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The already angry US President Trump has become even more angry these two days. He actually got up in the middle of the night and tweeted and scolded people. The target was his former subordinate and former national security adviser Bolton. The reason was that the latter's new book "The House of Interference: Memoirs of the White House" will be published tomorrow, and this book reveals many things that Trump "don't want people to know."
"earthquake" caused by a memoir
American media believe that Bolton's upcoming new book is triggering an "earthquake". It is reported that the book has not yet been published, causing a whirlwind in the United States. Bolton was also severely criticized and suppressed by White House and the US Department of Justice, which became a phenomenal event.
Previously, the Trump administration had filed a lawsuit, and the US Department of Justice also sued Bolton in court on June 16, demanding a federal judge to order a ban on Bolton from publishing the book, on the grounds that the book "contains state confidential information and may endanger national security" and must be blocked from publication.
Trump's anger can be imagined. "I was so angry that I couldn't sleep." He got up in the middle of the night and tweeted Bolton angrily: "Bolton's new book has a bad review, but it is actually a chowder of lies and fictional stories. All of this is just to make me look bad. Many of the ridiculous statements he added to me, I have never done before, it is purely fiction. Wanting to take revenge is like firing a sick puppy."
seems to think the above words are not satisfying enough, and Trump wrote another Tweet: "Madman" Bolton's "extremely boring" book consists of lies and false stories. He "had said good things about me in the newspaper until I fired him. This is a boring fool with dissatisfaction who knows about war all day long. Never logic, (in the end) was bombed away and happily abandoned. What a fool (cool)!" Then he said: Jr. Bush President also fired him, Bolton was incompetent! "
Interestingly, not only Trump and Republicans are dissatisfied with Bolton's new book, but Trump's rival, Democrats led by Pelosi , also seemed to have a lot of opinions about Bolton's publication. On the 18th local time, Pelosi was fully fired at a press conference. First, he criticized "Trump not only failed to meet the standards in terms of moral standards, but also was not prepared to become the president of the United States at the intellectual level." Then he criticized Bolton for refusing to testify in Trump's impeachment case, saying that Bolton's current behavior of writing books "exposed" and selling books to make money is simply "Selling national interests."
A pair of former "good friends"
Trump's words to scold Bolton are all-out. But then again, did he really think Bolton was "incompetent" from the beginning? If this is true, what is the reason why he once placed such an "incompetent" person in an extremely important position as a national security adviser? In fact, everything that happened is just the result of the two sides turning against each other, and the two had "intimate time" before.
Bolton was not an unknown person before entering Trump's team. He worked for Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr., and was not only a senior figure in the circle of Washington , but also a famous "hawkish" figure in American politics. After Flynn was dismissed, Trump was eager to find a "like-minded and tougher person" on the issue of Iran , with the intention of shocking his opponents. Bolton, who is known for his tough external stance, entered Trump's vision. More importantly, during Obama , Erton has written many articles criticizing the Obama administration for being "innocent" in diplomacy, and is absolutely negative about the Obama administration's decision to sign the Iran nuclear agreement and restore diplomatic relations with Cuba. According to the reasoning that the opponent's opponent is his own, Bolton naturally has a very appetite for Trump.
Initially, the two "Tebo" also had a "secret month" time. After receiving the appointment, Bolton stated: "The United States is currently facing complex affairs and challenges. I am very looking forward to working with President Trump and his leadership team to make our country safer at home and stronger at the outside world."After becoming Trump's adviser, Bolton with a goatee was almost inseparable from Trump, especially in major foreign affairs occasions, Bolton seemed to be the shadow of the president. At this time, Bolton was naturally very obedient to Trump, claiming that "everything is based on the voice of the president."
A farce that cannot be tolerated by one mountain
Trump accepted Bolton because of his toughness, and fired Bolton because he was too tough, which made Trump difficult to control. From April 2018 to September 2019, in addition to the initial "honeymoon period", Bolton was a lot of Conflict with Trump.
On the Iran issue, although Trump tore up the Iran nuclear agreement, he still hopes to reach a settlement with Iran through diplomatic means, while Bolton strongly advocates a military strike against Iran. In June 2018, Iran shot down a US unmanned reconnaissance plane, and the White House adviser led by Bolton immediately submitted a plan to use force against Iran, and Trump "stepped on the brakes" at the last moment.
In fact, at that time, the cracks between the two were already obvious, but Trump did not admit on the surface and planned to "suffer the person he chose to "suffer to the end with tears." Trump also said: "I am the one who restrains him (Bolton), and there are others who are more dovish than him. There is no problem at all. "
However, Trump ultimately failed to restrain Bolton. The conflict between the two is growing intensified on issues such as North Korea and Venezuela. In particular, Trump has always regarded easing relations with North Korea as the main achievement of foreign policy, while Bolton kept making different voices.
Facts have proved that Bolton's "hardness" exceeded Trump's tolerance. He finally said: "Bolton is a completely hawk. If he had the final say, World War III will fight. "
The contradiction between the two is that Trump's toughness is "a business" - repeatedly showing strength is just to "bet big and win big", which is blackmail; while Bolton's toughness is more like a "war madman", trying to solve all problems with military problems. The different ways are, and it is impossible to make plans, which is also the fundamental reason why Bolton was fired.
A "stumbling block" on the road to re-election
This time, the tough Bolton personally dug a big hole for Trump.
Because Bolton was in office, he was in contact with Trump's decision-making level. The content involves Trump's core policies towards China and Russia, Ukraine, North Korea, Iran and European allies, and there are also a lot of things that cannot be obtained on the table. Therefore, Bolton insists on publishing a "memoir" at a critical moment when Trump is fighting for re-election, which naturally makes Trump unable to sleep at night.
According to details disclosed by the Washington Post, Bolton not only criticized Trump for being "quirky and abnormal" and "amazingly ignorant" in the new book, but also described in detail the "fight" between the two people and a large number of diplomatic stories of Trump making a fool of themselves. The BBC commented: "This is the most explosive, critical and substantial White House memoir from the hands of a former senior official of the Trump administration. "
There is no doubt that the content disclosed by Bolton will provide Trump's opponents with more heavy "cannonballs". This is likely to be a stumbling block on the road to re-election for Trump, who is in a tight election due to the epidemic crisis and riot crisis.
Trump's anxious is obviously obvious. While scolding Bolton on social media, he criticized Bolton for being useless, in order to minimize the possible negative impact of the new book; while using executive forces to strictly guard against each other, including through the Department The Department of Law sued Bolton, conducted strict content reviews of memoirs, and forced some content to be deleted - although the publication of the new book could no longer be stopped, the U.S. Department of Justice still stressed that it would continue to block the spread of the text content of the book, "further prohibiting the distribution of related audiobooks and other electronic copies."
Compared with Trump's anger, Bolton seemed to be much calmer. He said: "I think Trump's behavior is not commensurate with the president's duties, which is limiting the political voice of our country's citizens. I don't plan to pay attention to him."Interestingly, Trump's overreaction provided the publisher with a marketing slogan that was cost-effective: this is a book that Trump "don't want you to read"! Trump's angrily scolded him, which was equivalent to "advertising" Bolton's new book, and the big sale of this book has become a foregone conclusion. It is estimated that Trump's intestines have regretted it - he has beaten the eagle for a lifetime, but the eagle was pecked.
