completely broken down. there is no national security process to speak of. it's basically whatever the president wants on any given day and people try to carry out his wishes. and second is there have been real fundamental splits because without a process to preside over, john bolton was basically relegated to being in essence a fox news commentator, a hawker commentator inside the white house. and in that role, that pit him directly against the president's instincts. the president wanted to have photo ops, headlines regarding north korea, regarding the taliban. john bolton said we can't cozy up to a dictator in north korea. we can't give him a world platform without getting anything concrete in return. likewise with respect to the afghanistan decision, i think john bolton's deep concern which i've heard echoed across the national security establishment is why are we having a negotiation in which the first thing being discussed is the withdrawal of american military and intelligence officials. shouldn't we first put the