what was that like? it s incredible. i think, a, to be able to meet her through his lens, not just with his honor and respect for her as the monarch, but the love he has for her as his grandmother. all of those layers have been so important to me so that when i met her, i had such a deep understanding and, of course, incredible respect to have that time with her. and we ve had a really she s she s an incredible woman. and she took to you straightaway. the last 30 years i ve been barked at and this time nothing. just laying on my feet. tell us about your ring. the ring is yellow gold because that s her favorite, and the stone is from botswana and the little diamonds on the side are from my mother s jewelry collection to make sure she s with us on this crazy journey together.
he was actually i said he was the most senior diplomat in the foreign service. he was actually the third-most senior diplomat in the foreign service until a few weeks ago. then the trump administration got rid of the number one and number two most senior people ahead of him in the foreign service so that did make him the most senior person still standing but now he s out, too. think about that for a second. after he was initially hired into the foreign service in 1977, five subsequent presidents of both parties thought it would be a good idea to keep him on. that his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset, particularly when it comes to dealing with russia. which makes sense, right? you want to avoid getting rolled. you want to avoid getting outmaneuvered or tricked. particularly when we are a country where leaders turn over every few years and in russia,
particularly between the united states and russia for decades. we ve got him here tonight because he s out now. he s gone. the trump folks chose not to keep him on he was actually i said he was the most senior diplomat in the foreign service. he was actually the third-most senior diplomat in the foreign service until a few weeks ago. then the trump administration got rid of the number one and number two most senior people ahead of him in the foreign service so that did make him the most senior person still standing but now he s out, too. think about that for a second. after he was initially hired into the foreign service in 1977, five subsequent presidents of both parties thought it would be a good idea to keep him on. that his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset,
wanted as a quid pro quo for its intervention on trump s behalf in the presidential election. i mean, part of what the dossier says is this the operation meaning the effort to influence our election that has been conducted with the full knowledge and support of trump and senior members of his campaign team. in return, t trump team has agreed to sideline russian intervention in ukraine as a campaign issue. so that is from that dossier of alleged russian dirt on donald trump, right? this dossier is still considered to be mostly uncrop raorroborat its overall allegation is that the trump folks knew, the trump folks news about the russian campaign to interfere in our election, they supported it, that i cooperated with it and in exchange they made promises to the russians. they made promises to specifically sideline russian intervention in ukraine as a campaign issue. well, we don t have ed, we don t have corroborating evidence of the first part of that, that the
be a good idea to keep him on. that his deep understanding, his knowledge of all the players and so many of the secrets it would make him an indispensable asset, particularly when it comes to dealing with russia. which makes sense, right? you want to avoid getting rolled. you want to avoid getting outmaneuvered or tricked. particularly when we are a country where leaders turn over every few years and in russia, vladimir putin has been in charge for 17 years and counting, right? that s a disadvantage for us in terms of knowing the players, having a long-term plan. it makes sense in that environment that you would hold on in the u.s. government to the people who know their way around this particular block. that s how you end up with a guy like him. the most senior diplomat america has. that s how you end up with a guy like dan fried, overseeing the u.s. sanctions against russia. russia hates those sanctions so you need your toughest and most