by John Bolton;
approach to accomplishments in government of, 3
and Bolton’s access to Trump, 24, 25
confirmation issues with, 31–32
as contender for appointment in Trump Administration, 5–19, 21–32
goal of, 3
and impeachment proceedings, 483–87, 488–89
Khamenei comment about, 363
as leaker, 480–81
and media, 17, 32, 35–36, 37, 52, 65, 74, 82, 87, 99, 205–7, 390, 483–84
personal appearance of, 6
pre-2016 activities of, 5
and pre-publication review process, 490–94
“pro-American” policy of, 5
resignation/resignation letter of, 305, 415, 443, 445, 480–82, 483
resignation thoughts of, 99, 142, 143, 158, 173, 353, 388, 405, 406, 409, 415, 417, 420, 422, 459, 471
selection as NSA of, 14–16, 17, 32, 34–36, 61, 142
and Trump announcement of Bolton as National Security Advisor, 61
and Trump photo opportunity, 20
Trump’s last meeting with, 480–81
White House Counsel vetting of, 36–37
See also specific person, nation, or topic
Bolton, JS (Jennifer Sarah), 34, 35
Bonne, Emmanuel, 414, 416, 417, 418
Bossie, Dave, 5–6
Branson, Richard: concert by, 265, 266
Brazil: and Venezuela, 263, 264, 266, 267, 275
Breier, Kim, 260
Brennan, John, 224–25
Brexit, 73, 148, 149, 414
Britain. See United Kingdom; specific person
British Heritage (tanker): attack on, 414
Browder, Bill, 154, 156, 157
Brown, Scott, 9
Brownback, Sam, 312
Brunson, Andrew, 183–85, 186, 188–89, 197, 234
Buenos Aires: G20 Summit in (2018), 171, 172, 191–92, 295–99, 301, 309, 312, 313, 452–54, 458, 459
Burke, Edmund, 5
Bush, Barbara, 226
Bush, George H. W. Bolton National Security Advisor appointment and, 37
daily schedule of, 224
death of, 226
elections of 1992 and, 468
Gorbachev Helsinki Summit with, 152
and Gulf War, 209, 394
and sanctions, 366
Trump views about, 40
Bush, George W. and ABM Treaty, 159
and Afghanistan, 216
Bolton National Security Advisor appointment and, 37
and death of George H. W., 226
and Iran, 374
McCain funeral and, 226
and North Korea, 78, 80, 321, 332, 333
Trump and, 40, 109, 226, 375
and Ukraine, 445
Bush, Jeb, 226
Bush, Laura, 226
Butina, Maria, 37
Cabello, Diosdado, 261
Caine, Dan, 201, 202, 203
Cameron, David, 50
Camp David: Taliban-Ghani meetings at, 440–42, 480
Canada and China, 303, 305, 307
immigration issues and, 228
and Kerch Strait incident, 451
Meng Wanzhou arrest in, 303, 305
trade issues and, 102
See also Charlevoix, Canada; Trudeau, Justin
Carter, Jimmy, 321
Caslen, Robert, 14–15
Cavusoglu, Mevlut, 208
Centers for Disease Control, 317
Charlevoix, Canada: G7 Summit in (2018), 100, 101–5
Charlottesville, Virginia: neo-Nazi demonstration in, 24
Chavez, Hugo, 248, 250, 251, 254, 283
Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act, 180
Cheney, Richard, 37
Chicago Journal of International Law, 21
Chief of Staff, White House Kelly appointment as, 24
Mulvaney appointment as, 244–45
as “yes man,” 245
See also specific person
Chile, 265
China Belt and Road Initiative in, 288
Bolton views about, 5, 9, 20, 67, 118, 289, 290, 310
and climate change, 21
coronavirus pandemic and, 314–18
critical turning points in history of, 287–88
currency manipulation by, 293, 298
cybersecurity/US elections and, 10, 175, 288, 289, 290, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 304, 306
democracy in, 287–88
discord/dissension in Trump Administration about, 289–90, 291, 292, 295
and dollar as world’s reserve currency, 365
economy of, 287, 288, 289, 297
