Trump Campaign Says Bolton’s Claims About Xi Are ‘Absurd’
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President Donald Trump’s campaign dismissed reports that he asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for help with his re-election and described John Bolton, the former national security adviser who revealed the conversation in a book to be published this week, as a “disgruntled former employee.”
“I mean, it’s absurd. It’s an absurd allegation and John Bolton is just trying to sell books, that’s all there is to it,” campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said Wednesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.