by John Bolton;
Bolton’s access to, 24, 25
Bolton’s last meeting with, 480–81
and Bolton’s resignation, 482
clearance concerning conversations between foreign leaders and, 491–92
daily schedule of, 223–24
as deal maker, 319, 322, 332, 341, 342
as decision-maker, 6, 8, 11, 219
discord/dysfunctionality in Administration of, 223–45
economic/trade views of, 67, 68
ego of, 409
and funeral attendance, 226
and impeachment proceedings, 483–87, 488–89
and intelligence information, 89
knowledge about governmental affairs of, 2–3, 4
leaks/media views of, 433
loyalty as important to, 6–7
and media, 206–7
mirror-imaging of, 409
national security approach/practices of, 2
Nobel Peace Prize and, 82, 200
and obstruction of justice, 458
personal favors characteristic of, 458
personal legal issues of, 458
and presidential powers, 489
and risk, 381
as second-term president, 489
style/tactics of, 135, 181, 186, 292, 319, 322, 332, 341, 342, 458
as a talker, 97, 371–72, 390
and transition of Trump Administration, 2–11, 12–13
and Trump announcement of Bolton as NSA, 61
as undercutting his own policies, 390
vindictiveness of, 224–25
and women, 6, 87–88, 200
See also specific person, nation, or topic
Trump, Ivanka elections of 2020 and, 200
Haley successor and, 239
Meng Wanzhou arrest and, 305
Mulvaney appointment and, 245
and North Korea, 352
and South Korea, 349
Trump meetings and, 9
as UN Ambassador, 189
and US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, 74
use of personal e-mail for government business by, 235
and Winter Olympics (2019) in South Korea, 30
Trump, Melania Africa trip of, 237, 243
and attendance at funerals, 226
at G20 Buenos Aires Meeting, 454
and Iraq trip, 200, 201, 202
and Japan trip, 344
and Queen Elizabeth meeting, 150
Ricardel and, 237–38, 241, 242–43
and US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, 72
Tsai Ing-wen, 313
Turkey and Arab states, 209
Bolton trip to, 204, 205–8
and Brunson case, 183–85, 186, 187, 188–89, 197, 234
closing of embassy in, 187–88
economy of, 186, 187, 188, 212
Halkbank case and, 184, 185, 191, 193
and Iran, 66, 184, 186, 191, 368–69
ISIS and, 194, 196, 199, 208
and Israel, 186
Kurds and, 192, 194, 196, 199, 200, 202, 204, 207, 208–9
military in, 197, 208, 211
NATO and, 205
oil waivers for, 368–69
and Russia, 184, 188, 469
sanctions against, 184, 185, 187, 188, 212, 469
shooting at US embassy in, 187–88
“son-in-law” channel to, 187, 193
and Syria, 183–213
Texas National Guardsman detained by, 197
trade/tariff issues and, 185, 187, 199
Trump views about, 185, 186, 187, 188, 191, 196, 208, 427
See also specific person
Twenty-Second Amendment, 489
Tymoshenko, Yulia, 448
Uighurs, 458
Ukraine anniversary of declaration of independence of, 161, 446–48, 472
Bedminster meeting and, 470
and Bolton resignation, 445
Bolton trip to, 161, 446–48, 471–75
casualties in, 472
and China, 447
and Congress, 471, 477, 478, 480
corruption in, 455, 456, 474, 475
CrowdStrike and, 467, 468
elections in, 447, 448, 449–50, 452, 454, 455–56, 459, 461, 462, 463, 465, 466
and Europe, 445, 449, 450, 467, 473
and France, 445, 450, 452, 455, 463, 471
G7 Biarritz Summit and, 471
and Germany, 445, 449–50, 451, 452, 455, 463, 464, 466, 471
Giuliani issues and, 459–61, 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 474, 475, 478, 479
INF Treaty and, 473
Kent issue and, 454, 460
Kerch Strait incident and, 448–54, 459, 466, 471
martial law declared in, 450, 452
Merkel-Trump conversation about, 433–34
military in, 314, 472
missile system for, 473
and National Security Advisors meeting, 476
NATO and, 47–78, 140, 143, 144, 445, 447, 464, 471, 473
NSC for, 472
and Putin-Trump meetings/discussions about, 131–32, 155, 459
and Russia, 131–32, 140, 153, 155, 445–46, 448–54, 459, 461–62, 466, 471, 472–73, 475, 477
and Russian annexation of Crimea, 445, 446, 449, 463, 472–73, 474, 475
and Russian collusion issue, 461
Trump and, 140–41, 144, 433–34, 449, 450, 452–54, 456, 462–63, 464, 468, 471, 477–78
and Trump impeachment proceedings, 483, 484, 485, 487
and UK, 450–51, 474
US elections and, 459, 462, 471
US support/assistance for, 314, 446, 464, 466–73, 477–80
Volker as special envoy to, 22
