing to do."
Ummmmmmmmm ... the camps in Xinjiang were in preparation and opening in 2016 as part of a policy set in motion in 2014. And that policy was in response to several prior years of unrest. Bolton is making @#$% up, possibly relying on people not remembering when the "reeducation" camps started and/or not doing a little easy basic research.
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Ummmmmmmmm ... the camps in Xinjiang were in preparation and opening in 2016 as part of a policy set in motion in 2014. And that policy was in response to several prior years of unrest. Bolton is making @#$% up, possibly relying on people not remembering when the "reeducation" camps started and/or not doing a little easy basic research.
I do remember hearing about this camps before Trump was in office.
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Bolton is full of s**t..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps#Policies_from_2009_to_2016 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinjiang_re-education_camps#Policies_from_2009_to_2016)
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Why should I believe John Bolton? :shrug:
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Comfortably Smug
@ComfortablySmug
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If it were true, he would have said it under oath
He's selling books
And Journos are just dumber, underpaid PR he can use to hit number one on Amazon
Simple as that
THERE it is!
A whore for rent.
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Why should I believe John Bolton? :shrug:
He lied to Mark Levin on a speakerphone call with President Trump, as Mark tells it. Thinks Bolton sold out for money because of his personal animus for Trump. Not an honorable guy this Bolton.
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He lied to Mark Levin on a speakerphone call with President Trump, as he tells it. Thinks Bolton sold out for money because of the personal animus for Trump. Not an honorable guy this Bolton.
Good thing he’s no longer in a position to recommend sending our troops into harms way.
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Catherine Herridge
@CBS_Herridge
#BoltonBook DOJ seeks temporary restraining order citing classified information + motion for preliminary injunction. Seeks hearing “at the Court’s earliest convenience on Friday, June 19..because Mr. Bolton’s book is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, June 23, 2020â€
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8:29 PM · Jun 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1273412516429942785
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Catherine Herridge
@CBS_Herridge
#BoltonBook Speaking to @CBSNews @RudyGiuliani said “I recommended John Bolton to the President for National Security Adviser because it is good to have balance in an administration and opposing views. I personally warned John Bolton that the President would not always agree with
...him, and to be ready for it. The President has the final say. I never imagined in a million years Bolton would write this book about a sitting President. I have known him for 11 years and if he had any problems with my work in Ukraine as the...
President’s personal attorney, he never told me to my face and he had many chances to do so. My conclusion is that Bolton is an unreliable backstabber who wrote his version of events so that he can sell a bookâ€
8:46 PM · Jun 17, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1273416675203919872
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The Hill
@thehill
Kellyanne Conway to reporters: "It is absolutely precious and adorable how all pro-John Bolton you all are now. It's really cute."
Video: https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1273367565444820992
5:31 PM · Jun 17, 2020·Twitter Media Studio
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Andrew Desiderio
@AndrewDesiderio
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This is by far the most explosive allegation from the Bolton book that we’ve seen so far—that Trump *encouraged* Xi to continue building concentration camps for religious minorities in Xinjiang, & that Trump “thought it was exactly the right thing to do.â€
Nobody should be surprised he's said many things like that. Everyone knew what he said about Tiananmen Square:
An interview that Trump gave to Playboy in 1990 has just come to my attention. If I’m the last to know about it, forgive me. Trump was asked about Gorbachev — who was nearing the end of his time in power. Trump said, “Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That’s my problem with Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand.†His interviewer asked, “You mean firm hand as in China?†Trump answered, “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak … as being spit on by the rest of the world –â€
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/ (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/)
Nine Notorious Dictators, Nine Shout-Outs From Donald Trump
The president of the United States continues to heap praise on the world's most reviled rulers.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/trump-xi-jinping-dictators/554810/)
Totally believable. He says stuff like that.
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And she really isn't. I am surprised she is still married.
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That one kills Bolton's credibility at square 1. No sane POTUS or even American would say anything that stupid. I am thinking Bolton didn't get to play Boom ! Boom!, and now wants to return a little pay back.
He's said many things like that over the years. No surprise.
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And she really isn't. I am surprised she is still married.
