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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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@burnindownthehouse 3 года назад

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.

@johnnytsunami4186 3 года назад

I am a poly sci graduate and I disagree with you. How do we decide who is right, here?

@burnindownthehouse 3 года назад

@@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?

@Steven_Edwards 3 года назад

@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.

@johnnytsunami4186 3 года назад

@@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.

@burnindownthehouse 3 года назад

@@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.

@brandonguitierez3821 3 года назад

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone get called a coward so politely and so many times in one conversation.

@deronbeckford8775 2 года назад

@jimmylamar1501 Год назад

Even if cd

@ajcbng8289 Год назад

And stupid. You forgot the stupid part 😂🤣😂

@ajcbng8289 Год назад

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. 😂 😂 😂

@JoeMacStevens 3 года назад

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.

@RoyAH. 3 года назад

Very, very well said Joe.

@joyal876 3 года назад

Suddenly, John Bolton has become the Messiah for ANTIFA and it's supporters.

@sagesheahan6732 3 года назад

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.

@lesliesutain9623 3 года назад

@@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....

@llc1976 3 года назад

😂

@21972012145525 3 года назад

This is so basic. Bolton finally realized he couldn’t control trump. He then bolted.

@Tekknorg 3 года назад

John is not so smart. He is very dumb according to Trump.

@mayrollins4363 3 года назад

I agree 👍 💯

@mayrollins4363 3 года назад

I agree 👍

@troyevitt2437 3 года назад

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.

@mikeearls126 3 года назад

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

@evanmcdonnal 3 года назад

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!

@japhethbarasa769 3 года назад

bolton wants war ...that is the fallout...trump doesnt want!

@joyal876 3 года назад

Yup. As far as he is speaking against Trump. Few months back he was a evil for the leftists

@guillermomontoyo 3 года назад

Typical USA political bs. Blah blah. Same polarised garbage. Get a clue fwits

@digitalperson108 3 года назад

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!

@davidsawyer1599 3 года назад

The beauty of these interviews is the comments.

@etx007blue2 3 года назад

Even more fun when you see Russian trolls make comments here.

@CarmenPerez-kz6rw 3 года назад

I view the comments as mostly parrots repeating something someone else said a million times. Mostly.

@basedgodstrugglin 3 года назад

It’s two different videos depending on the news network the individual watches. Very interesting case study!

@AG-qc8ek 3 года назад

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 (....)

@ministryoftruth8523 3 года назад

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.

@BurntRaisinToast 3 года назад

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.

@titustheblueeyedhusky4213 3 года назад

You people are fools and senseless! What are you brain dead??

@skronked 3 года назад

@@titustheblueeyedhusky4213 your as dense as a blue-eyed husky!

@johncurran8985 3 года назад

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.

@gordonlinton3555 3 года назад

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

@truckerinsight1179 3 года назад

And this is what normalizing a war criminal looks like🙄

@harryjohnson3056 3 года назад

How is he a war criminal?

@smeyer9507 3 года назад

It never mattered. The republican majority senate didn't even want to hear witnesses. They had already decided to do nothing.

@ill4food 3 года назад

Funny that Trump supporters are commenting how terrible Bolton is when he was hand picked by Trump.

@keva2751 3 года назад

Keep your enemies closer

@abpgrace 3 года назад

He made a mistake in selecting Michael Bolton.

@chieflouie2821 3 года назад

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.

@80sruler 3 года назад

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

@charlesbaldo 3 года назад

And fired by Trump. He served his purpose for Trump. To scare and show them we will not put up with their terrorism

@cecileschultz800 Год назад

Dear Frontline, your documentaries are truly amazing and succeed most of the time in keeping me from my work🤣

@DQINBETWEEN 3 года назад

"he just sat there watching TV most of the day". loool

@stevesteve7175 3 года назад

Just unfit for the job, period. So dangerous.

@TheDavidlloydjones 3 года назад

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.

@aprilgates4937 3 года назад

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!

@Infamous_B_C 3 года назад

Ikr Bolton wanted wars, so Trump dumped him.

@TheDavidlloydjones 3 года назад

@@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?

@TheDavidlloydjones 3 года назад

@@Infamous_B_C You have no evidence for that. Trump actually has wars, no "wanted" about it.

@russianbluecat6865 3 года назад

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.

@sandife4nandes365 2 года назад

Trump would have discredited him if he did.

@michaelbee2165 Год назад

Bolten. Supported our friendly forces against Russia. He's an f' ing hero.

