previous to that, he was all over the place on it in public statements as a civilian. bolton has been clear as a bell from the beginning. it s, do you buy the argument some in the administration might make that the president wants to surround himself with lots of different viewpoints? because it doesn t seem like that. my sense is is that there s a certain tension between the two. i mean, consider, for instance, when bolton said the north koreans are in violation of the u.n. security council resolutions, bolton was correct. his analysis was correct. the president was just wrong. so, yeah, they re i think it s not ideal. it s also, it s one thing to have that discussion behind the scenes, it s another thing for a president on a foreign trip in front of john bolton and everyone else to say, some of my folks believe this, but it s not the first thing he said that kind of thing. he said that to vladimir putin about dni coastal. you write about the chaos behind the scenes under bolton
right. his analysis was correct. the president was just wrong. right. so, yeah, i think it s not ideal. it s also i mean, it s one thing to have that discussion behind the scenes, it s another thing for a president on a foreign trip in front of john bolton and everyone else, to say, some of my folks believe this. but that s not the first time he said that kind of thing. he said that to vladimir putin about dni coats. you write about the chaos behind the scenes under bolton. he s sort of you know, he s moving to try to keep his influence and spread his influence. now, how does that work? well, i think what s interesting now in the administration is you just you have a big vacuum, basically. so, there isn t a perment sec d permanent secretary of defense. there s no u.n. ambassador. there s no secretary for homeland security. so the whole sort of field when you say it like that, it doesn t sound good. so the whole field of national security is it falls to him.