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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
TopicJohn Bolton

Topic: John Bolton

‘Fascist, racist, creepy’. What Trump’s former aides have said about him & his ‘crazytown’ administration

Trump administration was a revolving door of Washington’s who’s who, with a high attrition rate & public spats. At least 11 ex-staffers have publicly warned he’s unfit for a 2nd term.

Trump firing Esper, Mattis, Bolton and Tillerson has meant a reboot for India too

‘Trump terminations’ have meant a reboot in New Delhi as top Indian ministers, officials had developed a rapport with those who were shown the door.

Trump is bringing the Iran nuclear deal back to life

Although head-snapping reversals in Trump’s foreign policy are the norm, even for him this is a landmark and could foreshadow more stunning changes if he returns for a second term.

‘He’ll be okay’ — An unsympathetic Trump said about Modi after Iran oil sanctions

In The Room Where It Happened, former US National Security Advisor John Bolton writes about how an ‘inconsistent’ Trump and ‘wobbly’ Pompeo dealt with Iran oil sanctions.

India-Pakistan Balakot tensions were never really a crisis ‘in substance’: Ex-US NSA Bolton

John Bolton’s memoir ‘The Room Where It Happened’, which releases Tuesday, recounts incidents of 26 February 2019, when President Trump was in Vietnam to meet Kim Jong-un.

Trump put re-election ahead of national security, says former NSA John Bolton

Former national security adviser John Bolton is on a media blitz to promote his tell-all book, one of the most damaging accounts yet of Trump’s White House.

Trump was eager to help autocrats by interfering in US courts, reveals John Bolton book

The details offer new evidence of Trump’s apparent willingness to use his personal political heft to curry favours with leaders leaders from Turkey to China.

Trump sought help of China’s Xi to win 2020 re-election, former NSA Bolton writes in book

Trump pleaded with Chinese President Xi last year to help him win re-election by buying more US farm products, former NSA John Bolton has written.

US sues to block the ‘book Trump doesn’t want you to read’, written by former NSA Bolton

John Bolton’s book joins a list of more than 20 written by former administration officials or others attempting to tell the inside story of Trump’s White House.

Boris’ Brexit woes as Bush-era Bolton gets the boot in the US

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?