The Choice 2020: John Bolton (interview) | FRONTLINE
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- John Bolton served as national security adviser to Donald Trump from 2018 to 2019. He was previously the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and is the author of The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.
The following interview was conducted by FRONTLINE’s Gabrielle Schonder on July 31, 2020 during our reporting for the “The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden” - FRONTLINE’s critically acclaimed election series featuring the interwoven, investigative biographies of both presidential candidates. It has been edited for clarity and length.
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I am a history graduate. One of the reasons why I didn't feel Trump was capable of doing the job is just what Bolton is referring to here- Trump doesn't know anything about world history or even national history, nor does he care to learn. I don't think he is capable of learning history and he doesn't really care to learn anyway. How can you have a president who doesn't know history? He makes foreign policy decisions without knowing these things. I find that to be absurd. It really sets the nation back.
I am a poly sci graduate and I disagree with you. How do we decide who is right, here?
@@johnnytsunami4186 What is there to disagree about? Bolton claims Trump knows nothing about world history, nor does he care to learn. It's in the video. Did you watch the full video?
@GunslingerXXI parts of this are right...
USMCA has very little substantive changes over NAFTA. The relationship between Israel and the Arab states is a formalization of the status quo. It is nice they are putting their arms dealings in writing rather than winks and nods, but whatever.
About the only thing good is the Lipservice he has paid to trying to end the endless wars.
@@burnindownthehouse yes, that is HIS opinion, the opinion of a war criminal. He made a claim in the positive, then failed to prove that claim. You have done the same. Why are we still in Korea, TODAY? Its a pretty good question, and the answer probably doesn't have much to do with what happened in 1945. John's just angry he didn't get the war in Iran hes been tring to start for around 2 decades.
@@johnnytsunami4186 Yeah, you're still not understanding what I am saying. My claim (which is backed up by any advisor who worked for Trump) is that he does not know world history, he does not understand world history, nor does he care to learn about world history. So I am unsure what you are arguing with me about. Are you claiming the advisors are wrong? Are you claiming that Trump is somehow a history buff? I am not sure what you are trying to say here.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone get called a coward so politely and so many times in one conversation.
P0
Even if cd
And stupid. You forgot the stupid part 😂🤣😂
Didn't any one ever try feeding him cookies? I used to do that when I had to take my twins with me to the grocery store. 😂 😂 😂
How far we have fallen that John Bolton is the voice of reason. If it were up to him we would be in Iran right now.
Very, very well said Joe.
Suddenly, John Bolton has become the Messiah for ANTIFA and it's supporters.
Ikr? Yet what he is saying and in this interview... is it reasonable and logical to discard everything a man says simply based on one belief? Yes, he'd rather we be in Iran, which is dumb. Agreed. That doesn't automatically invalidate everything he says in this interview.
@@joyal876 if a filthy NAZI REPUBLICAN ( believers in Mickey Mouse,
& Donald Duck being their new Savior ) can CRACK A LIGHT OF TRUTH
maybe all hope is not lost!...HOPE & decency is a HUMAN weakness NAZIS
just can't fathom....
😂
This is so basic. Bolton finally realized he couldn’t control trump. He then bolted.
John is not so smart. He is very dumb according to Trump.
I agree 👍 💯
I agree 👍
For my money I don't know if it gets any better than when John Bolton sings, "The President Has The Attention-Span of a Child". I am a fan...I celebrate the man's entire catalog.
The beauty of these interviews is the comments.
Even more fun when you see Russian trolls make comments here.
I view the comments as mostly parrots repeating something someone else said a million times. Mostly.
It’s two different videos depending on the news network the individual watches. Very interesting case study!
The weirdness of these interviews is the tons of people voting dislike, basically siding with Trump after all the idiocy they here about him! And the funny thing is they want to argue about it (....)
Dear Frontline, your documentaries are truly amazing and succeed most of the time in keeping me from my work🤣
Although I am pretty liberally minded, i find this guy very articulate. I don't have to agree with his politics to respect his intelligence
I know what you mean, most conservatives are so lacking in verbal intelligence. It's no wonder John has transformed himself into the liberal hero his intelligence always fated him to be!
bolton wants war ...that is the fallout...trump doesnt want!
