South Korea says Bolton substantially distorted facts on Trump-Kim summit in his new book

by The Right Scoop

South Korea has come out today and said that Bolton substantially distorts the details with regard to the Trump-Kim summit:

REUTERS – Accounts by former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton of discussions between leaders of the United States and the two Koreas in his upcoming book are inaccurate and distorted, South Korea said on Monday.

Bolton gives details in the book of conversations before and after three meetings between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, including how their second summit in Vietnam fell apart.

The book, “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir”, is scheduled for publication on Tuesday but media outlets have released excerpts.

Reports have cited Bolton as writing that Moon, who is keen to improve relations with North Korea, had raised unrealistic expectations with both Kim and Trump for his own “unification” agenda.

“It does not reflect accurate facts and substantially distorts facts,” South Korea’s national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, said in a statement referring to Bolton’s description of top-level consultations.

Chung did not elaborate on specific areas South Korea saw as inaccurate but said the publication set a “dangerous precedent”.

“Unilaterally publishing consultations made based on mutual trust violates the basic principles of diplomacy and could severely damage future negotiations,” he said.

It’s not a good sign when other countries are not only disputing what’s in the book, but also suggesting that these kind of publications could damage future negotiations.

Jim Jordan retweeted this story out saying “Bolton has an axe to grind. It’s clear he’ll say anything to sell books. One problem for Bolton: he wasn’t the only person in the room.”

 
Newt Gingrich also recently tweeted on this saying “Sadly John Bolton’s book should be filed under fiction. Virtually eveyone in the same meetings say he was not telling the truth. Even the Korean government has repudiated it!”


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