over the course of this year he's sort of neutered and removed and out lasted every rival in the foreign policy realm as an adviser to the white house and sort of clearly using this year to set himself up to go run for a kansas senate seat that is open next year. and potentially prepare himself to be the heir apparent to donald trump in 2024. you see pompeo emerge at the center of the scandal and the person who, if he wasn't actively involved in this, should have been actively involved in it. and i think he's sort of been greatly diminished over the last six weeks and his political future back in kansas today for the fourth time doing interviews. you wonder if he's wondering whether he's made the right bet. >> elliot. the "washington post" is reporting that in august the trump administration delayed restoring trade privileges to ukraine after john bolton warned