I suggest you focus on your own marriage ... if you have one. It might improve your mood.
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I suggest you focus on your own marriage ... if you have one. It might improve your mood.
@Right_in_Virginia
The only thing that improves the mood of that one is causing grief to others.
And possibly stomping baby rabbits to death.
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When you're that close to the President, you need some discretion and at least wait till he's out of office.
This is dirty, vindictive, and unbecoming behavior, and he's lost all credibility with me.
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He's said many things like that over the years. No surprise.
Like endorse concentration camps for those exercising religious freedoms? Are you joking?
I might get a mod slap for saying you are FOS, but...........
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When you're that close to the President, you need some discretion and at least wait till he's out of office.
This is dirty, vindictive, and unbecoming behavior, and he's lost all credibility with me.
He's a text book example of a cowardly sell out. Real red flag for me, is he wouldn't say these things under oath, but when there is the smell of a $2M tell all, he is on it like flies on shit. So how much of this is really true, if it couldn't be said under oath...
Now add the fact, we are in the midst of probably a close election, and crap like this could sway the election? This jerk is worse than the enemy. He's a Benedict Arnold to anything and anyone standing for and trying to fight off the pending socialist wave.
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Of course Trump lies. He's now a politician. Before that he was a "reality" TV star. Before that a real estate developer. All of these are professions that rely on hype (i.e. lying to make things look better than they are).
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Kellyanne Conway's jibe about the leftist reporters suddenly being pro-John Bolton is quite delightful. What's also delightful is that an application to suppress publication on the basis of classified information being contained on the (dubious) basis that conversations between Bolton and the President were classified is an admission of the veracity of Bolton's account of the conversations..
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New York Times book review ---
In ‘The Room Where It Happened,’ John Bolton Dumps His Notes and Smites His Enemies
NY Times, Jan 17, 2020
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In another book by another writer, such anecdotes might land with a stunning force, but Bolton fails to present them that way, leaving them to swim in a stew of superfluous detail. Besides, the moment he cites as the real “turning point†for him in the administration had to do with an attack on Iran that, to Bolton’s abject disappointment, didn’t happen.
In June 2019, Iran had shot down an unmanned American drone, and Bolton, who has always championed what he proudly calls “disproportionate response,†pushed Trump to approve a series of military strikes in retaliation. You can sense Bolton’s excitement when he describes going home “at about 5:30†for a change of clothes because he expected to be at the White House “all night.†It’s therefore an awful shock when Trump decided to call off the strikes at the very last minute, after learning they would kill as many as 150 people. “Too many body bags,†Trump told him. “Not proportionate.â€
Bolton still seems incensed at this unexpected display of caution and humanity on the part of Trump, deeming it “the most irrational thing I ever witnessed any President do.†In the book, Bolton is vague about the targets themselves, though it was later reported that he wanted one of them to be the Iranian commander Qassim Suleimani, killed on Jan. 3 by American airstrikes, four months after Bolton left the administration. On Jan. 6, Bolton finally agreed to testify at the impeachment trial if the Republican-controlled Senate subpoenaed him — which, as predicted, it never did.
As for what Bolton might have said at the trial, his chapter on Ukraine is weird, circuitous and generally confounding. It’s full of his usual small-bore detail, but on the bigger, more pointed questions, the sentences get windy and conspicuously opaque. He confirms what Fiona Hill, a White House aide, recalled him saying to her when she testified at the House impeachment hearings (including his memorable comparison of Rudolph Giuliani, Trump’s personal lawyer, to a “hand grenadeâ€). But Bolton declines to offer anything comparatively vivid in his own book, taking cover in what he depicts as his own bewilderment.
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When it comes to Bolton’s comments on impeachment, the clotted prose, the garbled argument and the sanctimonious defensiveness would seem to indicate some sort of ambivalence on his part — a feeling that he doesn’t seem to have very often. Or maybe it merely reflects an uncomfortable realization that he’s stuck between two incompatible impulses: the desire to appear as courageous as those civil servants who bravely risked their careers to testify before the House; and the desire to appease his fellow Republicans, on whom his own fastidiously managed career most certainly depends. It’s a strange experience reading a book that begins with repeated salvos about “the intellectually lazy†by an author who refuses to think through anything very hard himself.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/books/review-room-where-it-happened-john-bolton-memoir.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/books/review-room-where-it-happened-john-bolton-memoir.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage)
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He's a text book example of a cowardly sell out. Real red flag for me, is he wouldn't say these things under oath, but when there is the smell of a $2M tell all, he is on it like flies on shit. So how much of this is really true, if it couldn't be said under oath...
