President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win reelection in 2020 by purchasing agricultural products from key U.S. states, former National Security Adviser John Bolton reportedly wrote in his new tell-all book.
During a Group of 20 summit meeting in Japan last summer, Trump was “pleading with Xi to ensure he’d win,” Bolton wrote in an excerpt of the book published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.
Trump stressed the importance of farmers and of “increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat” in his electoral success, Bolton wrote.
The anecdote is one of several startling revelations reportedly made in Bolton’s highly anticipated book, which is set to be released on June 23.
The Trump administration sued Bolton on Tuesday to block the publication of the book, arguing that it contains classified information. In response, Bolton’s attorney accused the White House of using national security information as a pretext to censor Bolton.
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