Donald Trump and South Korean president criticised in memoir for handling of meetings with Kim Jong-un
US President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 2019. Picture: AFP/SAUL LOEBSouth Korea’s presidential office on Monday accused former US national security adviser John Bolton of distorting facts and jeopardising future negotiations with his scathing account of Donald Trump’s North Korea summit strategy.
In the book, Bolton says Trump was not prepared for his first summit with Kim in Singapore, but expected it to be “great theatre”.He also criticises Moon, saying the “whole diplomatic fandango was South Korea’s creation, relating more to its ‘unification’ agenda than serious strategy on Kim’s part or ours”.
Bolton spoke to ABC News for his first interview ahead of the Tuesday release of his tell-all book, which contains many damning allegations against Trump. “And yet, the president has looked at them as evidence of this deep friendship,” he said, adding that friendship does not amount to international diplomacy.
Bolton added that he will vote for neither Trump nor Democrat Joe Biden in the November presidential elections. Instead, he will “figure out a conservative Republican to write in” on the ballot.
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