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John Bolton on the Trump White House after 100 Days
Conversations with Bill Kristol
53 minutes 5 seconds
6 months ago
John Bolton on the Trump White House after 100 Days
What have we learned about the White House in Trump's second term? How are decisions made in the most consequential areas of national security?
During the past week, Trump fired National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. To discuss this and many other matters, we are joined again by John Bolton, who served as National Security Advisor in the Trump White House from 2018 to 2019. Bolton shares the perspective of an insider who understands Donald Trump—and government at a high level of granularity. He describes Waltz’s dismissal as emblematic of a White House in chaos. As he puts it: “more and more decisions will be made in the White House and fewer decisions in the cabinet in the second Trump term than in recent presidencies. That’s the clear message going ahead.” Assessing the price we pay, Bolton states: “[Trump] is burning through decades of effort to build up goodwill, trust, faith, reliance on America. Our friends all over the world are saying, 'You’ve taken leave of your senses.’"
Conversations with Bill Kristol
Conversations with Bill Kristol features in-depth, thought-provoking discussions with leading figures in American public life.