Zelensky inauguration in, 461, 462
and Zelensky-Trump calls/meetings, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466–68, 469
See also specific person
Ulan Bator: Bolton trip to, 347, 348, 352
United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Abe-Iran discussions, 387
and attack on tankers near Strait of Hormuz, 377, 378, 379, 380
Bolton trip to, 242
and Iran, 377, 378, 379, 380
oil production in, 369
Operation Sentinel and, 413
Trump views about, 394
and US withdrawal from Syria and Iraq, 57–58
See also Arab states; specific person
United Kingdom (UK) Bolton views about, 148
Brexit and, 148, 149
and China, 307, 310
D-Day anniversary celebration in, 387
and Iran, 47, 48, 66, 72–73, 74, 368, 373, 378, 403, 405, 413
and Iraq, 419
and May-Trump London meeting (2017), 127, 147–49
Operation Sentinel and, 414
and Syria, 45, 46–47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 54, 57, 60, 189
Trump state visit to, 149–50, 310
and Ukraine, 450–51, 474
US “special relationship” with, 127, 147–49
and Venezuela, 257
See also specific person
United Nations General Assembly: Zelensky-Trump meeting at, 479–80
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 229, 231
United Nations Human Rights Council: US withdrawal from, 27, 238
United Nations Relief and Works Agency, 27
United Nations Security Council Kerch Strait incident and, 449, 450
and North Korea, 22, 111, 325, 341, 343, 345
sanctions and, 366
and Syria, 48, 60
Trump speech before, 295
and Venezuela, 259
United Nations (UN) Bolton as Ambassador to, 13, 48, 343
and coronavirus pandemic, 316
State Department relations with US Mission to, 64
Trump (Ivanka) as Ambassador to, 188
See also Haley, Nikki; specific council/agency
Urenco Ltd., 28
Ushakov, Yuri, 129, 130, 453
USS Boxer: shooting of Iranian drone by, 415
Valerie Plame affa
ir, 59
Venezuela Bolton tweets about, 276–77
and Bolton’s “troika of tyranny” speech, 249
and Brazil, 263, 264, 266, 267, 275
Catholics in, 264
and China, 248, 254–55, 259, 262, 278
closing of borders with, 263, 266, 267, 277, 279
and Colombia, 260, 263–64, 265, 266, 267, 279
corruption in, 250, 255, 257, 270, 272, 274
and criticisms of Bolton by Maduro, 251, 263
and Cuba, 248, 251, 254, 259, 263, 271, 272, 274, 275–77, 279, 280, 281–82, 284–85
and Cuban-American/Venezuelan-American communities, 247, 284
delisting of individuals from, 273
demonstrations/protests in, 254, 261, 263, 269, 277, 279–83
and disarray within US government, 271–74
and drugs, 251, 270, 272
economy of, 251, 257, 262, 269, 277–78, 283, 284
elections in, 250
and external threats to Western Hemisphere, 248
gold mining in, 249, 257
Guaidó departure from, 265–66, 267–68, 279
Guaidó return to, 268, 269
humanitarian aid for, 263, 264–67, 268, 275, 279
immigration issues and, 231
and Iran, 248
and Lima Group, 254, 256, 268
negotiations between opposing forces in, 272–73, 274, 278, 283–84, 285
New York Times story about, 274
and Nicaragua, 251, 275
oil and gas industry in, 248, 251–52, 254–55, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261–62, 269, 270, 274
power outage in, 269–70
refugee crisis and, 231
and Russia, 248, 254–55, 257, 259, 262, 263, 271, 272, 275, 276–77, 278, 283, 284, 285
and Russia’s denunciation of Bolton, 259
sanctions on, 249, 251–52, 253, 258–59, 260, 261, 262, 268, 269, 271, 274, 275, 276, 283, 367
as state sponsor of terrorism, 251
Trump views/comments about, 225, 247, 248–49, 250, 253, 254–55, 256, 257–58, 260, 261, 264, 268, 271, 274, 275–76, 281, 283, 284, 381, 427
US military options in, 249, 255–56, 274, 277
US personnel in, 253, 256, 257, 258, 259–60, 271–72, 279
and wedding ring issue, 276, 279
See also military, Venezuela; National Assembly (Venezuela): National Constituent Assembly (Venezuela); Supreme Tribunal of Justice (Venezuela); specific nation or person
Videgaray, Luis, 232
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 174
Visa, 269
Vought, Russ, 470
Volker, Kurt, 22, 446, 462, 464, 472
Waddell, Ricky, 63, 64, 65
Wall Street Journal Ricardel story in, 242–43
Venezuela story in, 274
Wallace, Chris, 6
Walsh, Dan, 440, 481
Walter Reed Hospital: Trump visit to, 218–19
Wang, Joe, 130, 154
Warmbier, Otto, 22, 84, 95
