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MineralMan

(146,985 posts) Mon Jul 13, 2020, 09:19 AM Jul 2020

John Bolton's "The Room Where It Happened" - What I learned... [View all]

After reading the entire book, encompassing 460-something pages, I learned two important things:

1. John Bolton thinks extraordinarily highly of himself.

2. Donald J. Trump didn't take Bolton's advice often enough, so Bolton resigned.

Everything else in the book, pretty much, I already knew from watching the news for three years.

That, my DU friends, is why we did not hear more about the book's revelations in the press after it came out. There really weren't any important revelations disclosed in it. Reading it was a waste of quite a few hours spent turning the book's pages.

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John Bolton's "The Room Where It Happened" - What I learned... [View all] MineralMan Jul 2020 OP

Thanks for the review. safeinOhio Jul 2020 #1

Thank you, MM. You took the hit for a lot of us. NCjack Jul 2020 #35

Well, at 460+ pages, at least your wrist got a good work out. Merlot Jul 2020 #2

Thank you Rorey Jul 2020 #3

Amen, not one penny, Have Mary Trump's book on order. KS Toronado Jul 2020 #34

And therein lies the reason Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #4

I read stuff. I always have read non-fiction more than anything else. MineralMan Jul 2020 #8

I have confidence Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #12

Important point. Publicity so important in the Information Age. Bolton is hi-profile empedocles Jul 2020 #17

Yeah, but the "Information Age" brought us the Trump. plimsoll Jul 2020 #18

I've preordered Mary Trump's book as well PatSeg Jul 2020 #27

If you want to read Bolton's bloviating bombast for free, it's been dumped on Google Drive. GoneOffShore Jul 2020 #28

Oh yes PatSeg Jul 2020 #31

I nearly got through the first chapter before also concluding Bolton thinks very highly of himself, sop Jul 2020 #5

Much Appreciated! Sorceress Jul 2020 #6

So appreciate your book review. Ninga Jul 2020 #7

That was always my assumption. Thanks for confirming so that fewer of us are tempted to buy hlthe2b Jul 2020 #9

Thanks for your sacrifice. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #10

So did the leak of the pdf that went out on Google Drive. GoneOffShore Jul 2020 #29

Thanks, MM for doing the research. Firestorm49 Jul 2020 #11

Thanks. Glad I didn't buy it. I have ordered Mary Trump's book though still_one Jul 2020 #13

My wife ordered the Kindle version of Mary Trump's book. MineralMan Jul 2020 #15

Tomorrow MM is when it is released still_one Jul 2020 #22

Cool. I'll be filing my taxes tomorrow. MineralMan Jul 2020 #25

Yup, July 15th, new tax day this year still_one Jul 2020 #26

I mean, can't we all write a book about Trump at this point? NCDem47 Jul 2020 #14

I miss David Halberstam. thucythucy Jul 2020 #16

Agree. Halberstam was a great investigative journalist. I hadn't realized that he died erronis Jul 2020 #30

I think he was in a taxi on his way to giving a lecture. thucythucy Jul 2020 #53

Thank you for reading the book. Butterflylady Jul 2020 #19

Trump acts as a child would act. MineralMan Jul 2020 #23

My favorite blurb soothsayer Jul 2020 #20

I have a gub.......bwahahaha Nevilledog Jul 2020 #38

Old line from a Woody Allen movie....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #40

That was hilarious. I've never seen that movie. Nevilledog Jul 2020 #45

I loved that movie! lunatica Jul 2020 #46

Perfect reality-as-satire. Hortensis Jul 2020 #57

Yes it is sad. The media builds it up so much. Bolton's book and Mary Trump's book Fla Dem Jul 2020 #21

Since I paid for the thing, I read it. MineralMan Jul 2020 #24

I got the freebie someone posted as an e book. kimbutgar Jul 2020 #32

It did kerplunk didn't it bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #33

I started reading it, there was too much bashing of Democrats and Obama.... George II Jul 2020 #36

Thanks for sacrificing yourself! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #37

Good to know ramapo Jul 2020 #39

MineralMan - Thanks for the review. Your sterling reputation here on DU makes your... EarnestPutz Jul 2020 #41

I figured as much pandr32 Jul 2020 #42

thank you. barbtries Jul 2020 #43

Don't forget number 3 Warpy Jul 2020 #44

It could probably be renamed lunatica Jul 2020 #48

I'm waiting for it to come to the Goodwill. At 1-7/8" thick, it'll replace the foot the dog ... marble falls Jul 2020 #47

From what I've glimpsed of his lower lip lunatica Jul 2020 #49

Jeebers. marble falls Jul 2020 #50

What do you think? lunatica Jul 2020 #51

Worse than I imagined. Time to go out on the deck and smoke a bowl. marble falls Jul 2020 #52

So, what I want to know is... reACTIONary Jul 2020 #54

Good to know, MM peggysue2 Jul 2020 #55

The problem is that tRUMP and Republicans have been lying so much and twisting everything... WyattKansas Jul 2020 #56

So, it's almost as good as Steve Bannon's "Fire and Fury". JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2020 #58

Thanks for the recap. mzmolly Jul 2020 #59

There are several main criteria for entering close orbit around Donny: struggle4progress Jul 2020 #60

Pretty much what I get from his interviews. I will never pay for his book or anything else from him JI7 Jul 2020 #61

Something else I noticed when I read it.... Xolodno Jul 2020 #62