John Bolton's book tells of Trump asking Xi of China to help him win reelection. Bolton says that everything Trump does is in term of himself getting reelected, not in the interest of the country. This is not surprising. I think even most Republicans know that Trump is a disaster for the country. But this is such a divided country that even this revelation by a staunch conservative who had first hand knowledge of the Trump White House, will not change many Republican's votes.
But talking about self interest. If Bolton believes that Trump is such a disaster for the country, why didn't he speak up during the impeachment? I know that Trump blocked him and he can say that the vote in the Senate would not have changed. But if Bolton claims to be a patriot, wouldn't he just called a news conference and alert the country that Trump asked China for help? But Bolton was not patriot enough at that time because his book was not ready for sale yet. Now he is patriot enough. And he has the gall to attack the House Democrats for only concentrating on Ukraine, not China! It is like saying the police didn't catch the criminal because I didn't tell them who that criminal is.
I think one of the few things Trump got right was when Bolton left, Trump said that if Bolton had stayed, he might have started WWIII. Yes, Bolton is that hawkish and dangerous. But then why did Trump hired him in the first place? They deserved each other.
Thursday, June 18, 2020
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I guess no one likes Bolton on both sides! I doubt that his testimony during the hearings would have helped considering that Trump's supporters will still vote for him and those in the Senate would still vote along party lines. It's peculiar that he decided to write this book and get a 2 million dollar payout, which makes it look less credible.
ReplyDeleteSo I don't know why Trump would even care about the book getting released. Bolton will go on every network and talk about it anyways. I think I saw an interview with Schiff and he said he would not buy the book because he doesn't want to contribute any money to Bolton, but said he'd read excerpts.
Hopefully there is audio of Trump talking to Xi that the Democrats or the Lincoln Project to use during the election. Not that it'll matter much.
-LBOAYM