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John Bolton is the latest former US-to write official, about the life in The Trump administration

The Presidency of Donald Trump already-generated long reading list, but the latest offering from the former National Security adviser John Bolton has more attention than most, because the author of The High -ranking status and the nature of its claims.

His Work - The Room Where It Happened - shows a President none of the basic geopolitical and whose decisions were often driven by the desire for re-election.

Even Trump critics have asked why Mr Bolton speak, during the Impeachment Hearings , while The President himself called his former top adviser in safety "incompetent" and a "tedious old fool".

The White house tie to stop, The Book Version, but the US media have received advance copies and began the publication of data from him. Here are some of The Most eye-catching allegations.

1. Trump wanted to enlist help from China choice.

In The Book , Mr Bolton describes a meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a G20 meeting in Japan Last Year .

The US President "stunning, turned The Conversation to the next US presidential election [in 2020], in allusion to China 's economic performance and supplication with Xi, in order to ensure that he would win," said Mr Bolton writes.

"He stressed the importance of farmers and the increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the election result. "

the Agriculture is one of The Most important industries in the Midwest American States, helped Mr. Trump to victory in the election in 2016.

2. and voice building internment camps to do the 'right thing'

China has brought the treatment of the Uighurs and other ethnic minorities, the international ban, to have More Than A Million people are thought to have been detained in camps in the Xinjiang region.

On Wednesday, President Trump authorized sanctions against the Chinese officials involved in the mass detention, prompting an angry reaction from China .

President Trump, the Chinese President praised Xi Jinping during the war, too involved in a trade with him

But in Mr Bolton's book, when Mr Xi defended the building of the camps, the US President suggested that he approved of China 's actions.

"According to our interpreter," said Mr. Bolton wrote, "Trump said that Xi should go forward with the construction of the warehouse, The Trump thought was to do exactly The Right thing to do. "

3. Trump offered 'to dictators ' personal benefits'

The Chinese leaders are not the only authoritarian Mr Bolton, The President accuses of pandering.

Mr Trump was ready to intervene in criminal investigations", in fact, give personal advantage to dictators, who he liked," Mr. Bolton wrote.

According to The Book , Mr. Trump offered help to the Turkish President , Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the year 2018 in a U.S. investigation in Turkish companies regarding potential violations of the Iranian sanctions.

The US President is said to have agreed to "Take Care of things" and that The Prosecutors were involved in "Obama's people".

4. The Democrats should have gone further with impeachment efforts

In The Book , Mr. Bolton assures Democrats' allegations, deny that President Trump wanted military help for Ukraine in order to pressure Biden into The Investigation of his rival Joe, a claim that sparked their prosecution efforts against him.

He criticized the Democrats in The Book , say that they are committed to "charge errors" only by focusing on the Ukraine. He argues that, if you would have extended The Investigation more Americans believe that President Trump, was necessary to the "High Crimes and misdemeanours", out of the office to be removed.

Mr Bolton will not say if the new allegations which he makes, are impeachable offenses.

He refused to testify, in The Process , if it was in The House of representatives was blocked at the end of Last Year , then, appears to be in The Senate from the Republicans.

5. Trump suggested he wanted to serve More Than two terms

now More on President Trump's talks with Xi Jinping . Mr Bolton says Mr Trump said of China 's leaders, the Americans were keen for him to make the constitutional changes for the purpose of necessary for him to More Than two terms.

"A highlight came when Xi said he wanted to replied with trump for another six years, and Trump that of the people said that the two-term constitutional limit, President be repealed should be said for him."

"Xi, the United States had too many elections because he does not want to switch away from Trump, who nodded in agreement. "

6. Trump didn't know the UK was a Nuclear Power plant.

Britain was The Third country after the United States and the Soviet Union , a nuclear Explosion, in 1952. But that The United Kingdom is a part of the small club of nuclear-armed States to have the news to President Trump seems to be.

An excerpt told of 2018 meeting with the then British Prime Minister , Theresa May , in which an official referred to the UK as a Nuclear Power .

Mr Trump replied: "Oh, you are a Nuclear Power ?"

The remark, Mr Bolton said, "this was not meant as a joke".

7. or if Finland was part of Russia

Mr. Bolton, there were other gaps in The President Trump's.

Before a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Finnish capital Helsinki, he said that he had asked whether Finland was "a kind of satellite of Russia ".

President of The Trump of Russia Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki

According to Mr Bolton, intelligence briefings were "very useful", since during most of them. "He spoke at greater length than the briefers, often on things totally unrelated to the issues at hand".

8. He was very close to finish in fact, Nato

President Trump, a continuing critic of the Nato military bloc, calling on other members to increase their spending.

nevertheless, the US remains a member, but Mr Bolton says that a 2018 Nato summit for Mr Trump had decided.

"We go out, and don't defend those that don't [pay]," The President said, according to Mr Bolton.

9. Invading Venezuela would be 'cool'

it was One of The Most important foreign policy headache for The Trump manage with Venezuela, with the US, a staunch opponent of President Nicolás Maduro.

In discussions on The Matter , President Trump said it would be invaded "cool" to Venezuela, and that The South American nation "is really part of the United States ".

Mr Bolton writes that in a may-2019 phone call, Russian President Vladimir Putin , a "brilliant display of Soviet-style propaganda" by the similarities, which the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who "convinced largely trump".

Mr Putin's goal was to write the defense of his allies of President Maduro, Mr Bolton. In the year 2018, Mr Trump left Mr Maduro characterized imposed a dictator and sanctions, but he clung to Power .

to be broadcast In an interview with Abc News in full this Sunday, Mr Bolton said of Mr Trump: "I think that Putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle. "

10. Also allies mocked him,

Mr Bolton's book contains several examples of White house officials to mock President Trump.

He describes a dysfunctional White house, the meetings resembled "food fights" as efforts on the political decision-making.

When he arrived at the White house, the then chief of staff John Kelly warned him, "this is a bad place to Work , as you find out".

Secretary of state Mike Pompeo , as a loyalist, is said to be written to, with a note by The President as "full of shit".



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Source of news: bbc.com

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