Now add the fact, we are in the midst of probably a close election, and crap like this could sway the election? This jerk is worse than the enemy. He's a Benedict Arnold to anything and anyone standing for and trying to fight off the pending socialist wave.
:amen:
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On Good Morning America.....they were so excited to report about Bolton's book they could hardly get the words out...lol. The first 5 minutes were about it. Then of course they are having a PRIME TIME Sunday night special on it. Geez....what's with Michael Strahan...I can't understand hardly a thing the guy says.
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If this is truly for real, you think that Bolton would have testified during the House Impeachment instead of waiting for a book deal.
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Bolton: I don't think Trump is 'fit for office'
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503335-john-bolton-on-trump-i-dont-think-hes-fit-for-office
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He's said many things like that over the years. No surprise.
You never fail to disappoint.
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Nobody should be surprised he's said many things like that. Everyone knew what he said about Tiananmen Square:
An interview that Trump gave to Playboy in 1990 has just come to my attention. If I’m the last to know about it, forgive me. Trump was asked about Gorbachev — who was nearing the end of his time in power. Trump said, “Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That’s my problem with Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand.†His interviewer asked, “You mean firm hand as in China?†Trump answered, “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak … as being spit on by the rest of the world –â€
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/ (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/)
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So you disagree with Trump's statement that what China did was "vicious" and "horrible"? :shrug:
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Bolton: I don't think Trump is 'fit for office'
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/503335-john-bolton-on-trump-i-dont-think-hes-fit-for-office
We are on the verge of becoming (if not already), a socialist country and Bolton pulls this crap. I think he's gone mentally off.
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This is all we are going to hear about for the next couple of months..this IS big news to them...now Shiftforbrains wants him to testify before Congress...
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This is all we are going to hear about for the next couple of months..this IS big news to them...now Shiftforbrains wants him to testify before Congress...
He sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver...……...
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He sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver...……...
30 pieces? Bolton is a conservative Judas X300000
10.5 gms of silver in a shekel.
$2M divided by $17.53/oz = 114,090 ounces of silver.
1oz= 28.375 oz. or 2.7 shekels per ounce.
Roughly over 308,000 Shekels.
Congrats Bolton, you POS.... Equated to Benedict Arnold and Judas on one page.
When this SOB makes public appearances, connservatives need to be tossing coins at him in mock style.
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June 18, 2020
John Bolton’s book looks like a fairy-tale for Trump haters
By Andrea Widburg
The Trump administration has sued to stop John Bolton’s purported “tell-all†from being released next week on the ground that it is filled with classified information that affects national security. That suit hasn’t stopped Bolton’s publisher from leaking the supposed “bombshells†in the book.
Those bombshells will excite Trump haters, but those who support Trump will immediately recognize them as lies, deliberate misinterpretations, and resentment. Expect the activist Democrat media to sing the book’s praises, but that won’t change the outcome of the November election.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/john_boltons_book_looks_like_a_fairytale_for_trump_haters.html (https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/john_boltons_book_looks_like_a_fairytale_for_trump_haters.html)
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June 18, 2020
Secrets and Lies: Bolton's book 'revelations' ring phony to conservatives, and enrage the lefties
By Monica Showalter
Embittered former National Security Advisor John Bolton's big tell-all book, released just in time for elections, isn't impressing either the right or even the left.
For conservatives, it's a petty, vindictive list of claims about President Trump that are very likely untrue, based on what we know of the man and his policies.
And for lefties, who are lapping up every Bolton word as God's gospel truth, the infuriated reaction is: 'Why didn't you tell us sooner?'
