A review by mjpatton
The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir by John Bolton

3.0

I suppose that it shouldn't have surprised me that Bolton is an arrogant prick, but it did, sort of . . . According to JRB himself, everything he did manage to accomplish (I use the word reservedly) despite the Trump handicap was strikingly perfect, and if only he were not often stymied by Trump, et. al., he would have been able to bring the US to perfection. The number of times Bolton mentions that he wrote, was drafting, thought about writing, etc., his resignation letter is supposed to, I think, suggest that he is maintaining his integrity while working at a thankless job; however, what it actually does is show how far he is willing to go in prostituting himself before bailing. Along the way, he claims Reagan to be one of the greatest presidents, and he cannot write Obama's name without making some derogatory slam. There is nothing new or interesting to discover about Trump here, which for many of us was the only draw, so unless someone wants to read 500 pages of Bolton patting himself on the back and belittling anyone who so much as suggests disagreement, he/she should take a pass on this one.