Yup. As far as he is speaking against Trump. Few months back he was a evil for the leftists
Typical USA political bs. Blah blah. Same polarised garbage. Get a clue fwits
He is a chickenshit chicken hawk war monger. But....he insight into the behavior and character and habits of Bonespur are still valuable. Moreover, the viewpoint line up with EVERYTHING said by EVERY person who has left that “administration”, which is hardly that since in the 4th year there are positions Bonespur has practically refused to bother filling. What a circus!
Trump just had a rally in Charlotte NC and said "he loves Charlotte and has always considered himself a Charlatan"
🤣😂😎🤦♂️🤣
What a pleasure to be able to agree with Trump for once!
I just read this and laughed so hard my coffee came out of my nose a little. Ha
He didn’t!!! Omg!!
You should know by now .that if Trump's mouth is moving...he is lying.
Steven Williams and he’s absolutely correct
I would, politically, disagree with everything that Bolton stands for; but, I can see that he has a clear, concise and articulate thought process. It must have been torture for him to have to listen to and deal with the scatterbrain that is Trump, whose thought process is comparable to how an air-filled balloon flies randomly and chaotically around after one releases the nozzle.
Ministry of Truth Yeah - it must have absolutely tortured him to refuse to testify at drumpf’s impeachment hearings, when he knew he had the choice to expose the idiot and save the USA from his incompetence. It obviously caused him a great deal of pain to keep those bombshells to himself until he could make a profit from his knowledge with his book.
You people are fools and senseless! What are you brain dead??
@@titustheblueeyedhusky4213 your as dense as a blue-eyed husky!
John Bolton is a traitor he serves the interests of Israel over the United States. No matter your political view this man isn't to be trusted.
You seem easily fooled Ministry of truth. Words are cheap and can be convincing for some, actions and results are reality, that is what matters
Just unfit for the job, period. So dangerous.
So careless, so wasteful, so expensive.
His only legacy will be the massive contribution to the national debt.
Here's the good news: if it's illegal to take emoluments, it's probably illegal to keep them. Trump may go on the history books for the largest fine ever paid.
Holy shit!!!
Safest President we’ve ever had! No wars! Has instituted peace deals that have never happened.
You people are really messed up in the head! Seriously!
Ikr Bolton wanted wars, so Trump dumped him.
@@aprilgates4937
He has wars on right now in Niger, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and probably a couple of other places. He has dangerous confrontations going on with North Korea, China, Venezuela and probably a couple of other places.
Both Americans and innocent bystanders are being killed every day.
"You people are really messed up in the head! Seriously!" You were saying?
@@Infamous_B_C
You have no evidence for that.
Trump actually has wars, no "wanted" about it.
"he just sat there watching TV most of the day". loool
Thanks a lot Bolton. I’m so glad to hear your opinions are iron clad and formed early in your tenure.
Thanks for being there, pal.
9:16 He didn’t prove anybody wrong, he himself didn’t think he would win! All it did was comfirm the american election system is broken.
Not to mention an education system that churns out media illiterate lemmings susceptible to conspiracy theories, misinformation, and propaganda, AND a corporate media structure that has softened their intellect and lowered their guard since birth....
Brilliant.
I think it proved that Americans have been taught by our government "learned helplessness".
Time to demand better from our leaders. We need to pull ourselves together by our bootstraps and demand better governance for the good of all our people not just the oligarchs.
It sure is when democrats cheat
Then why didn’t Bolton speak up earlier? He’s just as bad
All I see when John Bolton speaks is a man who could have saved America from The Donald a few times by actually testifying and speaking out before his book was released. If he felt so strongly about Trump's incompetence, he should have spoken up when it mattered. He's a self-serving opportunist - period.
Trump would have discredited him if he did.
Bolten. Supported our friendly forces against Russia. He's an f' ing hero.
@@sandife4nandes365 what the hell does that mean?
He spoke well before the s---! Girl the fan!! Bring protected the. USA whether or not he thought Trump did! Bolton is an American hero!!!
No he is not an opportunist. Bolton has not changed his tune or principles in 30+ years of national security work. He is describing what he witnessed which was A president completely out of his depth that did not posses the analytical tools to lead this country in a complex world.