There's also a phony argument being raised in the press that the White House's bid to stop publication based on disclosure of classified information naturally contradicts the right's claim that Bolton is publishing lies. If the White House is trying to stop publication, it all would have to be true, right? Except that most of us know that long-form books can be a mixture of things.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/secrets_and_lies_boltons_book_revelations_ring_phony_to_conservatives_and_enrage_the_lefties.html (https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/secrets_and_lies_boltons_book_revelations_ring_phony_to_conservatives_and_enrage_the_lefties.html)
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‘Completely Crazy’: Lighthizer Denies Bolton’s Claim That Trump Asked China For Election Help
Chuck Ross on June 17, 2020
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer denied Wednesday that President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in June 2019 for help in the upcoming presidential election, an allegation that former national security adviser John Bolton levels in his forthcoming memoir.
“Absolutely untrue, never happened. I was there, I have no recollection of that ever happening. I don’t believe it’s true, I don’t believe it ever happened,†Lighthizer testified during a Senate Finance Committee hearing.
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http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2020/06/17/completely-crazy-lighthizer-disputes-boltons-claim-about-trump-xi-meeting/ (http://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2020/06/17/completely-crazy-lighthizer-disputes-boltons-claim-about-trump-xi-meeting/)
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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Bitter, fired, emasculated, huge ego employee who's butthurt over getting dumped...not taking one iota of whatever garbage he spews seriously. The man has zero credibility...zero.
I used to have considerable respect for Mr. Bolton, but when he did not testify at the impeachment -- not because he was afraid of legal repercussions from the White House, but because he wanted to save it all for his book -- I lost all respect for him. If he had something to say, the impeachment hearings were the place to say it. Now whatever he says is suspect because I figure he has a book to sell.
i expect all of these tell-all books -- Bolton's, the one about Melania and the niece's book -- will all have some eyebrow raising claims, but not an ounce of proof. "Trump said X?" Ok, where is the audio recording? Or a transcript? Sorry, but I'm not going to buy any of these claims without evidence.
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June 18, 2020
John Bolton’s book looks like a fairy-tale for Trump haters
By Andrea Widburg
The Trump administration has sued to stop John Bolton’s purported “tell-all†from being released next week on the ground that it is filled with classified information that affects national security. That suit hasn’t stopped Bolton’s publisher from leaking the supposed “bombshells†in the book.
Those bombshells will excite Trump haters, but those who support Trump will immediately recognize them as lies, deliberate misinterpretations, and resentment. Expect the activist Democrat media to sing the book’s praises, but that won’t change the outcome of the November election.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/john_boltons_book_looks_like_a_fairytale_for_trump_haters.html (https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/john_boltons_book_looks_like_a_fairytale_for_trump_haters.html)
I guess the book claims Trump asked Xi for help with his re-election, which is the tallest stinking pile I can imagine and confirms my suspicions that a) Bolton is talking to the rats, and b) he is accusing Trump of exactly what the rats are doing.
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Nobody should be surprised he's said many things like that. Everyone knew what he said about Tiananmen Square:
An interview that Trump gave to Playboy in 1990 has just come to my attention. If I’m the last to know about it, forgive me. Trump was asked about Gorbachev — who was nearing the end of his time in power. Trump said, “Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That’s my problem with Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand.†His interviewer asked, “You mean firm hand as in China?†Trump answered, “When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak … as being spit on by the rest of the world –â€
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/ (https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/donald-trump-praised-tiananmen-square-massacre/)
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Totally believable. He says stuff like that.
What makes Bolton's claim non-credible is that China was converting existing facilities and building new for "reeducation" camps in 2015 or 2016, before Trump was elected President. Bolton is lying, cynically relying on his assumptions that: A.) transcripts/tapes from the negotiations are classified and won't be released; B.) people who were present and might deny his claim will be ignored/dismissed as working for Trump.
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I used to have considerable respect for Mr. Bolton, but when he did not testify at the impeachment -- not because he was afraid of legal repercussions from the White House, but because he wanted to save it all for his book -- I lost all respect for him. If he had something to say, the impeachment hearings were the place to say it. Now whatever he says is suspect because I figure he has a book to sell.
i expect all of these tell-all books -- Bolton's, the one about Melania and the niece's book -- will all have some eyebrow raising claims, but not an ounce of proof. "Trump said X?" Ok, where is the audio recording? Or a transcript? Sorry, but I'm not going to buy any of these claims without evidence.