@michaelbee2165 Год назад

@@sandife4nandes365 what the hell does that mean?

@michaelbee2165 Год назад

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!!!

@danc.2007 Год назад

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.

@lauraoverstreet9987 3 года назад

He refused to testify during the impeachment, he advised Trump to close the pandemic department! Yeah.....hes a keeper..😉

@patrickharrison4421 3 года назад

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!

@BlueSky-oe4fn 3 года назад

It also is a telltale sign about the wisdom of the person who hires him.

@stevesteve7175 3 года назад

You are right. Bolton is for himself as Trump.

@TPerm-hj4sf 3 года назад

Blue Sky Who did hire Bolton?

@historicarchives4841 3 года назад

@@patrickharrison4421 ok boomer

@StevenWilliams66 3 года назад

Trump just had a rally in Charlotte NC and said "he loves Charlotte and has always considered himself a Charlatan"

@TheDavidlloydjones 3 года назад

🤣😂😎🤦‍♂️🤣 What a pleasure to be able to agree with Trump for once!

@timfahey7127 3 года назад

I just read this and laughed so hard my coffee came out of my nose a little. Ha

@user-py9kp3ti7r 3 года назад

He didn’t!!! Omg!!

@irmaknight2573 3 года назад

You should know by now .that if Trump's mouth is moving...he is lying.

@kathleennotaro9935 3 года назад

Steven Williams and he’s absolutely correct

@charleshildebrand9300 3 года назад

“Sort of like a one-note piano concert”, lmao!

@johnmetermaid 3 года назад

"A one note piano concert", a more apt description of Trump I have not seen.

@PNWJEEPER01 3 года назад

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.

@tbz1551 3 года назад

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.

@matthewsmith5374 3 года назад

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.

@AA123TD 3 года назад

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.

@peggysullivan5396 3 года назад

It sure is when democrats cheat

@peggysullivan5396 3 года назад

Then why didn’t Bolton speak up earlier? He’s just as bad

@mytzlplk5929 3 года назад

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.

@DigitalPlacebo 3 года назад

The only thing Trump liked is being in front of the camera without being asked tough questions.

@tenthconcept 3 года назад

John Bolton basically described Trump as insane within the first couple of minutes.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

Brilliant reporting, as always, by the Frontline team.

@asswhole4195 3 года назад

Yeah, interviewing a guy trying to sell a book about Tump is brilliant.

@MindsetMastery75 3 года назад

"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.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@@MindsetMastery75 Addicted troll. Yawn.

@MindsetMastery75 3 года назад

@@katomiler843 You obviously don't know the definition of "troll" either. Get yourself an education so you stop looking ridiculous in comment sections!

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@@MindsetMastery75 Stupid troll. Yawn.

@myfeedback572 3 года назад

John's read of Trump is the most accurate I have heard. I will even say it is comprehensive.

@kcm4321 3 года назад

too bad Bolton is a complete hack. vote biden, just don't credit a sociopath walrus like bolton. pls.

@keva2751 3 года назад

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 .

@johnf2918 3 года назад

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.

@CarmenPerez-kz6rw 3 года назад

You can read something and not analyze it.

@CarmenPerez-kz6rw 3 года назад

@@keva2751 Have you taken your meds today?

@christopherdennis4280 3 года назад

It's funny how Bolton without any hesitation states the policy of overthrowing a foreign government.

@VermHat 3 года назад

It's absolutely fair game in war. No such thing as morality in state to state conflicts.

@christopherdennis4280 3 года назад

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?

@VermHat 3 года назад

@@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.

@christopherdennis4280 3 года назад

@@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

@VermHat 3 года назад

@@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.

@yogaflirt7 3 года назад

Says the war monger from hell: Bolton

@HUNDREDACREWOOD. 3 года назад

His policies or ambitions dont discredit his information regarding Trump.

@CaptainReedo40 3 года назад

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.

@goodness563 3 года назад

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.

@yurikendal4868 3 года назад

@Thomas Headley didnt look to hard did Bolton?

@businessguide6219 3 года назад

Amazing! Never thought I'd be finish watching this video!

@katomiler843 3 года назад

"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."

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@GunslingerXXI Just quoting the guy who was in the room. He'd be the one to know, don't you think?

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@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.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@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.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@GunslingerXXI Where would you like to start?

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@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. ""

@NxDoyle 3 года назад

Even condemnation comes off as too soft. "Monstrous anti-human" is really the most succinct, non-sweary description.