ethnic groups in, 288, 305, 312
and fentanyl issue, 298, 301, 304
and Hong Kong, 288, 309–13
importance of, 287
and INF Treaty, 15, 159–60, 161, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171
influence in Western Hemisphere of, 264, 272
and intellectual property issues, 288, 290, 297, 299, 300
as international threat, 75, 373
and Iran, 73, 122, 290, 291, 368–69, 370
leaks about, 311
and Liu hostages, 298, 301, 302–3
and May-Trump London meeting (2017), 149
and Meng Wanzhou arrest, 303, 305
military/intelligence services in, 289
and Moon-Trump discussion, 89–90
nuclear/ballistic missile power of, 15, 28, 169, 174, 289
oil and, 368–69, 370, 394
“parallel and simultaneous approach” by, 332–33
and Putin-Trump Helsinki Summit, 154
sanctions on, 107, 312, 335, 458–59
“social credit” measures in, 288
and Taiwan, 287, 311, 313–14
trade issues and, 67, 68, 102, 119, 121, 122–24, 141, 154, 238, 288, 290–94, 296–306, 309, 310, 312, 315, 331, 381, 401, 458
Trump views about, 9, 20, 68, 70, 88, 102, 119, 123–24, 238, 289, 291–95, 303–5, 308, 309, 311, 312, 318, 381
Trump visit to (2017), 149
US “agreement”/“deal” with, 296–305
and US-South Korea war games, 115
and Venezuela, 248, 254–55, 259, 262, 278
and World War II, 302, 306
See also China—and North Korea; Huawei; ZTE; specific person or nation
China—and North Korea and Bolton “transcript” of Xi’s comments to Kim, 121–23
and China’s influence on North Korea, 118, 119, 121–23, 132
and Kim Jong Un–Trump Singapore Summit, 84–85, 105
and Kim Jong Un–Xi Jinping visit, 79–80, 106, 107
and North Korea missile/nuclear program, 29, 119, 121, 122
and sanctions against North Korea, 23, 68, 88, 107, 123, 291, 334
China Belt and Road Initiative, 307
Choe Son Hui, 91, 93, 333
Chretien, Jean, 307
Chung Eui-yong and Bolton-Trump relationship, 87
Japan–South Korea relations and, 360
and Kim Jong Un–Trump meetings, 78, 84–85, 91, 98, 99, 332, 333
and military base costs, 359
Moon–Kim Jong Un meetings and, 80, 92
and Moon-Trump meetings, 88–89, 338
and North Korea–US relations, 83
and Pompeo trip to North Korea, 118
Churchill, Winston, 77, 147
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), 177, 213, 224, 225. See also specific person
Cipollone, Pat and Afghanistan, 432
appointed White House Counsel, 244
and Bolton resignation, 482
and Giuliani’s ethics, 457
and impeachment proceedings, 483
and Iran, 394, 399, 403, 404, 405
leaks to the media and, 433
and Trump characteristics, 458
and Ukraine, 459, 460
Citgo Petroleum Corporation, 261–62
Claver-Carone, Mauricio, 250, 258, 274, 278
Clinton,
Bill and Baker book, 490
Bolton views about, 135
and defense spending, 135
elections of, 4, 468
and military, 133
and North Korea, 78, 95, 321, 330, 333
Trump comments about, 109
Clinton, Hillary Bolton relationship with, 4–5
Browder contributions to, 154
elections of 2016 and, 493
Guaidó compared with, 283
and Trump’s election hacking concerns, 4–5, 10, 11, 456, 459, 462, 471, 475, 480
use of personal e-mail for government business by, 235
and Yovanovitch, 456
CNN, 85, 294, 433
Coats, Dan and Afghanistan, 215, 216
appointed Director of National Intelligence, 11
and attack on tankers near Strait of Hormuz, 377
and cybersecurity/meddling in US elections, 156, 157, 178, 179
Iran nuclear deal and, 71
resignation of, 158
and Syria, 195, 210
Trump and, 89, 324
and Turkey, 195, 210
Cohen, Michael, 49, 324, 325, 326
