Trump asked Xi for election help: Bolton

By Phil Stewart
Updated June 18 2020 - 8:51pm, first published 8:49pm
John Bolton says US President Donald Trump mentioned getting re-elected in talks with Xi Jinping.
John Bolton says US President Donald Trump mentioned getting re-elected in talks with Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump "pleaded" with China's Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, according to a scathing new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton that accuses the president of being driven by political calculations when making national security decisions.

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