Trump ‘didn’t know UK is nuclear power’
Boy, 14, ‘made bombs in his bedroom for terror attack’
A BOY of 14 appeared in court yesterday charged with plotting a terror attack and making homemade bombs in his bedroom.
The youngster, who cannot be named for legal reasons, stockpiled explosive devices and had a knife, prosecutors told magistrates.
He was arrested following a police search of his home and charged with terrorism offences on Wednesday night.
Yesterday he sat in the dock at Westminster magistrates’ court flanked by two police officers.
Wearing a prison-issue grey tracksuit and a medical face mask, he spoke only to confirm his name, age and to enter a not guilty plea. His
DONALD Trump was unaware Britain was a nuclear power, according to a damning book by his former national security adviser John Bolton.
The President is alleged to have made the comments about UK military capability at a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May two years ago.
During a summit a British official referred to the UK’s atomic capabilities.
Mr Trump replied: “Oh, are you a nuclear power?” in a way which made Mr Bolton believe it “was not intended as a joke”.
Britain tested its first nuclear warhead in 1952, while its submarine-based force is now based on US Trident missiles.
Mr Bolton, who worked for the President for 17 months, described him as “stunningly uninformed” while laying bare the chaos of Trump’s leadership.
Even before its release next week, The Room Where It Happened is top of Amazon’s bestseller list despite the US government trying to block it.
Mr Bolton, who has served four Republican presidents, claims every decision Mr Trump made was to put his re-election and his family above that of mother was also in court, along with two family liaison officers, and began sobbing toward the end of the hearing.
Social services alerted police after the mother raised concerns over his extremist views after he converted to Islam, it was said.
The teenager faces charges of the American people. Mr Bolton writes “obstruction of justice was a way of life” claiming Mr Trump gave “personal favours to dictators he liked”.
The book claims Mr Trump said invading Venezuela would be “cool” and requested military options after saying it was “really part of the United preparation of terrorist acts connected to Islamist terrorism.
Police allegedly searched his bedroom in Eastleigh, near Southampton, and found crude explosive devices and a knife.
It is alleged he had researched bomb-making online and also made videos on how to construct them.
States”. Mr Trump also thought Finland was in Russia, it was claimed.
Mr Bolton describes his former boss as childlike claiming he is easily manipulated by foreign leaders and dictators.
He said Mr Trump begged China’s Xi Jinping to boost US food purchases to help his second bid for theWhite House.
The book said: “He stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome.”
China agreed to billions of dollars purchases of US food products to end the trade war.
Mr Bolton’s accusations are impeachable offences for a President.
Mr Trump hit back on Twitter, saying: “Many of the ridiculous statements he attributes to me were never made. Pure fiction.
“Just trying to get even for firing him like the sick puppy he is. Everybody in the White House hated
John Bolton.”
Louise Gray, prosecuting, told the bench: “We have the research and the construction over a period of time and research on the internet.”
Chief magistrate Emma Arbuthnot said the case would have to be sent to the Crown Court rather than a youth court.
She said: “I have no option but to send this case to the Crown Court due to the seriousness of what is being alleged.”
The boy is next due to appear in court at the Old Bailey on Monday for a virtual hearing, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
He was remanded to secure youth detention accommodation.