Topic: John Bolton
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.
Sardesai on Shah’s rise, P Philipose on ‘civic death’ after Assam NRC, Ayoob on Bolton exit
The best of the day’s opinion, chosen and curated by ThePrint’s top editors.
Disagreeing with Trump was Bolton’s job, not his failing
Donald Trump, who is surrounded by people who fear contradicting him, needs a forceful advocate like John Bolton.
Lalu’s loyalty to secularism is Tejashwi Yadav’s biggest political test in Modi’s India
In 1990, when then BJP president L.K. Advani was carrying out his rath yatra unbridled, it was Lalu Yadav as CM who had dared to stop him from entering Bihar.
Tatas got panned for Tanishq ad. But this state govt is the largest shareholder in Titan
Titan was set up in 1984 as a joint venture between the Tata group and a state govt. While the Tatas own 25.02% stake, the state govt owns 27.88% stake in the company.
Defence
India & US agree on deeper cooperation in Indo-Pacific as Rajnath meets Mark Esper
The hour-long meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his US counterpart Mark Esper came a day before the bilateral 2+2 ministerial dialogue in Delhi.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.