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John Bolton’s memoir was already hanging over Trump like a cloud, and on June 17 the president responded with the same reflexive mix of insult and denial that has become his default crisis tool. Instead of defusing the story, the attack on Bolton only reinforced the book’s central theme: that Trump’s inner circle had seen chaos up close.
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John Bolton’s memoir was already hanging over Trump like a cloud, and on June 17 the president responded with the same reflexive mix of insult and denial that has become his default crisis tool. Instead of defusing the story, the attack on Bolton only reinforced the book’s central theme: that Trump’s inner circle had seen chaos up close.
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John Bolton’s memoir was already hanging over Trump like a cloud, and on June 17 the president responded with the same reflexive mix of insult and denial that has become his default crisis tool. Instead of defusing the story, the attack on Bolton only reinforced the book’s central theme: that Trump’s inner circle had seen chaos up close.
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