Yesterday at Duke University, Bolton played bob and weave when asked questions about Trump's shakedown call to Ukrainian President Zelensky and the political errand of manufacturing dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden, among other Trump depredations. The university had booked (no pun intended) Bolton to discuss his time in the Trump regime's inner circle, specifically on foreign policy matters. But the right-wing hawk put his book sales above country once again as he did during Trump's impeachment, telling his audience to buy his book to find out. From Daily Kos:
"The response to any attempt to solicit information from Bolton or to get him to confirm any item that came up in the House hearings or Senate trial of Trump was never anything more than some variation on 'Wait for the book.' The evening was far more a promotion for a book no one can buy than it was a musing on national security.It would be poetic justice if someone leaked the entire manuscript of pseudo patriot Bolton's book, so that everyone could read it free of charge. That way, Trump's attempt at suppressing it and Bolton's attempt to profit from it would be moot.
The highlight in a frustrating list of frustrations may have come when Bolton was asked whether he considered Trump’s July 25 call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky 'perfect,' as Trump has so often called it. "You'll love Chapter 14," said Bolton. It went that way throughout the evening."
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2 comments:
Bolton had the golden opportunity to spill the beans and spell out the crimes for everyone to see. He could have produced first person testimony that might have swayed some Republicans, even a few, But he wanted to save potential sales of his precious book and so instead he's dropping little hints like breadcrumbs to lead us on.
I wouldn't buy that book if it had gold plated pages. Bolton can live with the fact that even though he had information that might have helped save democracy and didn't, but he's a greedy SOB and I hope nobody buys it or pays him to give a speech.
We are thwarted at every turn.
donnah -- His venal grab for money over performing a patriotic act tells you everything about Bolton, who was cynical and corrupt enough to sign on with Trump. He's trash, and we hope the book is leaked before publication for good measure.
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