@richardstein5702 3 года назад

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.

@richardstein5702 3 года назад

TheReturnofStephan1 - Rollo May and Pascal will both launch you onto a path.

@richardstein5702 3 года назад

TheReturnofStephan1 - You too...

@doctorhonda111 3 года назад

The iranian cleric fears the silver mustache.

@fattsteve 3 года назад

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

@evanfinch4987 3 года назад

correct

@ByWayOfDeception 3 года назад

she was just plain horrible

@fattsteve 3 года назад

@Ron Sandlin Wrong. I don't have the patience to continually expose the raft of corruption and stupidity that characterizes this country.

@CarmenPerez-kz6rw 3 года назад

And I'm guessing you don't have the intellectual capacity to understand Bolton.

@fattsteve 3 года назад

@@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.

@jaraunknown2721 Год назад

Profound honesty-thank you, sir. Can we have another!

@simguns8388 3 года назад

Why in the hell are we listening to "John I need a war Bolton"?

@marlonbrimmer 3 года назад

Hope youre not a trump supporter. Cause if so you shouldnt be making this statement

@marlonbrimmer 3 года назад

@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

@katomiler843 3 года назад

I'm no fan of Bolton either, but he was in the room and has direct knowledge.

@evanmcdonnal 3 года назад

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.

@vishalgiraddi5357 3 года назад

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

@enlim22 3 года назад

Thank you Frontline.

@johncsajaghy4766 3 года назад

My takeaway is that Trump is simply not qualified for the job, and doesn't want to do the work to become qualified.

@AA123TD 3 года назад

He is a result of white supremacy

@roydavid9406 3 года назад

So Trump did not hear what Joe Bolton had to say ...so now there is no war !! Thank God

@mikechilds4452 3 года назад

You sound like you watched ten seconds then decided to defame him in the interest of Trump

@TheDaeroner 3 года назад

@@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?

@mikechilds4452 3 года назад

@@TheDaeroner that's a lot of speculation and zero indication you watched and understood the video

@douglasjrhodes 3 года назад

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!

@brianshields5307 3 года назад

Great series of interviews - keep it coming

@noelbrian55 3 года назад

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.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

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."

@prancer1803 3 года назад

The guy can’t sit still. A lot of people with adhd can’t sit still or focus on things very long.

@michellewhatshername5577 7 месяцев назад

The less he knew the better tbh after the revelations and evidence of his loose lips approach to our National Security.

@chickenheart7615 3 года назад

Trump said "I will make America unpredictable." This is his policy.

@AA123TD 3 года назад

in other words "unreliable"

@kingkongo83 3 года назад

this whole segment would fit well into a CEO 101 class.

@ArthurMoore-ii8nn 3 года назад

*Morons will say: "Fake news, Trump is a genius and Bolton is part of the Deep State!"*

@keva2751 3 года назад

@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?

@keva2751 3 года назад

@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.

@ArthurMoore-ii8nn 3 года назад

@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.*

@thisoldmtb3815 3 года назад

Lmao trump is a wing nut

@mialulu3532 3 года назад

bolton likes war and he is one of the deep state.

@2clarityin30 3 года назад

Trump watches TV. Why not submit the daily briefings to him in a video.

@cullanpadroclum 3 года назад

They do. On Fox and Friends

@prancer1803 3 года назад

@@cullanpadroclum exactly

@johnleo3474 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣, how are you doing today

@marcong2774 3 года назад

Reagan conservative? More like a Bush conservative with all the wars he wants.

@melissafiteni7394 3 года назад

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.

@tommytomtom5531 3 года назад

hunh ?..... scrambled eggs much ?

@oiramsq73 3 года назад

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.

@robertodonnell1146 2 года назад

Build skyscrapers made of LEGO’s and “dance” them over the briefings written in crayon! 🤣

@electronomic2745 3 года назад

This is what a war criminal sounds like.

@mournerlisa6025 3 года назад

I have a joke for you. A war criminal and a incestuous malignant sociopath walk into the oval office...

@NuzzyD 3 года назад

Most horrifying quote: “This is not the place for dilettantes to do on the job training.”

@poppystars9005 3 года назад

No one in politics over 65...it should be a law

@gc4847 3 года назад

Only once everyone over 18 votes.

