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    John Bolton Levels Historic Charges At Trump. A Wary Washington Isn't Jumping

    The former national security adviser is reviled so equally by so many on all sides in Washington that the allegations in his new memoir may not spark the kind of response they otherwise might.
    by Philip Ewing Jun 18, 2020 5 minutes
    Former national security adviser John Bolton, here at a February event in North Carolina, is releasing a memoir with strong allegations of misconduct against President Trump. But Bolton's accusations are notable for the splash they aren't making.

    Updated at 3:42 p.m. ET

    The picnic that is political life in Washington seldom encounters a skunk of the magnitude of John Bolton.

    He was a centerpiece of the establishment, and now President Trump and Republicans have rejected him as a turncoat.

    Democrats, never fond of his worldview, now despise him as never before.

    Bolton's unique ability to be hated by everyone for different reasons means that all those involved with reacting to his explosive new memoir aren't behaving as they might have if someone else were involved or circumstances were different.

    The former national security adviser has leveled a series of what otherwise might be earthshaking allegations against his former boss in his book The Room Where It Happened.

    Trump does favors for foreign potentates because he wants help with; Trump knows almost nothing about even the basics of dealing with foreign nations, Bolton alleges. And so on.

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