John Bolton’s bombshell Trump book

Eight of its most stunning claims

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  1. When I was a child in the 1960s (yes I’m that old), there were only two TV channels in the UK (BBC and ITV). The BBC had a children’s TV show called “Mr. Pastry”. This was basically a slapstick show starring an actor by the name of Richard Hearne playing a character by the name of “Mr. Pastry” who got himself in various scrapes. Very much in the style of the old silent films with Laurel and Hardy / Charlie Chaplin.

    There is a connection to the US because Hearne’s “Mr. Pastry” act first appeared on the US Ed Sullivan Show in 1954, and thereafter Hearne appeared on the show frequently. Buster Keaton was reportedly a fan.

    To cut to the chase, “Mr. Pastry” and John Bolton could be twins. I cannot see a photo of Bolton without thinking of “Mr. Pastry”.

    1. Thank you Jennifer Sauders.

      It’s not just me then who remembered Mr. Pastry.

  2. If he’s got a B.A., he’s more educationally qualified than the OB’s chief of staff, Meadows.

  3. How many different pictures are there of Bolton in the background staring like a old weird uncle at an out-of-focus Trump? The needs to be a web site devoted to this.

  4. Actually the degree of Trump’s stupidity in his direct dealings with foreign leaders surprised even me. He thinks he’s not being recorded? But the Finland thing is actually no worse than Gingrich’s notions of Baltic political geography,
    Vote out the Shallow State.

    1. Gordon Ritchie, one of Canada’s top negotiators with the original free trade agreement completed back in 1988, was brought back to assist in the negotiations on the new NAFTA. He was asked about Trump’s mindset, and commented something like ‘don’t get so complicated. It isn’t an issue of whether he’s playing 5D chess, or think’s he some expert in game theory or anything like that, it’s simply a matter that Trump is appallingly ignorant.’

  5. I was prepared to be underwhelmed. After three years we more or less know who Trump is (and don’t we wish we didn’t?). But I wasn’t expecting the Venezuela thing. He probably pictures some kind of oil windfall orgasm. His claim that it is “really part of the United States” sounds a lot like Hitler’s claim that the Sudetenland is traditionally part of Germany.

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