I was upset he didn't testify also but why?
Trump falsely claims House Democrats 'never' asked Bolton to testify
By Morgan Chalfant - 01/27/20 07:40 AM EST
President Trump claimed falsely on Monday that House Democrats “never even asked†his former national security adviser John Bolton to testify during the impeachment inquiry as he argued that it isn’t the job of the GOP-controlled Senate to call Bolton as a witness now.
“The Democrat controlled House never even asked John Bolton to testify. It is up to them, not up to the Senate!†Trump tweeted early Monday morning.
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House investigators did ask Bolton to testify during the impeachment inquiry last fall, but he declined to testify on instructions from the White House and said he would only testify pursuant to a subpoena if a court weighed in on the issue. The House never subpoenaed Bolton, likely to avoid a drawn-out court battle.
The White House successfully blocked a handful of high-level current and former officials from testifying, many of whom were issued subpoenas, on the grounds that they are immune from compelled congressional testimony as top aides to Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/480040-trump-falsely-claims-house-democrats-never-asked-bolton-to-testify
Trump simply wanted to silence him no matter what. Through the impeachment hearings or through the book.
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If this is truly for real, you think that Bolton would have testified during the House Impeachment instead of waiting for a book deal.
Which is the important point that Trump critics ignore. :beer:
Conclusion, Bolton hopes to get rich quick and land a cushy gig as a CNN nuisance in Trump’s second term.
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Which is the important point that Trump critics ignore. :beer:
Conclusion, Bolton hopes to get rich quick and land a cushy gig as a CNN nuisance in Trump’s second term.
Only that Trump was the one that kept several people from testifying. Then he lied and said the Democrats never asked Bolton to testify.
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Only that Trump was the one that kept several people from testifying. Then he lied and said the Democrats never asked Bolton to testify.
I can't figure out if you're evil or dimwitted. But either way you are deliberately annoying.
Get the damn facts straight @Chosen Daughter The President, as any president would have done, asserted his right of Executive Privilege. (A privilege previously upheld by the Supreme Court.)
The demonrats then had the right to challenge the President's assertion in court. The demonrats declined to do so .... and dropped Bolton from the witness list.
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I can't figure out if you're evil or dimwitted. But either way you are deliberately annoying.
Get the damn facts straight @Chosen Daughter The President, as any president would have done, asserted his right of Executive Privilege. (A privilege previously upheld by the Supreme Court.)
The demonrats then had the right to challenge the President's assertion in court. The demonrats declined to do so .... and dropped Bolton from the witness list.
Yeah but...TRUMP!
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If they are saying it’s classified does that not make it true?
Otherwise why sue. And if it isn’t true, it’s worse. Trump is using government agencies and tax payers money for a civil suit.
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If they are saying it’s classified does that not make it true?
Otherwise why sue. And if it isn’t true, it’s worse. Trump is using government agencies and tax payers money for a civil suit.
There are some other sections that are classifiied.
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If they are saying it’s classified does that not make it true?
LOL! Nope. It makes it Classified. Lies are classified too. *****rollingeyes*****
Otherwise why sue. And if it isn’t true, it’s worse. Trump is using government agencies and tax payers money for a civil suit.
One good stretch of logic in support of another.
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LOL! Nope. It makes it Classified. Lies are classified too. *****rollingeyes*****
One good stretch of logic in support of another.
Logic? We don’t need no stinking logic, because...TRUMP!!!
Remember seeing those lawn signs, Love Trumps Hate? (democrats are so clever)
Well its meaning morphed (in the practical world) to, Hate Trumps Trump.
Trump cures cancer! The dirty rotten bastard put oncologists out of business!
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thehill.com
Bolton book: Trump's ignorance, from maps to policy
5-6 minutes
We don’t need former national security adviser John Bolton to tell us that is geographically illiterate, although it is entertaining to read in his forthcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened,†that the president asked if Finland was part of Russia.
