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Donald Trump sought Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election, Bolton claims in new book

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Jun 18, 2020 #Bolton, #claims
Donald Trump sought Xi Jinping’s help to win re-election, Bolton claims in new book

US President Donald Trump sought the help of Chinese President Xi Jinping to win re-election, his former national security adviser John Bolton has claimed in an explosive new book.

Key points:

  • John Bolton says the request for Chinese election help came in June 2019
  • He also alleges Mr Trump gave “personal favours to dictators he liked”
  • The White House has taken legal action to prevent publication of the book

The request came in a closed-door meeting in June 2019, according to Mr Bolton who left the White House on acrimonious terms later that year.

He also alleged Mr Trump had expressed a willingness to halt criminal investigations to give “personal favours to dictators he liked”.

The excerpts from The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir were published in the Wall Stree

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