According to Bolton's as-yet unpublished draft manuscript, William Barr and Bolton had a conversation about concerns Trump had appeared to have undue influence over two US Justice Department investigations of companies in China and Turkey; specifically regarding China’s paramount leader Xi Jinping with regard to ZTE and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with regard to Halkbank.[7][8] Bolton alleged that Trump, in an attempt to win re-election in agricultural states in the 2020 election, "[pleaded] with Xi to ensure he'd win. [Trump] stressed the importance of farmers, and increased Chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome".[9] (Bolton also wrote that he wanted to directly quote Trump, but couldn't due to "the government's prepublication review process".[9]) He also stated that Trump asked if Finland was a part of Russia, and that Trump was unaware the United Kingdom is a nuclear power.[9] Bolton alleged Trump intervened in U.S. law enforcement and followed a pattern when doing so as well.[9][4]