Warner, Mark, 401
Warren, Elizabeth, 233
Warsaw, Poland Afghanistan meeting in, 437–40
anniversary of German invasion of Poland event in, 468, 477
National Security Advisors meeting in, 476
Ukraine meeting in, 437, 468, 471, 476–77, 478
Zelensky-Pence meeting in, 478
Zelensky-Trump meeting in, 468, 471, 476–77
Washington, George, 494
Washington Post and Bolton-Afghanistan meetings, 437
and Bolton book, 488
Bolton stories in, 17, 437, 481
China stories in, 294
Costa story in, 17
and punishment for North Koreans at Hanoi Summit, 332
Syria article in, 206
Wassenaar Arrangement, 357
Westerhout, Madeleine, 16–17, 24, 25, 35, 88, 96, 231, 243, 431
Western Hemisphere Affairs bureau, US, 259–60, 272
whistleblower, 483
Whitaker, Matt, 191
White House Counsel Bolton vetting by, 36–37
and Turkey, 188
and Ukraine, 465, 470
and Xi Jinping–Trump relationship, 294
See also specific person
Wolff, Michael, 30
World Trade Organization (WTO), 67–68, 102, 103–4, 287, 288, 314–15
World War II, 38, 302, 306, 339, 345, 356, 468
Wray, Christopher, 178, 179
Xi Jinping Bolton transcript of “comments” to Kim Jong Un from, 121–23
Bolton views about, 186
and favors, 291, 293
and G20 Buenos Aires meeting (2018), 295–99, 301, 309, 312, 313
and Hong Kong protests, 310
and Huawei, 308
and Kim Jong Un, 80, 121–23
power of, 288
and Taiwan, 313
trade issues and, 309
Trump calls/notes to, 7, 291, 294, 301–3, 308, 310
and Trump comments about Bolton, 419
Trump meetings/discussions with, 73–74, 295–99, 301, 309, 312, 313, 346, 458
Trump relationship with, 124, 200, 291, 293, 294, 295, 297–98, 301–2, 304, 315, 335
Trump views about, 186, 311
and US–North Korea relations, 116, 132
and US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal, 73–74, 291
and ZTE, 458
See also China
Yachi, Shotaro Abe–Iran discussions and, 385, 386, 389
Abe–Trump meeting and, 344
and Japan–South Korea relations, 356
Kim Jong Un–Trump Singapore Summit and, 78, 83, 91, 100, 114
and North Korea abduction of Japanese citizens, 79
and North Korea nuclear program, 78, 79, 119
and US military base costs, 356
Yale University, 4, 5, 379
Yamamoto, Isoroku, 289
Yang Jiechi, 84, 296, 313
Yeliseyev, Kostya, 447
Yemen Bolton “pro-American” policy toward, 5
Houthis in, 372, 381, 418
and Iran, 19, 372
Quds force in, 363
and Saudi Arabia, 450
shooting of drones in, 388, 418
Trump views about, 219
US withdrawal from, 219
Yermak, Andriy, 479
Yovanovitch, Marie and Bolton trip to Ukraine, 447, 448
Clinton (Hilary) and, 456
firing of, 454–55, 456, 460, 476
Giuliani and, 454–55, 456, 457
Kent and, 454, 460
Pompeo and, 454–55, 456, 457
Trump views about, 454, 455, 456, 467
and Ukraine independence anniversary celebration, 447
Zelensky and, 456–57, 468
Zagorodnyuk, Andriy, 472, 473
Zarif, Javad, 24, 371, 385, 411, 414, 415, 416, 418, 419–22
Zelensky, Volodymyr Bolton and, 471–72, 474–75
and France, 467
Giuliani meeting with, 459
inauguration of, 455–56, 461, 462
and Kerch Strait incident, 466, 475, 480
Kolomoisky support for, 459
leverage against, 464
Pence and, 477, 479
Putin and, 459, 462, 475
Rada support for, 473
Trump calls/meetings with, 455–56, 465, 466–68, 469, 471–72, 476–77, 479–80
and Ukraine elections, 448, 455–56
White House visit of, 462, 463, 464, 465
Yovanovitch and, 456–57
Zhou Enlai: “fighting while talking” policy of, 306
ZTE Corporation (China), 291–92, 293, 294, 308, 309, 335, 458, 485
Simon & Schuster
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
www.SimonandSchuster.com
Copyright © 2020 by John Bolton
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions
thereof in any form whatsoever. For information, address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition June 2020
SIMON & SCHUSTER and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected].
The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information, or to book an event, contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com.
Interior design by Paul Dippolito
Jacket design by Jackie Seow
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data has been applied for.
ISBN 978-1-9821-4803-4 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-9821-4805-8 (ebook)