Cohn, Gary: resignation of, 33
Colombia Branson concert in, 265, 266
and drugs, 251
and Guaidó departure from Venezuela, 265–66, 267–68
and Venezuela, 260, 263–64, 265, 266, 267, 279
See also Duque, Ivan
Comey, James: firing of, 20
Commerce Department, US, 292, 294, 308, 367
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, 174
Comstock, Barbara, 32–33
Congo, 316–17
Congress, US and Afghanistan, 205, 438
and African aid, 48
cybersecurity and, 179
elections of 2018 for, 116, 119, 120, 126, 132, 179, 214, 233, 242, 244, 294
“executive privilege” and, 494
immigration issues and, 427
and Iran, 369, 374, 399, 401–2, 407
leaks in, 196
and North Korea, 115
obstruction of, 485–86
and Russia, 128, 154, 241
and Syria, 196, 205
and Trump’s views of presidential powers, 489
and Turkey, 184, 212
and Ukraine, 471, 477, 478, 480
and Venezuela, 247, 249, 255, 281
See also House of Representatives, US; Senate, US; specific person or committee
Conte, Giuseppe, 101
Conway, Kellyanne, 5–6, 12
Cooper, Chuck, 483, 486, 487–88, 491
Corker, Bob, 6, 250
coronavirus pandemic, 314–18, 489, 491
Corwin, Edward, 60
Costa, Bob, 17
Cotton, Tom, 413
Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, 63
Craft, Kelly, 239, 240
Crimea and NATO, 140
and Putin-Trump Helsinki Summit, 156
Russian annexation of, 131–32, 140, 153, 156, 180, 445, 446, 449, 463, 472, 473, 474, 475
sanctions on, 474
CrowdStrike, 467, 468
Cruz, Ted, 11, 413
Cuba baseball in, 273–74
Bolton and, 5, 249, 278–79
and Helms-Burton Act, 278–79
influence in Western Hemisphere of, 264
New York Times story about, 274
and Obama, 249, 251, 264
sanctions on, 249
as state sponsor of terrorism, 251
Trump views about, 275–76, 371
and Venezuela, 248, 251, 254, 259, 263, 271, 272, 274, 275–77, 279, 280, 281–82, 284–85
Curtis, Lisa, 429
cybersecurity, 174–80, 181–82. See also elections, hacking/meddling in US
Daniels, Stormy, 49
Danylyuk, Oleksandr, 464–65, 472, 473
Defense Department, US and Afghanistan, 213, 214, 216, 218, 221, 423–25, 426, 428, 429, 431, 438
and attack on US Iraq embassies, 75
and Bakr al-Baghdadi assassination, 213
Bolton relationship with, 56
bureaucracy at, 75–76, 115
and cost of US military bases, 336, 337, 355–56
cybersecurity and, 176–77
discord/dissension within, 193, 229–30
and Gates book, 493
immigration issues and, 229–30
and INF Treaty, 160–61, 164
and Iran, 72–73, 364, 373, 375, 379, 389, 391, 395, 396, 402, 403, 405, 410
and Kim Jong Un–Trump Singapore Summit, 107, 108, 110
leaks from, 110, 196
and Middle East, 372
Milley appointment and, 151
and North Korea, 323, 334
NSA role and, 431
NSC relations with, 72–73
and sanctions, 367
State Department relations with, 75
and Syria, 47, 50, 51, 53, 56, 58, 189, 196, 205, 206
and Trump, 214
and Turkey, 188, 211
and Ukraine, 464, 468, 470
and US–South Korea war exercises, 14, 115–16
and Venezuela, 255, 260, 264, 274
See also specific person
Democrats and Afghanistan, 438
and China, 301
elections of 2020 and, 489
and impeachment proceeding, 484, 485, 489
and Iran, 381, 401
Kim Jong Un–Trump Singapore Summit and, 107
New START and, 169
and Ricardel-Mattis relationship, 236–37
and Syria, 196
See also specific person
Deng Xiaoping, 287
Denmark: Trump trip to, 417
Deputies Committee (NSC) and attack on tankers near Strait of Hormuz, 378
and Russian sanctions, 63
and shooting of drone in Yemen, 388
Deripaska, Oleg, 458
