The New York Times was given a preview copy of the memoir John Bolton has written about his time as National Security Advisor under Trump.
Its piece about the book includes a curious contradiction.
This is how the NYT writer characterizes Bolton's time in the Donald Trump White House:
Mr. Bolton sought to use his 17 months in the White House to accomplish policy goals that were important to him, like withdrawing the United States from a host of international agreements he considers flawed, like the Iran nuclear accord, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and others.
Now compare that this quote from Bolton's book further down in the piece:
“A president may not misuse the national government’s legitimate powers by defining his own personal interest as synonymous with the national interest, or by inventing pretexts to mask the pursuit of personal interest under the guide of national interest,” Mr. Bolton writes.
While the NYT seems not to be troubled at all that Bolton pursued "policy goals that were important to him" it emphasizes Bolton's critique that Trump does the very same.
Apparently Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi has been turned into its opposite.