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As President Trump's National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened, and the facts speak for themselves.
The result is a White House memoir that is the most comprehensive and substantial account of the Trump Administration, and one of the few…
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Bolton is a serious man who has worked for three American administrations. He understands strategy and policy. He knows incompetence when he sees it.
In Trump’s White House, Bolton struggles to work with Trump’s “basket of incorrigibles” and incompetents. The good people leave; too many incompetents stay. Bolton describes an Administration in constant chaos and a President with the attention span of a toddler. It offers deep insight into how Trump’s policies were always based on his personal interests rather than national priorities. It also offers a first-hand account of how long and meeting-filled the days are for senior officials.…
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