John Bolton

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.

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.

And I think if really I get his ear, I could get him over at the Kennedy Center for a day a week for the next several months.

And I think if really I get his ear, I could get him over at the Kennedy Center for a day a week for the next several months.

And I think if really I get his ear, I could get him over at the Kennedy Center for a day a week for the next several months.

I don't think Trump is an existential threat. I think our institutions are a lot stronger than him. And not so much the fall of the Roman Empire, but the fall of the Roman Republic began with Sulla and then Pompey and then Catiline and then Julius Caesar. And I'll tell you, Donald Trump is none of those four. Thank goodness. So I think we will survive.

I don't think Trump is an existential threat. I think our institutions are a lot stronger than him. And not so much the fall of the Roman Empire, but the fall of the Roman Republic began with Sulla and then Pompey and then Catiline and then Julius Caesar. And I'll tell you, Donald Trump is none of those four. Thank goodness. So I think we will survive.

I don't think Trump is an existential threat. I think our institutions are a lot stronger than him. And not so much the fall of the Roman Empire, but the fall of the Roman Republic began with Sulla and then Pompey and then Catiline and then Julius Caesar. And I'll tell you, Donald Trump is none of those four. Thank goodness. So I think we will survive.

But I think many of the things you've mentioned— He has singled out by executive order, for example, Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Bureau at Department of Homeland Security in his first term. prosecution because he dared to say that the 2020 election was safe and free from interference in cyberspace, which Trump didn't want to believe.

But I think many of the things you've mentioned— He has singled out by executive order, for example, Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Bureau at Department of Homeland Security in his first term. prosecution because he dared to say that the 2020 election was safe and free from interference in cyberspace, which Trump didn't want to believe.

But I think many of the things you've mentioned— He has singled out by executive order, for example, Chris Krebs, the former head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Bureau at Department of Homeland Security in his first term. prosecution because he dared to say that the 2020 election was safe and free from interference in cyberspace, which Trump didn't want to believe.

He singled out a fellow named Miles Taylor, who had been chief of staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security. These are actions by a president with no predicate for a criminal investigation that I think are very threatening. But I think you've got to evaluate all this. And there are many more. You've named some. We could name others. That's Trump making the first move.

He singled out a fellow named Miles Taylor, who had been chief of staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security. These are actions by a president with no predicate for a criminal investigation that I think are very threatening. But I think you've got to evaluate all this. And there are many more. You've named some. We could name others. That's Trump making the first move.

He singled out a fellow named Miles Taylor, who had been chief of staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security. These are actions by a president with no predicate for a criminal investigation that I think are very threatening. But I think you've got to evaluate all this. And there are many more. You've named some. We could name others. That's Trump making the first move.

And he's done all this, as you say, in the first 100 days. He's done it in Trump time because he stays up until 2 in the morning. He's constantly active. The judicial system obviously doesn't normally react with such speed. So Trump makes his headline and then moves on to something else. And the real question is, what is followed up?

And he's done all this, as you say, in the first 100 days. He's done it in Trump time because he stays up until 2 in the morning. He's constantly active. The judicial system obviously doesn't normally react with such speed. So Trump makes his headline and then moves on to something else. And the real question is, what is followed up?

And he's done all this, as you say, in the first 100 days. He's done it in Trump time because he stays up until 2 in the morning. He's constantly active. The judicial system obviously doesn't normally react with such speed. So Trump makes his headline and then moves on to something else. And the real question is, what is followed up?

And I think if we come back in a couple of years, we'll see a lot of the effort of the first 100 days just in ashes because the courts will have held. I believe they will. I think they are. fully independent. I'm not worried about that. I think that is the ultimate check.

And I think if we come back in a couple of years, we'll see a lot of the effort of the first 100 days just in ashes because the courts will have held. I believe they will. I think they are. fully independent. I'm not worried about that. I think that is the ultimate check.

And I think if we come back in a couple of years, we'll see a lot of the effort of the first 100 days just in ashes because the courts will have held. I believe they will. I think they are. fully independent. I'm not worried about that. I think that is the ultimate check.