Wheeee, another bomb for Donald Trump to dodge. It couldn’t happen to a more deserving schmuck. Former national security adviser John Bolton’s tell-all book on the Trump administration was enjoined from publication for a few months, alleging that Bolton had published classified information, but it will drop June 23. Washington Post:
The president has said that Bolton should not publish the book until after the election and has called him a “traitor” in private for writing a negative tell-all book, The Washington Post has previously reported.
Bolton is planning to publish even if the White House does not give publication approval, people familiar with his thinking say, and believes he has removed all classified material. […]
The 592-page book is expected to provide an unvarnished and caustic account of life inside the White House from the national security adviser’s perspective. It is expected to describe the president’s decision-making process, his warring advisers and a number of foreign policy topics, from Ukraine and Venezuela to North Korea and Iran.
The book caused a ruckus earlier this year, after the New York Times reported that Bolton’s book would substantiate claims that Trump withheld military aid to pressure Ukraine’s leader to launch a political investigation. People familiar with the book say Bolton will describe Ukrainian interactions in detail.
I can hardly wait. Bolton is talking to various television networks about doing interviews to promote the book. I hope it’s a best seller, filled with juicy anecdotes and I further hope that it’s got enough incendiary content to inspire a few Lincoln Project ads. Bolton has been in politics a long time. He’s not going to let Trump steal his legacy. I’m betting this book is going to be a real scorcher.
I’m glad it’s coming out befoe the election. But I don’t like him any more than I did before.
I was horrified when Bolton got into this administration, He scared me. But bottom line, he’s out to get Trump, too, so for the moment we’re all allies,
At this point, does anybody really give a damn? Bolton missed his moment and Trump has finished destroying himself.
We don/’t know what Bolton’s going to reveal. It could be killer. let’s wait and see. And Trump’s not done until he’s done. We can’t get complacent,
I would say Trump has sealed his fate and I agree with Ursula. He will be his most dangerous now.
He’d be more dangerous if his brain worked as well as it did in 2016. As it stands, it’ll revert to longstanding patterns that will be easy to anticipate and counter. This last week showed us an effective blueprint on that last…let’s keep it in mind going forward.
Forgive this minor rant, Ursula, but this is starting to bug me a little. There seems to be a constant misconception whenever I say things like my last sentence in my OP. To wit, everyone flashes back to 2016 and assumes that I’m in the same headspace as back then. Let me be clear: I know better. As I said a few days ago, our job from now to November is running up the scoreboard as high as we can.
BUT…and this is critical…the landscape of this year is as distant from 2016 as the dark side of the moon. NO ONE is complacent, whether you’re talking mainstream Dems or every protester who hit the streets or Republican exiles. And any complacency that DOES crop up gets knocked the eff out by whatever incressingly deranged stunt Trump is currently pulling. Even IF he wins, he still loses: trapped in a job he hates, disrespected across the board and absolutely distrusted by anyone with a functioning brain. The downside that goes is that we would lose as well, the main reason why everyone’s jumping on Uncle Joe’s bandwagon with both feet.
We still got a lot of bad days ahead but that’s alright. They answer the infamous question of “What do you got to lose?” That should be more than enough to take care of complacency.
Hoping for some great zingers. It will make Trump so angry, the press will be all over it.
Hopefully, it will bury not only Trump, but the spinless GOP senate-critters too afraid to vote for removal from office when they had the opportunity. This needs to be featured in every Democrat’s Senate ad.
Your wish may well be Fate’s command, Michael.
I will always be furious with Bolton for dissolving the NSC’s office in charge of pandemic response. The scattered and anemic response to the novel virus is responsible for a lot of American suffering. While I’ll celebrate more nails in trvmp’s coffin, I won’t put money in Bolton’s pocket.
Agreed. We can learn what is in the book by listening to our favorite analysts–no need to give this guy even a buck of our money. Where was he when the country needed him–to testify during the impeachment hearings? Or at the very least to just tell the truth even if only in sound bites.
And even if we could ignore that (to be clear, I’m just as pissed about that one, CAZ), when he had the chance to do something when it mattered, he opted for personal gain. That has made him a unique pariah of our era, hated by both sides.
Bolton is a bad actor. If he had anything to say, the time was at impeachment. Nobody should care now. Hes irrelevant.
Succinctly and accurately put, Suzc!
Not a fan of Bolton but let’s hope this book puts a few more nails in the coffin.
I hope the two of them tear each other to shreds.