Funny that Trump supporters are commenting how terrible Bolton is when he was hand picked by Trump.
Keep your enemies closer
He made a mistake in selecting Michael Bolton.
Trump wanted to know what the deep state in his party is thinking. He found out what he needed to know to get Israel, UAE, Bahrain, and Kosovo and Serbia to have peace.
Trump picked a lot of people that he later got rid of - most, he’s not the one who picks them, he’s relying on advisors who are dumb - he doesn’t know most of these people
And fired by Trump. He served his purpose for Trump. To scare and show them we will not put up with their terrorism
These full interviews provide a lot of context. I appreciate that Frontline posts them so that we're able to get the full picture directly from the sources.
"A one note piano concert", a more apt description of Trump I have not seen.
“Sort of like a one-note piano concert”, lmao!
And this is what normalizing a war criminal looks like🙄
How is he a war criminal?
It never mattered. The republican majority senate didn't even want to hear witnesses. They had already decided to do nothing.
John's read of Trump is the most accurate I have heard. I will even say it is comprehensive.
too bad Bolton is a complete hack.
vote biden, just don't credit a sociopath walrus like bolton. pls.
Most accurate you've ever heard? So....you.....know the president? Cause I know you aren't just some liberal, watching a psychopath interviewed by a propagandist and deciding the information being laid out is accurate...just ....because ? Thats not the case is it? Or is that what all you people do? You have a feeling about something, and for some reason decide that its ok to just assume that your feelings on any given subject just so happens to be spot on? Even thought you don't know any of the people in question, you don't have any data except for what you see on a screen and yet you have some how become the end of the line for whats accurate and what's not? Wow .
I agree. Never saw Bolton say very much until recently. He's intelligent and thoughtful. I was disarmed by it. Got me thinking about these political divisions... this guy "grew up" (figure of speech, I know he's older than that) in the Reagan administration, so to speak. Those people weren't political figures to him - they were his mentors. And I don't doubt that a number of those mentors were decent, well-meaning people. Coming around to see the poison that's taken hold of the Republican Party, something painfully obvious to me for so long, and something he was also a party to, no pun intended, has got to be difficult.
The guy has been speaking up, thoroughly. Biggest complaint I hear, why didn't he say this during the impeachment... I ask, would it have mattered? I doubt it. He's speaking up right before the election, when it's most likely to have an impact.
You can read something and not analyze it.
@@keva2751 Have you taken your meds today?
He refused to testify during the impeachment, he advised Trump to close the pandemic department! Yeah.....hes a keeper..😉
I was a consultant in DC when he was in play. He tried to kill me while I was working at the IRS, for reasons that to this day are unknown to me, but I can speculate. He's a total psychopath, TOTAL. Do not believe a word this man says. He will only tell the truth if it supports a more dangerous lie! There is an extremely terrifying pattern of people protecting murderers like him, across government. Beware this man!
It also is a telltale sign about the wisdom of the person who hires him.
You are right. Bolton is for himself as Trump.
Blue Sky Who did hire Bolton?
@@patrickharrison4421 ok boomer
Amazing! Never thought I'd be finish watching this video!
Brilliant reporting, as always, by the Frontline team.
Yeah, interviewing a guy trying to sell a book about Tump is brilliant.
"Brillian reporting"??? Lmao!!! You are making a joke right??? Oh my, go get informed then come back to this and try to repeat that comment with a straight face.
@@MindsetMastery75 Addicted troll. Yawn.
@@katomiler843 You obviously don't know the definition of "troll" either. Get yourself an education so you stop looking ridiculous in comment sections!
@@MindsetMastery75 Stupid troll. Yawn.
Profound honesty-thank you, sir. Can we have another!
"To this day, you still cannot describe what our strategy is to respond to the corona virus pandemic." "A list of things being done is still not a strategy."
@GunslingerXXI Just quoting the guy who was in the room. He'd be the one to know, don't you think?
@GunslingerXXI I'm no fan of Bolton's, but he also has no reason to lie at this point. He has a law degree from Yale and is a bright guy. I think, in this case, he's telling the truth.
