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Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has criticized policies of Donald Trump, stressing that he should not be re-elected. When it comes to national security, Trump “follows no political philosophy, no strategic thinking,” the 71-year-old told Welt am Sonntag, according to Deutsche Welle. He added that the consequence now …

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif cited former National Security Advisor John Bolton’s new book as evidence that the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign against Tehran is designed to bring down the regime entirely, rather than to pressure the government to adopt more moderate foreign policy and nuclear ambitions. Zarif told the …

Donald Trump continued to rip into former national security adviser John Bolton over his scathing critique of the president in his book, calling the conservative hawk “crazy” and bad at his job. During a town hall event taped on Thursday afternoon that aired that evening, the president also took a …

President Trump backed Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the aftermath of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder to distract reporters from covering Ivanka Trump’s use of a private email server, a new book claims. Early copies of John Bolton’s ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir,’ were obtained Wednesday …

In a conversation last year, US President Donald Trump allegedly said that he did not care whether Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) militants made a return to Iraq, according to claims made in former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s new book “The Room Where It Happened”. In the memoir, which is …

The US’s former national security adviser pulled the curtain further back on the relationship between the president and Vladimir Putin, saying the Russian president believed he could play Donald Trump “like a fiddle”. The new interview from John Bolton comes after leaked excerpts from his new book, that The White …

Donald Trump pleaded with China’s leader Xi Jinping for help to win re-election in 2020, the US president’s former national security advisor John Bolton writes in an explosive new behind-the-scenes book, according to excerpts published Wednesday. Bolton alleges in a blistering critique that Trump’s focus on winning a second term …

The White House has warned former national security adviser John Bolton not to publish his book containing evidence about President Donald Trump’s attempts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival. National Security Council officials sent a letter to Bolton’s lawyer, saying the unpublished book “appears to contain significant amounts …

US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter as the possibility of John Bolton’s testimony grows stronger. The president released a tweetstorm on Wednesday, calling for an impeachment trial to end immediately in the US Senate, where his allies hold the majority. Mark Penn, Harris Poll: “It’s time to end …

An explosive allegation concerning John Bolton has given new ammunition to Democrats’ demands for the Republican-controlled Senate to call the former national security adviser to testify at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The New York Times reported that the book manuscript Bolton submitted to the White House for review alleges …

President Donald Trump has fired national security adviser John Bolton. Trump tweeted Tuesday that he told Bolton Monday night that his services were no longer needed at the White House. He says Bolton submitted his resignation on Tuesday morning. Trump tweeted that he “disagreed strongly” with many of Bolton’s suggestions, …

US National Security Adviser John Bolton has said the United States “enthusiastically” supports a no-deal Brexit. The European Union’s French chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier had warned Britain if it wanted to avoid a no-deal Brexit then London needed to stick to the divorce agreement signed with Brussels. “If …

US President Donald Trump has said has threatened Iran with “obliteration” if the country launches any attack on American forces in the Middle East region. In a Twitter rant on Tuesday railing against the Islamic Republic, Trump said, “Iran’s very ignorant and insulting statement, put out today, only shows that …

Iran’s president has responded with defiance to the latest sanctions imposed by the US, saying they show it is lying about wanting dialogue. Hassan Rouhani said the measures against Iran’s supreme leader unveiled by President Donald Trump on Monday would be “useless” and denounced the US plans to target his …