Featured: John Bolton's revelations

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John Bolton will release on June 23 a book called "The Room where it happened" and which the White House is trying to prevent publication. "  In his book, Donald Trump's former national security adviser paints a portrait of a president who ignores even the most basic facts about the world,  " writes the New York Times . “  A president open to any form of ostentatious flattery on the part of authoritarian leaders who manipulate him as they please ; a president inclined to false declarations and improvised decisions which those around him find it difficult to manage  ”.

Many editorial writers today question the motivations of John Bolton to publish this book. And the least we can say is that they are not tender with the man with the white mustache.

"  You could have helped stop Donald Trump in 2016 - when all his shortcomings were already evident - by supporting his opponent. In recent months, you could have helped Congress to remove him by testifying under oath. But you refused to do it. You let us go when the nation needed you the most  , "says a Washington Post columnist , before concluding:"  You are an author but not a patriot  . "

Canada's failure to secure a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council : setback for Justin Trudeau

"  After four years of effort and enormous sums of money, Canada lost yesterday, in the first round, the bet of its great return to the UN,  " notes the National Post, which continues: "  Our country is came third, far behind Ireland and Norway, with only 108 votes, even less than in 2010 when we lost to Portugal  ”.

This failure is a serious setback for the Canadian Prime Minister and his government. "  At the time of the victory in the 2015 elections Justin Trudeau had launched to the crowd :" Canada is back on the international scene ", and to prove his words he had set himself the objective of returning his country to the Council of security  , "recalls the Toronto Star newspaper . "  If Canada is back, the world has not noticed,  " quips the National Post . And the Journal de Montréal even believes that "  Justin Trudeau has lost face with the UN  ".

"  Despite this failure, the Prime Minister has declared that Canada will continue to promote its values ​​of peace, freedom and democracy on the world stage  ," the Globe and Mail reports .

To explain this defeat, each newspaper goes today from its commentary. No wonder "  Canada's campaign for a seat on the Security Council ended in a cold shower,  " said the Journal de Montréal . "  Indeed, Ottawa has made too many promises without delivering the goods,  " notes the daily Le Devoir, which highlights Canada's timid contributions to international aid and to UN peace missions, as well as the support of the government of Justin Trudeau to Israel, considered too generous by some. Not to mention the " bad relations between Canada and certain superpowers " such as China, India and even Russia.

And the National Post concludes: "  The charm offensive, led by our diplomats and the Prime Minister, clearly was not enough to compensate for our manifest lack of contribution on the international scene  ".

Mexico elected non-permanent member of the Security Council

If Canada failed to return to the Security Council, the attempt by another country on the continent was successful.

"  After 10 years of absence, Mexicoyesterday obtained 187 votes (out of 192) and thus becomes for two years the representative of Latin America and the Caribbean,  ”says El Pais . The daily believes that the candidacy of Mexico was particularly attractive because the country wants to play an active role in the reform of the Security Council. "  Currently, the organization is made up of 15 countries of which only five are permanent members  ," recalls El Pais . "  The Mexican proposal aims to increase the number of nations with a permanent seat, as well as to restrict the veto power of these countries in the resolutions, a long-standing request from several countries joining the United Nations  ."

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