Trump asked Xi for re-election help, Bolton says in book
US President Donald J. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on November 9, 2017
DONALD Trump pleaded with China’s leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president’s former national security adviser John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts published yesterday. Bolton alleges in a blistering critique that Trump’s focus on winning a second term was the driving principle of his foreign policy – and that top aides routinely disparaged the Republican leader for his ignorance of basic geopolitical facts.
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