@GunslingerXXI I seriously doubt Bolton "want's back in." In these cases, I try and triangulate sources. Rex Tillerson called Trump "... a f87k1ng moron." Almost all of his previous chiefs of staff have come out saying, basically, he's incompetent. I think Trump is an idiot. He's a bully and a criminal. I think the evidence is pretty overwhelming after the past 4 years. I'm not here to change your mind. It's not a stretch for me to believe Bolton is telling the truth. Trump is fat, lazy, impulsive, thin skinned, and poorly prepared. The White House is no place for a guy like that. Also, you really are a fool, if you think Trump is smarter than his intelligence experts. That is seriously dangerous rhetoric.
@GunslingerXXI Where would you like to start?
@GunslingerXXI I'm doing some research on the 4 "accomplishments" you listed. But I found this posted as I was looking...
"“ElroyMcDuff”
""The "billionaire" who hides his taxes.
The "genius" who hides his college grades.
The "business man" who bankrupted a casino.
The "playboy" who pays for sex.
The "Christian" who doesn't go to church.
The "philanthropist" who defrauds charity.
The "patriot" who dodged the draft.
The "innocent man" who refuses to testify and fires people who are investigating him.
""
The only thing Trump liked is being in front of the camera without being asked tough questions.
Thank you Frontline.
Even condemnation comes off as too soft. "Monstrous anti-human" is really the most succinct, non-sweary description.
We individual humans who have sought to take responsibility for our part in the building of a constructive society have felt so sabotaged by his disruptive and malignant presence on the national scene. Some of us chose to see this era as deserving a backlash of collective efforts for correction of his malevolence. Our focal point became November 3rd, which now looks more like November 23rd. If possible, we need to strengthen our own courage to get through this.
TheReturnofStephan1 - Rollo May and Pascal will both launch you onto a path.
TheReturnofStephan1 - You too...
My takeaway is that Trump is simply not qualified for the job, and doesn't want to do the work to become qualified.
He is a result of white supremacy
Great series of interviews - keep it coming
The iranian cleric fears the silver mustache.
Says the war monger from hell: Bolton
His policies or ambitions dont discredit his information regarding Trump.
I wish John Bolton would have stood up for America and testify in Congress - now he is lining his pocket and granting interviews - I would say unpatriotic if you asked me.
@Thomas Headley didnt look to hard did Bolton?
I'm guessing the reason we got "Giggles the intern" as the interviewer is because no one else at PBS could stand speaking to John Bolton for more than a few moments
correct
@Ron Sandlin Wrong. I don't have the patience to continually expose the raft of corruption and stupidity that characterizes this country.
And I'm guessing you don't have the intellectual capacity to understand Bolton.
@@CarmenPerez-kz6rw That's accurate. I have never been able to understand his lifelong obsession with manufacturing a reason for the United States to invade Iran.
No more Giggles please.
John Bolton basically described Trump as insane within the first couple of minutes.
Where was his frank assessment and no-nonsense candor when it mattered? When he could have testified after Lt. Col. Vindman and supported the truth of what really happened.
Great interview 👍
Bannon,”he’s an imperfects instrument” 😂😂😂😂
Why in the hell are we listening to "John I need a war Bolton"?
Hope youre not a trump supporter. Cause if so you shouldnt be making this statement
@Tom Upton never said he was.. i despise him. I just find it funny when people are aghast with other who support reprehensible people but are passionate trump supporters lol
I'm no fan of Bolton either, but he was in the room and has direct knowledge.
Well in this case we liberals apply the age old wisdom "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". It's led to us associating with Neo Cons, Neo Nazis, hell even genocidal dictators. If we get that orange man out of office, it'll definitely be worth it. I'll shut my mouth about Uyghur Muslim internment in an instant if I can hang with my favorite comrade Xi JinPing and work on overthrowing Trump and that racist, sexist, capitalist system that's oppressing us all. Maybe then we can get ourselves some of that sweet sweet Communism with Chinese Characteristics and get a basic mask order enforced. In China these anti-maskers would probably have had their organs harvested by now, we can't even get them arrested.
Y'all loved him when he was part of the trump administration lol, I'm no Bolton fan, but he does have experience and knowledge as a diplomat
Excellent interview.
The title says _John Bolton Interview_ but that mustache dominated this discussion...
