That scum Bolton is trying to damage Trump and that is all I care about.
Here is another reporter - who is a leftist but against the impeachment - analyzing this statement that aligns with your view this is being distorted:
Also, read even more closely, note the word “preferred” here. That Trump “preferred” that Ukraine do something is far different than saying, as Dems allege, that Trump *conditioned* it. I don’t think Bolton is helping Dems here (what a shocker, I know).
https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1221585159239225344?s=20
you fell for the bait
Bolton is not the issue
lying media making things up out of whole cloth and/or twisting reality beyond recognition is the issue