@poppystars9005 3 года назад

Greg Cason that would help too

@ci20bm 3 года назад

Transgender presidents only

@javierg602 3 года назад

Great interview 👍

@nazdalaan 3 года назад

Bannon,”he’s an imperfects instrument” 😂😂😂😂

@courtcomposer 3 года назад

Excellent interview.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

"Trump obviously didn't read much of anything."

@joyal876 3 года назад

Well. The reading Biden exported all the American jobs to China, Mexico and Vietnam, poor is into an unnecessary war in Iraq by voting.

@wichanee932 3 года назад

@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.

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@@joyal876 No, Joyal, Biden didn't "export all the jobs to China, Mexico, and Vietnam." American business owners did. And they still are.

@Servant_of_1111 3 года назад

Yet he is still the best president this world has ever witnessed!

@katomiler843 3 года назад

@@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.

@michaelschwartz8730 3 года назад

An aversion to learning is the clear sign of someone who is learning disabled of learning incapable.

@prancer1803 3 года назад

That’s the president

@stephenjones5925 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂🙂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!!!

@YusufGinnah 3 года назад

The title says _John Bolton Interview_ but that mustache dominated this discussion... I think it deserves it's own video... 🙈😅🤣

@katomiler843 3 года назад

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."

@bascal133 3 года назад

“Imperfect instrument “ 😭😭 Putin, Kim Jung sun and Zhi Zhin Ping agree

@joyal876 3 года назад

Who exported all the jobs to China, Mexico and Vietnam.

@guillermomontoyo 3 года назад

@@joyal876 Moses Goldfarb Merriwether did it 👯👬🤰💃🧓👩‍🦳👩‍🦰👩‍🏫👩‍🔧👩‍🍳👩‍🚒👩‍🏫👩‍🚀👰🤵👩‍🌾👩‍🏫👩‍✈️👩‍💼🧙🧛🧛🧟🦸🦸🦹🦹🤶👼👼🧚🚵🚵🤼🤹🤹🏌️🏇🤺🧎🧍🚶🏃

@catvalleyrecords8619 3 года назад

To his credit Bolton speaks in complete sentences . Rarely heard skill these days

@TheDaeroner 3 года назад

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.

@smiljaivancevic8256 3 года назад

this is scary to hear this about our President, time for change

@itsme-nt2lj 3 года назад

man, if Obama had tried a 1/10 of that. Rolling into the office at 11am

@BurntRaisinToast 3 года назад

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.

@skippythealien9627 3 года назад

Hell imagine if any of us just strolled into the office at 11 a.m. We'd be fired on the spot

@1mcdonaldj 3 года назад

Bolton is politely calling Trump a simpleton LOL

@wandamercer6964 Год назад

Oh god, John Bolton actually makes sense....

@leroimorvan2845 3 года назад

According to Bolton's point of view, Donald Trump acts as a rebel, but this is the key of his success. He proceeds with his intuition and, as a new concept, it is quite valuable.

@rdlewis3616 3 года назад

Bolton gives interesting insight and does a lot of spinning. I suppose he is trying to save his reputation.

@sunnymoondog 3 года назад

Yes, it's interesting, but also clear that he's trying to save face. He is not a good person.

@maryfletcher3607 3 года назад

His reputation is shit. I hope he has some savings because he’ll never work again.

@mikechilds4452 3 года назад

Disinformation

@harryjohnson3056 3 года назад

@@maryfletcher3607 He will work again.

@crisssontay8341 3 года назад

This is so basic. Bolton finally realized he couldn’t control trump. He then bolted.

@hvymettle 3 года назад

Whatever Bolton's ideology may be, he is intelligent and articulate. Can't say the same about Trump.

@arthurrlambert4825 3 года назад

Fantastic interview, great questions...not to mention i see Bolton in another light, very articulate.

@ajp4860 3 года назад

If the Republican Party genuinely cared about this country they would’ve implemented the 25th amendment long ago.

@renesmit6774 3 года назад

Great interview. Shows how little Bolton understands. He's stuck in the past, endless wars, losing track.

@mplaw77 3 года назад

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.

@qweflex1266 3 года назад

Michael Law so stupid you comparing to sweden?? omg

@markallen6244 3 года назад

@@qweflex1266 Sweden has socialized medicine and we don't. You don't believe that's relevant?

@jrd388 3 года назад

@@mplaw77 Bwahahahahhahahahahahaha

@Baby4HeadAutographer 3 года назад

@@mplaw77 you are woefully misinformed.