I think it deserves it's own video... 🙈😅🤣
this whole segment would fit well into a CEO 101 class.
Great interview. Shows how little Bolton understands. He's stuck in the past, endless wars, losing track.
John sounds like you over value your advice and under valued the president's judgement. I sit in Europe and there was no Covid 19 grand strategy that proved any more of less successful than president Trump. At the end of the day Sweden did almost nothing and that may be the best take away policy of all. What president Trump did with drugs and vaccines with his project warp speed may be what finally ends this pandemic plus he did a tremendous job with ventilators and ppe, here in Europe we got the use of some of those ventilators instead of waiting and begging China.
Michael Law so stupid you comparing to sweden?? omg
@@qweflex1266 Sweden has socialized medicine and we don't. You don't believe that's relevant?
@@mplaw77 Bwahahahahhahahahahahaha
@@mplaw77 you are woefully misinformed.
Re presidential daily briefings, "...they took place roughly twice a week, sometimes once a week. So that's a dramatic reduction in the amount of information being conveyed to him."
The guy can’t sit still. A lot of people with adhd can’t sit still or focus on things very long.
The less he knew the better tbh after the revelations and evidence of his loose lips approach to our National Security.
I swear, at 12:45 or so and onward (about briefings) I SWEAR he was about to say that they were going to try cartoon strips and puppet shows to keep him focused in the briefings.
Build skyscrapers made of LEGO’s and “dance” them over the briefings written in crayon! 🤣
Fantastic interview, great questions...not to mention i see Bolton in another light, very articulate.
Staying away from political agenda and before criticizing this man, who probably deserves most of it, just try to listen that the interview isn’t about him, it’s about Trump. And the information about Trump is true, yes? If you want to bash him, go to the videos about him and his book, etc. Good presentation. Thanks for posting it!
In other words, to paraphrase for Bolton, the current president is just not up for the job. He's just not smart enough. "He's very uneducated in world history." "... Donald Trump never seemed very interested in learning."
It's funny how Bolton without any hesitation states the policy of overthrowing a foreign government.
It's absolutely fair game in war. No such thing as morality in state to state conflicts.
No war has been declared. What Bolton did right there is considered a crime. But then the US has been a rogue nation for years breaking every international law on the books. But you don't care about international laws do you?
@@christopherdennis4280 I have no respect for international law. It's an artificial reality set up by the American/British Empire after WW2. And wars do not necessarily start by formal declarations; look at the economic and informational war between US vs China or Russia.
@@VermHat well, the victors of WW2 established the laws you disparage...the US is a signatory to those laws it helped draft at the Nuremberg trials...but yes, a hegemonic power has no need to heed even it's own laws...remember what you say if there comes a time the US picks a war against an adversary it likely could lose
@@christopherdennis4280 There's no need, especially when other hostile state actors won't as well for their advantage, that's the problem. Look at the South China Sea conflict.
Also, the US currently has such an economic, military, geographic advantage, it won't be conquered militarily by any state for the foreseeable decades; even if we have an incompetent government.
*Morons will say: "Fake news, Trump is a genius and Bolton is part of the Deep State!"*
@kirk mitchell wtf? Then we should apluad comey, brenan, , strzok , clinton, clapper the media for tryn to over throw our country because overthrowing an elected pres. Is the patriotic thing to do?
@kirk mitchell sorry if there was a misunderstanding. I try to stay out of tnese comment sections as much as i can. Blood pressure. I just cant understand how everyone believes what they see on tv.
@kirk mitchell *Joey, how in the world did you get 3 Fs this semester at school????? Mom, it was the "Deep State!" - You suckers will believe anything. Sad.*
Lmao trump is a wing nut
bolton likes war and he is one of the deep state.
So Trump did not hear what Joe Bolton had to say ...so now there is no war !! Thank God
You sound like you watched ten seconds then decided to defame him in the interest of Trump
@@mikechilds4452 Trump did take out the one person pivotal to Iran's military influence efforts in the region. In that way took a very important piece off of Iran's play, while avoiding a casualties in the millions war that John Bolton probably preferred... give Trump that at least. So he might have listened to Bolton but thought his bloodlust driven 'solutions' a bit much?
