Bolton:Trump ok'd China's camps, didn't know UK had nukes, thought Finland was Russia

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John Bolton is moving forward with releasing his book despite threats from the White House, and a few news agencies have advanced copies.


China
Bolton claims that Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping to his face nonstop, including his decision to put religious minorities into internment camps, and asked him for help with getting reelected in 2020. Trump is said to have openly requested favorable trade deals to improve his reelection standing.


UK
Trump is said to have been surprised during a meeting with Theresa May to find out that the UK was a nuclear power

Finland
Bolton claims that he was present when Trump asked John Kelly if Finland was part of Russia.

Turkey
This was in the news months ago, but the final book sheds more light on the claims. Bolton said that he approached Barr with concerns over Trump accepting requests from Xi and Turkish President Erdoğan to help out companies from their nations that were under DOJ investigation for violating sanctions. His fondness for the authoritarian leaders concerned Bolton, as did his willingness to interfere in the investigations. Trump went on to lift sanctions impacting the Chinese company ZTE but the DOJ continued on with charges for a Turkish bank after Trump caught flack for endorsing Turkey's violence in Syria.