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The Room Where It Happened A White House Memoir

John Bolton

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 to date...

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Pod Save America

The podcast hosts discussed John Bolton's book, highlighting their efforts to summarize its contents without listeners needing to buy the book themselves.

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The team worked very hard to make sure no one has to actually purchase John Bolton's book to learn what he had to say about Trump. You just have to listen to Tommy and Ben.

— Episode: “Biden up, Trump down, Covid rising.” (w...

Episode: “Biden up, Trump down, Covid rising.” (with Alyssa...

The podcast hosts discussed John Bolton's book, highlighting their efforts to summarize its contents without listeners needing to buy the book themselves.

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The team worked very hard to make sure no one has to actually purchase John Bolton's book to learn what he had to say about Trump. You just have to listen to Tommy and Ben.

Episode: “Live, from the Tulsa overflow” (with Jon Stewart!...

It was discussed in the context of a legal battle to prevent its publication, and excerpts were used to highlight Trump's perceived erratic behavior and foreign policy decisions.

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You described the president as erratic, foolish, behaved irrationally, bizarrely, you can't leave him alone for a minute. He saw conspiracies behind rocks. He couldn't tell the difference between his personal interests and the country's interests. I don't think he's fit for office. I don't think he has the competence to carry out the job.

I haven't read the full book, but the excerpts in that interview...Pretty much confirmed the worst case scenario about Trump. Like there is no foreign policy vision, all of his decisions revolve around whether or not they'll help him get reelected.

Bolton paints a picture of a president who has no interest in learning even basic facts. He doesn't read. He only gets his intelligence briefing maybe once or twice a week and in that briefing he spends most of the time talking, which is not how it's supposed to work.

Bolton quotes Trump telling Xi Jinping...that he should build these camps and that it's the right thing to do.

Episode: “Bolton’s bombshell.”

John Bolton's book, "The Room Where It Happened," was discussed as a bombshell detailing Trump's alleged attempt to extort Ukraine for political gain, revealing that Trump administration officials knew of the plot for a month prior to its public release. It was mentioned that Bolton's lawyers had sent the book manuscript to the White House for pre-clearance.

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What an asshole

the revolution will be monetized

John Bolton thinks we deserve the truth if and only if he gets paid for it in the Form of a book or a corporate speech and it's just outrageous

the New York Times described it as dozens of pages describing the Ukraine extortion plot

Everyone that we thought would be in on the fix Mike Pompeo Mick Mulvaney other shady idiots. They're all in on the thing

Episode: Trump Unloads on No Kings

The hosts noted that John Bolton had published a book about his tenure as Donald Trump's national security advisor, which was unfavorable to Trump, and they identified its title as The Room Where It Happened.

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Bolton has a special place on Trump's enemies list after Bolton published a book about his time serving as Trump's national security advisor. Wasn't favorable.

He called his book The Room Where It Happened. After Hamilton.

The Dan Bongino Show

It was described as trashing Trump and containing a serious charge that Trump told President Xi that the concentration camps were "okay." The author did not directly hear this from Trump, but rather from an interpreter.

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He's not going to make the same mistakes that president obav made or and I think one thing you can be sure of is president trump's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations here

— Episode: This is a Disgrace! (Ep 1278)

Episode: This is a Disgrace! (Ep 1278)

It was described as trashing Trump and containing a serious charge that Trump told President Xi that the concentration camps were "okay." The author did not directly hear this from Trump, but rather from an interpreter.

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He's not going to make the same mistakes that president obav made or and I think one thing you can be sure of is president trump's not going to make the mistakes of prior administrations here

president trump correctly understands when china gets economic power by stealing from the united states and others it's time to call a stop to it

I think the president's right on the policy here

I think he's got another year of accomplishments under his belt

The Megyn Kelly Show

It was mentioned that Donald Trump had explicitly told John Bolton that he didn't care about Taiwan, which is described in Bolton's memoir.

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He made that explicit to John Bolton. You can read it in John Bolton's memoir.

— Episode: Biden's Foreign Policy Failures, Rise of...

Episode: Biden's Foreign Policy Failures, Rise of Woke Poli...

It was mentioned that Donald Trump had explicitly told John Bolton that he didn't care about Taiwan, which is described in Bolton's memoir.

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He made that explicit to John Bolton. You can read it in John Bolton's memoir.

Episode: Karmelo Anthony Trial Begins, Bolton’s Expected Gu...

Bolton wrote a memoir sharply criticizing his former boss, which the Trump administration tried to block, claiming it contained classified information.

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Bolton writing a book highly critical of his former boss titled The Room Where It Happened. The Trump administration unsuccessfully suing at the time to stop publication of the book, alleging it contained classified information.

in connection with the publication of his book.

Behind the Bastards

It was mentioned in relation to the lawsuit against Elon Musk, as a possible reference to the plaintiffs' claim of being "in the room where it happened" after Musk's Twitter takeover.

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I think it's a reference to that book by that Trump staffer in the room where it happened.

— Episode: Part One: Elon Musk is Being Sued, LMAO

Episode: Part One: Elon Musk is Being Sued, LMAO

It was mentioned in relation to the lawsuit against Elon Musk, as a possible reference to the plaintiffs' claim of being "in the room where it happened" after Musk's Twitter takeover.

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I think it's a reference to that book by that Trump staffer in the room where it happened.

The room where it happened is the White House memoir of John Bolton, former national security advisor.

Pivot

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Pivot

The book was described as detailing the author's experiences and perspective on the Trump presidency, portraying the president as a liar. Its release during the impeachment trial was noted as an astonishing development.

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But when they do that like Bolton someone near Bolton's dropped this book which is like the president's liar and I was in the room and that's what the book is called. It's an astonishing situation we'...

