Page 94: The president is described as being "desperate" to meet Kim Jong Un "at any price," though he constantly changes his mind about how to go about it.
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Page 462: The president is suddenly obsessed with Ukraine. Thinks Ukraine is out to get him. Wants Bolton to call Ukraine's president and make sure Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, "to be sure Giuliani got his meeting in Kiev."
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Page 464: Giuliani, feeds the president "nonsense" about Ukraine, which the president believes. Bolton doesn't understand why Trump is "suddenly interested" in military aid to Ukraine.
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Page 475: Bolton concludes that Ukraine's president Zelensky and his team were "people we could work with;" President Trump nevertheless wants nothing to do with them.
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Backing up a bit, Page 458: Bolton describes the president's "penchant to give personal favors to dictators he likes," interfering with prosecutions of companies from China and Turkey. "The pattern looked like obstruction of justice as a way of life."
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Page 459: The president claims Vladimir Putin is "dying" to talk with him. "In fact, Trump was 'dying' to talk with Putin." So Trump calls to chat. There had been a moratorium on such calls, to punish Putin for seizing ships belonging to US ally Ukraine. Trump dropped that.
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Page 489: Part of Bolton's conclusion speculates about a second Trump term. He says Trump's main interest has been re-election, and his fear of losing is one of the last "guardrails" limiting his behavior in any way. In a second term, Bolton says, that guardrail would be gone.
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Bolton has sharp criticisms for many in the administration, and faces much criticism himself. There is so much more to discuss! But his portrayal of the president is relentless in length and detail.
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Putin. Sounds like Bolton was not in the loop.
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if i hear one more senior intelligence official “wonder” why trump’s behavior aligns with putin’s interests, i am going to scream they know. they can’t be that stupid.
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