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Trump Trashes John Bolton, Says Bolton ‘Begged’ For Job, Would Have Started ‘World War Six’

Emily Zanotti
Trump Trashes John Bolton, Says Bolton ‘Begged’ For Job, Would Have Started ‘World War Six’
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President Donald Trump broke his silence on former national security advisor John Bolton early Wednesday in a series of scorching tweets accusing Bolton of begging for a job and for pressing the Trump Administration to engage in a dangerous, offensive foreign policy.

Bolton, of course, is now dominating headlines after a draft of his book, “The Room Where It Happened,” leaked to The New York Times over the weekend. In it, Bolton describes a phone call between Trump and Ukrainian officials, seemingly verifying claims that Trump tried to withhold foreign aid destined for the Ukraine until Ukrainian investigators agreed to pursue claims that former Vice President Joe Biden used his power to help his son, Hunter, get and keep a job with oil and gas company, Burisma.

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