@@TheDaeroner that's a lot of speculation and zero indication you watched and understood the video
Most horrifying quote: “This is not the place for dilettantes to do on the job training.”
😂😂😂😂😂😂🙂oh god this interview is great. PBS I love, if we around years from now It so joys me that this will be seen my those going over this time in history! Oh man Awesome, hope we make it out of this!!!
Very good interview
“Imperfect instrument “ 😭😭 Putin, Kim Jung sun and Zhi Zhin Ping agree
Who exported all the jobs to China, Mexico and Vietnam.
@@joyal876 Moses Goldfarb Merriwether did it 👯👬🤰💃🧓👩🦳👩🦰👩🏫👩🔧👩🍳👩🚒👩🏫👩🚀👰🤵👩🌾👩🏫👩✈️👩💼🧙🧛🧛🧟🦸🦸🦹🦹🤶👼👼🧚🚵🚵🤼🤹🤹🏌️🏇🤺🧎🧍🚶🏃
Bolton: he knows about business but he knows nothing about my specialty WAR War war.
Trump; you're fired.
Me: national security is not equal to war all the time.
Regardless of your appreciation for Bolton or not, the value of his testament is how it details the president’s MO, who knows more about (blank) than (blank)...
For the briefing, make a 30 min well edited movie with great music and effects. It is worth the money and effort if the president can be properly briefed.
"Trump usually arrived in the oval office about 11 o'clock, 11am."
Then went to watch big screen tv in the dining room 😁
Trump watches TV. Why not submit the daily briefings to him in a video.
They do. On Fox and Friends
@@cullanpadroclum exactly
🤣🤣🤣, how are you doing today
Reagan conservative?
More like a Bush conservative with all the wars he wants.
man, if Obama had tried a 1/10 of that. Rolling into the office at 11am
All Nuts No Bolts drumpf has already told 20,000 lies in office. That’s on top of his racist, divisive rhetoric, his appalling behaviour, and his utter lack of moral character. Obama wouldn’t have gotten away with 1/40,0000th of the insults drumpf has heaped upon Americans and the USA.
Hell imagine if any of us just strolled into the office at 11 a.m. We'd be fired on the spot
Bolton is politely calling Trump a simpleton LOL
An aversion to learning is the clear sign of someone who is learning disabled of learning incapable.
That’s the president
No one in politics over 65...it should be a law
Only once everyone over 18 votes.
Greg Cason that would help too
Transgender presidents only
I don't really like Bolton but always find him interesting to listen to. I like that he was honest at 42:16 in saying he would have probably gone along on the march then regretted it.
Best 2020 presidential review to date!
If you take a shot every time he touches his glasses you will get F'd up.
He's using secret code to underground CIA agents in Iran.
🤣🤣🤣
It's a habit that people who wear glasses have, even when we wear contacts.
Whatever Bolton's ideology may be, he is intelligent and articulate. Can't say the same about Trump.
Facinating, yet sobering analysis, perspective, posted here.
40:48 Thank you for coming out and being so candid with us about your time on his staff. It is very important that the public be educated about this, that we might be an informed electorate. I think that there is only one minor yet detrimental flaw in your analysis Mr. Bolton, He does have a very simple and dangerous philosophy. And that is to be the "winner" in the zero sum game of life, to gain and maintain money and power at all costs, with no compunction about destroying anything in the process, including our democracy and our very lives. And like every other narcissistic dictator, every decision he makes is literally based on that underlying philosophy. I think you meant, and in fact you did say, that he has no complex analytical abilities as it applies to a foreign strategy, but I believe that you might agree that that is quite different from having no philosophy. Sorry for seeming pedantic, but that does change our understanding of just how dangerous this man is. Sorry to piss on your "one silver lining". However, the more I hear you talk, the more faith I have that our country was on the right track before Trump.
I don't think you understand what a dictator is... Ask some Cubans or Saudis or African expats.
"Trump obviously didn't read much of anything."
Well. The reading Biden exported all the American jobs to China, Mexico and Vietnam, poor is into an unnecessary war in Iraq by voting.
@Joyal kurian
You don’t do much reading too then. A couple of summary pages of Econ 101 could prevent you making a comment like that, homie.
