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Donald Trump’s claim not to have been briefed about intelligence suggesting Russia paid Taliban-linked militants to kill US soldiers is “just not the way the system works”, former national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday. Bolton was appearing on Face the Nation, the Sunday talk show from ViacomCBS, the communications giant which owns Simon […] More
The inevitable fallout between the president and his national security adviser makes for a punchy but self-aggrandising memoir ‘Bad cop and worse cop’: Donald Trump and John Bolton in the White House, May 2018. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Any hairdresser could have told them it wouldn’t work. Trump initially refused to hire John Bolton because […] More
Unreliable narrators are a staple of literature. Consider the delusional, self-serving narrator of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” or the way Humbert Humbert used his cultured references and gorgeous prose to dress up his crimes in Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.” Now along comes John Bolton and his account of time served in the Trump administration as national security adviser. Bolton’s […] More
The publication of John Bolton’s White House memoir has caused a sensation. Jonathan Freedland assesses the lurid claims of cosying up to authoritarian leaders as well as descriptions of ‘stunning’ ignorance How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Despite a last-ditch attempt to prevent publication, John Bolton’s tell-all book about his time […] More
Donald Trump may not like reading, but he has inspired a lot of people to take up writing. Anyone remotely connected to the president appears to have an exposé of the Trump administration forthcoming. That includes Sarah Sanders, the former White House press secretary; her book, Speaking for Myself, will be released later this year. […] More
Bolton says he won’t vote for Trump Fear mounts Trump may pressure FDA to rush vaccine by election New York: fight to unseat senior party figure splits Democrats Trump campaign chief faces ‘fury’ after Tulsa rally flops Sign up to our First Thing newsletter LIVE Updated Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Tulsa Saturday. […] More
John Bolton Judge allows publication of tell-all but slams author’s behaviour Aide: ‘That guy should turn in his seersucker suit for a jumpsuit’ The Room Where It Happened: a broadside to sink Trump? John Bolton – wearing a seersucker suit – waits in the Oval Office in July 2019. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA White House […] More
Peter Navarro: Covid-19 ‘was product of Chinese Communist party’ President returns to campaign trail at muted Oklahoma event Trump says he ordered coronavirus testing to ‘slow down’ US attorney behind inquiries into Trump allies resigns John Bolton: judge declines to block tell-all Trump book LIVE Updated Trade adviser Peter Navarro: ‘We know that virus was […] More
