John Bolton

It's too far above Trump's capabilities. I mean, he has no philosophy. He has in the national security space, he has no grand strategy. He doesn't do policy as we conventionally understand that term. This is difficult to accept. I know it was difficult for me to accept that anybody could be so totally transactional, so totally focused on what's in it for him. But that's Trump.

There are plenty of people around him with... with problematic philosophies, people who do have the ability to think at a more conceptual level. But what they say may ultimately be reflected in certain Trump decisions, but it's not because he shares their worldview or anything like that.

There are plenty of people around him with... with problematic philosophies, people who do have the ability to think at a more conceptual level. But what they say may ultimately be reflected in certain Trump decisions, but it's not because he shares their worldview or anything like that.

There are plenty of people around him with... with problematic philosophies, people who do have the ability to think at a more conceptual level. But what they say may ultimately be reflected in certain Trump decisions, but it's not because he shares their worldview or anything like that.

Well, I think he wants to be the center of attention. I think that's probably his principal motivating factor. And I think his approach was once described by Charles Krauthammer very well. And Krauthammer said it to me, but I think he said it publicly on any number of occasions, that he began by thinking Trump was an 11-year-old.

Well, I think he wants to be the center of attention. I think that's probably his principal motivating factor. And I think his approach was once described by Charles Krauthammer very well. And Krauthammer said it to me, but I think he said it publicly on any number of occasions, that he began by thinking Trump was an 11-year-old.

Well, I think he wants to be the center of attention. I think that's probably his principal motivating factor. And I think his approach was once described by Charles Krauthammer very well. And Krauthammer said it to me, but I think he said it publicly on any number of occasions, that he began by thinking Trump was an 11-year-old.

But he realized after a close evaluation that he was about 10 years off, Trump's really a one-year-old who just sees everything in the world and asks the question, what's in this for me? Somebody else who I don't remember the name observed that Trump doesn't have ideas, he has reactions. And I think that's also an important insight.

But he realized after a close evaluation that he was about 10 years off, Trump's really a one-year-old who just sees everything in the world and asks the question, what's in this for me? Somebody else who I don't remember the name observed that Trump doesn't have ideas, he has reactions. And I think that's also an important insight.

But he realized after a close evaluation that he was about 10 years off, Trump's really a one-year-old who just sees everything in the world and asks the question, what's in this for me? Somebody else who I don't remember the name observed that Trump doesn't have ideas, he has reactions. And I think that's also an important insight.

So in my book, I said, if you took all of his decisions in his first term, They'd be like a big archipelago of dots. A lot of the dots I agreed with. But if you tried to connect the dots, you know, you're welcome to it. Trump himself couldn't connect the dots.

So in my book, I said, if you took all of his decisions in his first term, They'd be like a big archipelago of dots. A lot of the dots I agreed with. But if you tried to connect the dots, you know, you're welcome to it. Trump himself couldn't connect the dots.

So in my book, I said, if you took all of his decisions in his first term, They'd be like a big archipelago of dots. A lot of the dots I agreed with. But if you tried to connect the dots, you know, you're welcome to it. Trump himself couldn't connect the dots.

Well, I think it's even more incoherent. But what you're seeing in public now that many people find surprising, I think, is what many of us who were in the first term saw in private, but that he never said in public. A lot of these ideas have been kicking around. I think, obviously, they spent the four years in exile at Mar-a-Lago planning.

Well, I think it's even more incoherent. But what you're seeing in public now that many people find surprising, I think, is what many of us who were in the first term saw in private, but that he never said in public. A lot of these ideas have been kicking around. I think, obviously, they spent the four years in exile at Mar-a-Lago planning.

Well, I think it's even more incoherent. But what you're seeing in public now that many people find surprising, I think, is what many of us who were in the first term saw in private, but that he never said in public. A lot of these ideas have been kicking around. I think, obviously, they spent the four years in exile at Mar-a-Lago planning.

Their first 100 days, much more was accomplished from Trump's point of view than in his first 100 days in the first term. I'm not sure, though, that history will record that after this burst of activity in the first 100 days, there's much more follow-up. I think Trump will get bogged down in a lot of subsidiary issues that happen to catch his attention.

Their first 100 days, much more was accomplished from Trump's point of view than in his first 100 days in the first term. I'm not sure, though, that history will record that after this burst of activity in the first 100 days, there's much more follow-up. I think Trump will get bogged down in a lot of subsidiary issues that happen to catch his attention.

Their first 100 days, much more was accomplished from Trump's point of view than in his first 100 days in the first term. I'm not sure, though, that history will record that after this burst of activity in the first 100 days, there's much more follow-up. I think Trump will get bogged down in a lot of subsidiary issues that happen to catch his attention.

For example, he's now chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center, And I can think of nothing more important than for a man who knows so much about buildings and the hospitality industry to spend a little time on the question of the rugs at the Kennedy Center, the carpeting, the curtains and the stages. I mean, I think really some high-level attention is required for that.