president trump for some reason pushed back on that. third, they needed the show of solidarity. the ukrainians need us more than most countries need us because they are vulnerable. they have been violated by the russians. they need this show of alliance and a united force. so there isn't a country that doesn't need something from us, and ukraine needs more than most countries do from us. >> i want to read a quote from a former senior administration official in "the washington post." whenever i see former senior administration official these days, i think john bolton, but the truth of it s john bolton just represents a pyramid of people who fit the description of former senior administration official. but this is a particularly negative quote. it's the kind of smack back at the president that you could expect at some point from john bolton if he did witness this and if it was true. that says former senior administration official who related to discussed the issue with trump said the president thought what we were doing in