Nu het boek van Bolton binnenkort verschijnt, worden er al fragmenten in de media gedrukt, met een bewering dat Trump de Chinese president Xi smeekte hem te helpen de verkiezingen te winnen door meer sojabonen en tarwe van Amerikaanse boeren te kopen. Maar de Amerikaanse handelsvertegenwoordiger Robert Lighthizer zegt dat de bewering "absoluut niet waar" is:
Học Để Thi – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Wednesday denied a claim by former national security adviser John Bolton that President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for help winning the 2020 election.“Absolutely untrue. Never happened. I was there. I have no recollection of that ever happening. I don’t believe it’s true. I don’t believe it ever happened,” Lighthizer said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing.Less than an hour earlier, The Washington Post ran an excerpt from Bolton’s upcoming book, in which the former Trump administration official claims that Trump made the request for electoral help from Xi during a one-on-one meeting at the Group of 20 summit in Japan in June 2019.Trump, Bolton wrote, turned the conversation to “China’s economic capability to affect the ongoing campaigns, pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win.”“He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome. I would print Trump’s exact words but the government’s prepublication review process has decided otherwise,” the excerpt in the Post read.Lighthizer said he was at the meeting in question and disputed Bolton’s account.
Het grappige is dat Bolton van alle kanten wordt geraakt bij de release van dit boek.
Republikeinen zijn van streek dat hij zo ontrouw zou zijn nadat hij een topbaan in het Witte Huis had gekregen, en zo snel na zijn ambtsperiode in het Witte Huis:
Multiple Republicans largely shrugged off Bolton’s claims, reasoning that the former national security adviser had an ax to grind with his former boss.“$2 million. Apparently that’s all it took for John Bolton to sell off what little credibility he had left,” Rep Doug Collins (R-Ga.) tweeted, referencing the reported worth of Bolton’s book deal.
Democraten daarentegen zijn boos dat Bolton weigerde te getuigen tijdens de afzetting van Trump en alleen zwijgde zodat hij een allesomvattend boek kon verkopen.
Democrats fumed over the new information Wednesday, pointing to Bolton’s prior refusal to testify before the House during impeachment hearings unless a judge ordered him to do so.“When Bolton was asked, he refused, and said he’d sue if subpoenaed. Instead, he saved it for a book,” tweeted Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who oversaw most of the impeachment hearings as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.“Bolton may be an author, but he’s no patriot,” Schiff added.
Ondanks hoe overstuur deze democraten zijn, verzeker ik u dat ze graag alles zullen gebruiken wat Bolton hen nu geeft om te voorkomen dat Trump de verkiezingen wint. Ze zingen over elke controverse van de daken en de media helpen hen daar graag bij.
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