Dermer, Ron, 73, 196, 420
DeSantis, Ron, 255
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, 255
diGenova, Joe, 462
DMZ. See Kim Jong Un-Trump DMZ Summit
Dole, Robert, 4
Duda, Andrzej, 434
Dulles, John Foster, 5
Dunford, Joseph and Afghanistan, 215, 217, 220, 424, 425, 426, 428, 432, 435, 436, 438, 440
and Africa, 433
and attack on tankers near Strait of Hormuz, 377, 378, 379
Bolton views about, 210
Breakfast Package option and, 397–401
congressional testimonies of, 125
and cost of US military bases, 356
and Gulf of Oman tanker attack, 391
and Houthi attack in Saudi Arabia, 397
and India-Pakistan relations, 325
and Iran, 373–79, 381–85, 391, 394, 395, 397–403, 407–8, 410
and Iraq, 382, 383
Kim Jong Un–Trump Singapore Summit and, 114
Macron White House visit and, 68
Mattis and, 199, 210, 237
and Middle East, 372
Milley and, 151, 193, 382
and NATO-Trump relations, 137
and North Korea, 38, 322, 325, 340
at NSC meetings, 382
style of, 210
and Syria, 51–55, 58, 195, 196, 199, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207–12, 385, 427
Trump and, 199, 407–8, 427
and Trump visit to Iraq, 203, 204
and Turkey, 195, 196, 199, 204, 206, 207–12
and US–South Korea war games, 115, 123
and Venezuela, 253, 255–56
Duque, Ivan, 263–64, 265, 268
Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (Gates), 492–94
Eberstadt, Nick, 81
Egypt: and Iran’s nuclear weapons, 66
Eisenberg, John and call records, 466
immigration issues and, 227, 230
and Iran, 394, 399, 403, 404, 405, 408
and Trump characteristics, 458
and Ukraine, 460
Yovanovitch and, 457
Eisenhower, Dwight, 37, 69
elections, hacking/meddling in US and discord/dysfunctionality in Trump Administration, 233, 244
foreign, 10, 63, 129, 132, 149, 151–58, 171, 174–80, 288, 289, 295, 298, 304, 306, 361, 376, 459, 462, 468, 470, 471, 480
Trump concerns about, 4–5, 10, 11, 242, 456, 459, 462, 471, 480
See also specific election or nation
elections of 1992, 468
elections of 2012, 493–94
elections of 2016, 4–5, 10, 11, 179, 224, 228, 229, 230, 295, 456, 459, 462, 470, 471, 480, 493
elections of 2018, 116, 119, 120, 126, 132, 179, 214, 233, 242, 244, 294
elections of 2020, 200, 239, 244, 294, 304, 315, 361, 376, 434–35, 459, 462, 470, 480, 484, 489, 491
Elizabeth (Queen of England), 150
Elko, Nevada: Trump rally in, 164, 165, 167
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip Bolton and, 52, 200, 206, 207
and Brunson case, 183–85, 186
and domestic politics, 209, 212
at G20 Buenos Aires Summit, 191–92, 458
and Halkbank, 211
and ISIS, 192, 194
and Kurds, 192, 195, 199, 200, 202, 204, 207
Putin conversation with, 52–53
as radical Islamicist, 186
and Syria-Turkey relations, 52–53, 183–86, 193, 194, 205, 206, 207, 208, 211, 212
Trump conversations/meetings with, 52, 184–85, 191–92, 193–94, 199, 202, 205, 211, 458
Trump views about, 186, 188, 191, 208, 427
Esper, Mark and Afghanistan, 430, 432, 436, 438, 440
Breakfast Package option and, 397–401
and Houthi attack in Saudi Arabia, 397
and Iran, 397–401, 410
and Poland, 434
Secretary of Defense nomination for, 397
and Ukraine, 464, 468, 469, 471, 480
and withdrawal of US troops from other nations, 433, 434
and Zelensky-Trump Warsaw meeting, 477
Ethiopia, 425
Étienne, Philippe and INF Treaty, 171
Iran nuclear deal and, 66, 70, 73
Macron-Trump discussions and, 49
and Syria, 49, 57, 196
and Ukraine, 450, 455
Europe/European Union and China, 307