@devlin25711 3 года назад

its honestly terrifying hearing shit like this, america is imploding

@llc1976 3 года назад

And yet you watch FOX news and he’s doing splendidly and it’s all the dems fault?

@llc1976 3 года назад

GunslingerXXI without the house we would have no democracy it was critical to flip it at midterms.

@membear 3 года назад

If you take a shot every time he touches his glasses you will get F'd up.

@thommysides4616 3 года назад

He's using secret code to underground CIA agents in Iran.

@Servant_of_1111 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣

@Moonewitch 3 года назад

It's a habit that people who wear glasses have, even when we wear contacts.

@AntonioCampbell 3 года назад

Very good interview

@Expatsunleashed 3 года назад

What does he feed that mustache? That’s what I want to know.

@tassie7830 3 года назад

Trump has many disgruntled ex-employees, wonder why?

@asswhole4195 3 года назад

Because Trump does what the people want and not what his advisors tell him they want.

@johnmac1960 3 года назад

He reminds me of Mr. Pastry on UK TV in 60's!

@motor4151 2 года назад

I can’t wait to hear what Biden was like. Probably very attentive, great listener, powerful decision maker. Also very sharp

@lisalmitchell 3 года назад

I didn't know I was 'squishy"--as a woman, I think I might like that.

@johnleo3474 3 года назад

Well said, how are you?

@edYeaYea70 3 года назад

John Bolton looks like an older Where’s Waldo

@haileeoctavio5861 3 года назад

The beauty of these interviews is the comments.

@stevenklinkhamer9069 4 месяца назад

Facinating, yet sobering analysis, perspective, posted here.

@nestorar 3 года назад

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)...

@katomiler843 3 года назад

"Trump usually arrived in the oval office about 11 o'clock, 11am."

@luciemedici 3 года назад

Then went to watch big screen tv in the dining room 😁

@jonliska8401 3 года назад

Good interview. I think he needs tighter glasses.

@juhliousu5491 3 года назад

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.

@TheDaeroner 3 года назад

I don't think you understand what a dictator is... Ask some Cubans or Saudis or African expats.

@matthewgrasso7167 Год назад

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.

@Bparkersplace 3 года назад

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.

@daniellartey7898 3 года назад

Bolton's worry is that the president is not broadly knowledgeable and also not wanting to learn.

@joyal876 3 года назад

St. John Bolton, the war mongerer

@dirkdiggler9379 3 года назад

Yet trump is president.

@elaineburnett5230 3 года назад

Oh there are so much more to worry us!

@bodeswell2260 3 года назад

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.

@FoodieRSA 3 года назад

WHY IS The Choice 2020 FULL FILM NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW?

@SeriouslyAwesome 3 года назад

So this is what a swamp creature sounds like.

@CritterSitterofCary 3 года назад

Hate Bolten....he is correct though....

@drsmetal2747 3 года назад

Hate warmongers

@erikruizmd 3 года назад

Hi! Where can we watch the full film trump vs biden

@johnfausett3335 3 года назад

Take 40 years off Bolton's face and you are looking at that creepy kid in the neighborhood that nobody wanted to play with, for good reason.

@leonardwee8865 3 года назад

The policy of Donald Trump is “how I will look”, nothing else matters.

@cynthiacole6140 3 года назад

Well, he doesn't look too good does he? 🤣

@LouMontana-wc7nr 3 года назад

@kirk mitchell, the purge is coming!

@christinabeck9316 3 года назад

kirk mitchell I can see why you love trump...same wit.

@LouMontana-wc7nr 3 года назад

@@christinabeck9316, Kirk Mitchell is hoping Trump will throw him a million dollar bailout?

@jasonmoser8957 3 года назад

This interviewer is good.

@jmy106 3 года назад

It is a reasonable question to ask 'why are we in South Korea'. To not realize being there for over 70 years is questionable means the lack of intellect is with yourself, not the person asking.

@jversteeg7042 3 года назад

"Why are we STILL in Korea?" isn't the same question as not knowing the history of why we are there, which is what Bolton is saying. You are trying to imbue Trump with a complexity that was never intimated in Bolton's statements.

@jmy106 3 года назад

@@jversteeg7042 OK let's stay in Korea forever then cos too complex and stuff

@jmy106 3 года назад

@H-town281 A hello 50 Cent army with your off topic comment.

@johnquintano5257 3 года назад

Confusing signals to allies and enemies might be what the right move is because many countries have been out playing the USA for years. Maybe govt should be less active in world affairs and govt more active at home