@@joyal876 No, Joyal, Biden didn't "export all the jobs to China, Mexico, and Vietnam." American business owners did. And they still are.
Yet he is still the best president this world has ever witnessed!
@@Servant_of_1111 So you don't care that Donny bone spurs is a Russian agent? You don't care that he is a criminal, and all he has to do is lose the election to do prison time? You don't care that 6 of his former campaign staff are now convicted felons? You don't care about what happened with Putin in Helsinki? You don't care that he has sidelined the recommendations of his experts from 17 intelligence agencies, the NIH, the CDC, etc., and that there are now 185k dead Americans on his watch (1000 new American deaths every day) while he promotes conspiracy theories and cures? And by the way, that's just a starter list of questions.
To his credit Bolton speaks in complete sentences . Rarely heard skill these days
I get concerned with peoples who love the "eloquence" of political speak, or those hung up on political decorum. There's a failure there to understand that jargon's nefarious roots and the evil that makes it's constant evolution neccesary. Political speak or "double speak" is the language of sociopaths and those who peddle in respectable dishonesty.
There is no question that Bolton is the cat from Rescuers Down Under.
My god, this is illuminating. His comments about Trumps view on relationships (32:00) with foreign leaders is so troubling. He sees no value in allegiance to the democratic ideas and values we represent, he only sees value in himself doing well. Wow, that’s a terrible place for us to be.
Bolton gives interesting insight and does a lot of spinning. I suppose he is trying to save his reputation.
Yes, it's interesting, but also clear that he's trying to save face. He is not a good person.
His reputation is shit. I hope he has some savings because he’ll never work again.
Disinformation
@@maryfletcher3607 He will work again.
This is so basic. Bolton finally realized he couldn’t control trump. He then bolted.
I didn't know I was 'squishy"--as a woman, I think I might like that.
Well said, how are you?
will this be shown on FOX?
WHY IS The Choice 2020 FULL FILM NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW?
What does he feed that mustache? That’s what I want to know.
If a neo con life time republican doesn’t convince any other republican how under qualified incompetent to be president trump is there’s hope for America.
hunh ?..... scrambled eggs much ?
"Why are we in South Korea? Well .. the answer starts in 1945 and .. " There is an inherent value in knowing when to tune out at the right time.
Unreal, isn’t it?
Can't believe I listened to this point! 😨
This is what a war criminal sounds like.
I have a joke for you. A war criminal and a incestuous malignant sociopath walk into the oval office...
Trump said "I will make America unpredictable."
This is his policy.
in other words "unreliable"
Hey Bolton: you explained the HISTORY of why we WERE in South Korea, but Trump asked “why are we there NOW?” Asking the same question in a variety of contexts represents intellectual flexibility that you - based on your neocon record - don”t possess. Thank you for your service and forgive my critique.
I would like to hear John Bolton take on the two (peace) accords in the Middle-East...
PBS: A follow up interview from this one, realized on July 31st, is required.
Revisiting today, how’s it going?
Trump has many disgruntled ex-employees, wonder why?
Because Trump does what the people want and not what his advisors tell him they want.
If the Republican Party genuinely cared about this country they would’ve implemented the 25th amendment long ago.
He reminds me of Mr. Pastry on UK TV in 60's!
Hi! Where can we watch the full film trump vs biden
this is scary to hear this about our President, time for change
"Vladamir Putin against Donald trump is not a fair fight" - Hilarious =]
Why is D. Trump better for Putin ? Because of a lot of sanctions for Russia ? ha ha !
Я очень хорошо отношусь к американцам , но они слишком самоуверенны ! Это их погубит , @spacetoast7
Wish they had mic’ed up the reporter properly ...
Oh god, John Bolton actually makes sense....
A dictator doesn't require a philosophy or planning. All dictators are based on two things, an over inflated sense of importance. Some call it ego. Then finally the thirst and obsessive drive to maintain power.
32:26 great to see Bolton laugh, which makes his consistent seriousness even more effective.
I can’t wait to hear what Biden was like. Probably very attentive, great listener, powerful decision maker. Also very sharp
Warmonger Bolton should have been asked "how on earth has President Trump achieved so much for America, more than many other President in recent memory, if his White House is so chaotic?"
Good interview. I think he needs tighter glasses.