The more serious charges in Bolton’s book go far beyond Trump’s need of a geographic compass and point to his obvious lack of a moral compass. If the allegation is true, Trump offered to sell our democracy to China — the country he now blames for the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more Americans than died in WWI.
more
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/503386-bolton-book-trumps-ignorance-from-maps-to-policy
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From what I'm seeing that even some libs are calling bs on this.
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thehill.com
Bolton book: Trump's ignorance, from maps to policy
5-6 minutes
We don’t need former national security adviser John Bolton to tell us that is geographically illiterate, although it is entertaining to read in his forthcoming book, “The Room Where It Happened,†that the president asked if Finland was part of Russia.
The more serious charges in Bolton’s book go far beyond Trump’s need of a geographic compass and point to his obvious lack of a moral compass. If the allegation is true, Trump offered to sell our democracy to China — the country he now blames for the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more Americans than died in WWI.
more
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/503386-bolton-book-trumps-ignorance-from-maps-to-policy
A man who does business all over the world is ignorant of geography? :silly:
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What's also delightful is that an application to suppress publication on the basis of classified information being contained on the (dubious) basis that conversations between Bolton and the President were classified is an admission of the veracity of Bolton's account of the conversations..
@The_Reader_David
HorseHillary! Those conversations were classified so you have no freaking idea what was discussed. They were classified because they were discussing national defense in military,economic,and legal areas,which is what Presidents do as a part of their daily job.
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He sold his soul for 30 pieces of silver...……...
@mrpotatohead
Of course he did. It's what people like him always do when they don't get their way.
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Jack Posobiec
@JackPosobiec
Peter Navarro just called the Bolton book 'revenge porn'
1:24 PM · Jun 18, 2020·Twitter Web App
https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1273667936096587782
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@Cyber Liberty
@mystery-ak
@Applewood
I kept up with Bolton:
1. Trump did not want Bolton at first because Bolton had a mustache.
2. Later he took him.
3. Bolton resigned with a letter before Trump fired him.
4. After Bolton's book was ready for a publisher, Bolton had to give the White House the whole thing for intelligence officials to go through and look for security/secret/intelligence material that should come out. When they were finished with that, and changes made, only then could Bolton take it to the publisher.
5. Now Trump is trying to stop it.
About Bolton and the Trump Trial:
1. It is true the House Committee did not call Bolton for a witness as he had already told them they would have to subpoena him and that meant a long time in court.
2. It is also true Bolton told the Senate he would testify if they called him for a witness. The Senate with Republican majority, would not call him.
The book is already a best seller (I am not getting it.) I think it will influence the November election (hurt Trump), along with the economy downward spiral, and many thousands of US citizens dead from the virus and that is not over as today there were 23 states zooming up with more sick. In another two weeks, many of those will be dead and it will keep going unless people protect themselves. Too many people have stopped their protection, and that includes Texas, and Florida right now is exploding with cases.
Trump is making a disaster decision to go to Tulsa this Saturday for a rally. I expect bad guys from numerous states coming there to start serious trouble, plus I expect many there to get the virus and take it home to their family. Oklahoma is the color purple on a map of states with high numbers and purple means a very high number of new cases.
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I can't figure out if you're evil or dimwitted. But either way you are deliberately annoying.
Get the damn facts straight @Chosen Daughter The President, as any president would have done, asserted his right of Executive Privilege. (A privilege previously upheld by the Supreme Court.)
The demonrats then had the right to challenge the President's assertion in court. The demonrats declined to do so .... and dropped Bolton from the witness list.
Fine, that is what I wanted to hear. Trump didn't want him to testify. Not like some are saying they are mad at him because he didn't. It wasn't up to him. He said he would.
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Richard Grenell dishes on John Bolton
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Richard Grenell dishes on John Bolton
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@aligncare
I think that video sumps up Bolton pretty well.
I have to confess that my knee-jerk reaction the firs time I saw him with that caterpillar over his lip,I knew he was a vain self-centered jerk that couldn't be trusted.
Not the tiniest bit scientific,and if there are any studies on signs of male vanity/self-absorption I am unaware of them,but I can truthfully say I will personally NEVER trust a man with a "stache" like that.