President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing from American farmers would aid his electoral prospects, according to a damning new account of life inside the Trump administration by former national security adviser John Bolton.
![Trump asked China’s Xi to help him win reelection, according to Bolton book](https://cdn-ak-scissors.b.st-hatena.com/image/square/db5d2b9ce797571ad3a35ec736211703d397c311/height=288;version=1;width=512/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-apps%2Fimrs.php%3Fsrc%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FUZVGJUFQ2YI6VGFVE6NGI6NB4Q.jpg%26w%3D1440)