— Episode: Kara’s back in action; a listener questi...

Episode: Kara’s back in action; a listener question on WeWo...

The book was described as detailing the author's experiences and perspective on the Trump presidency, portraying the president as a liar. Its release during the impeachment trial was noted as an astonishing development.

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But when they do that like Bolton someone near Bolton's dropped this book which is like the president's liar and I was in the room and that's what the book is called. It's an astonishing situation we're in.

The NPR Politics Podcast

The memoir recounted Bolton's insider view of the Trump administration, alleging that Trump solicited Chinese assistance for the election and describing the president as transactional; it sparked controversy over classified material and quickly rose to the Amazon bestseller list.

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the memoir comes out on Tuesday I believe it's called The Room Where It Happened shout out to all the Hamilton fans out there

— Episode: Weekly Roundup: June 19th, 2020

Episode: Weekly Roundup: June 19th, 2020

The memoir recounted Bolton's insider view of the Trump administration, alleging that Trump solicited Chinese assistance for the election and describing the president as transactional; it sparked controversy over classified material and quickly rose to the Amazon bestseller list.

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the memoir comes out on Tuesday I believe it's called The Room Where It Happened shout out to all the Hamilton fans out there

what are the biggest revelations in the book?

One of the most eyecatching allegations is that Trump allegedly tried to get help from the Chinese president in the November election. Bolton says the president pleaded with his Chinese counterpart to buy American agricultural products to help him with the very important farmers in the vote.

Bolton writes that the president's relationship with foreign leaders was just transactional and most of it was based on how it could help President Trump.

He's called Bolton a sick puppy. He said that the book is both full of classified information and lies.

boosting attention for a book that's now at the top of the best seller list in Amazon

The Bulwark Podcast

John Bolton authored this White House memoir, which was published in 2020, detailing his time as National Security Advisor to Donald Trump. The host discussed Bolton's decision to write the book instead of voluntarily testifying during Trump's first impeachment proceedings.

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He is the author of The Room Where It Happened, a White House memoir published in 2020.

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Episode: Amb. John Bolton: I Thought Trump Would Be Discipl...

John Bolton authored this White House memoir, which was published in 2020, detailing his time as National Security Advisor to Donald Trump. The host discussed Bolton's decision to write the book instead of voluntarily testifying during Trump's first impeachment proceedings.

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He is the author of The Room Where It Happened, a White House memoir published in 2020.

I wrote a 500 page book on what my opinion of the presidency is.

I wrote a 500 page book that laid it all out in ways that I thought were clear and I hope it had an effect on the 2020 election I don't know whether it did or not but it was much more effective to go that way than to rush into the spotlight for a few moments

if you've read his book you probably have become aware of that

Lovett or Leave It

John Bolton's book, 'The Room Where It Happened', was described as painting a chilling portrait of a self-serving, opportunistic warmonger, and included details about Trump's dealings with China.

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Bolton outlines numerous instances when the president tried to intervene in criminal inquiries for his own political gain.

— Episode: Gay for Justice

Episode: Gay for Justice

John Bolton's book, 'The Room Where It Happened', was described as painting a chilling portrait of a self-serving, opportunistic warmonger, and included details about Trump's dealings with China.

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Bolton outlines numerous instances when the president tried to intervene in criminal inquiries for his own political gain.

And he claims that Trump told China's president that he thinks building concentration camps for the Uyghurs was exactly the right thing to do and asked China to manipulate trade policy to get him reelected in 2020.

And no, Nicole, I just want to be clear. I think it is completely outrageous to refuse to help your country in order to make $2 million.

The DOJ filed a lawsuit seeking to block the release of Bolton's book, which I'm pretty sure will be very good for Bolton's book sales.

Episode: Iowa, Don't F*ck This Up

It was mentioned in the context of the impeachment trial, where the book's author, a former national security advisor, alleged that Trump had linked aid to Ukraine with investigations of the Bidens.

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Bolton's book, which is called The Room Where It Happened

Stay Tuned with Preet

John Bolton, former national security advisor, wrote a book about his time in the White House during the Trump administration, which was highly critical of the president, particularly in regard to his uninformed stances.

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He's got a book out called The Room Where It Happened.

— Episode: United Security: Bounties, Bolton and CO...

Episode: United Security: Bounties, Bolton and COVID-19

John Bolton, former national security advisor, wrote a book about his time in the White House during the Trump administration, which was highly critical of the president, particularly in regard to his uninformed stances.

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He's got a book out called The Room Where It Happened.

He calls in the book, Trump stunningly uninformed.

Episode: Consciousness & COVID Ethics (with Sam Harris)

It was mentioned as a White House memoir that was delayed several times due to government review and potentially due to the current market conditions.

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So I don't know if it'll come out on June 23rd or if the book, which is entitled The Room Where It Happened, a White House memoir, will come out at some later time.

Episode: CAFE Insider 1/28: Nuts & Bolton

It was reported that Bolton's book manuscript contained information about a conversation between Trump and Bolton where Trump linked the release of aid to Ukraine to an investigation of the Bidens. It was leaked to the New York Times, and is expected to be released on St. Patrick's Day.

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So the breaking news from, I guess, yesterday is that the New York Times published a story they have access to a manuscript of John Bolton's.

The book is scheduled to come out on St. Patrick's Day.

Bolton says he did not, but the manuscript has been submitted to the White House and it's sitting in some National Security Council staffers drawer because he obtained pre-publication review in an abundance of caution to make sure that there's nothing classified in there that the administration could object to.

So Bolton's lawyer said they sent one copy to the White House for pre-publication review.

John Bolton and his manuscript, much, much, much, much bigger deal than my book that was mostly about what I did in SDNY.

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