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Bolton's book contains the shocking revelation that Trump is exactly what he appears to be & behaves exactly the way he has always behaved. nytimes.com/2020/06/17/us/…
"It is a withering portrait of a president ignorant of even basic facts about the world, susceptible to transparent flattery by authoritarian leaders manipulating him and prone to false statements, foul-mouthed eruptions and snap decisions that aides try to manage or reverse."
Pompeo understands the deal he's made with the devil perfectly.
Here's an excerpt from the book, in which Trump explicitly pleads with China's leader to shape foreign policy around the goal of getting Trump reelected. wsj.com/articles/john-…
Part of what I was trying to get at in my recent piece on the NYT hubbub: the evidence that Trump is an authoritarian is overwhelming. He keeps *saying it out loud*. What would it mean for the press to internalize this & incorporate it into their work?
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