there s one moment in trump tower where jason miller comes out of the bullpen of his team and says, we need someone to go in there and just lob questions at rudy to see what he says. everybody scatters. the aide who does get picked is horrified by what he hears. a question about, when is the last time you ve traveled to the middle east? that question comes with enough stammering that they have a follow-up meeting. the aide asks rudy giuliani, you told me yesterday you hadn t been to the middle east for a year, are you sure about that? are there any other trips you can remember? giuliani s face goes blank. turns out his secretary had said rudy had just been in the middle east a month ago. if you talk to people who were talking to trump at the time, they say he was never seriously considered for it. which is probably more revealing
secretary of state. there is one moment in trump tower where jason miller, one of the top communication advisers for trump, comes out of the bullpen of his team and says we need someone to go in there and just blob questions at rudy to see what he says. everybody scatters. the aide who does get picked goes in behind closed doors and is horrified by what he hears. when is the last time you traveled to the middle east? that question comes with enough stammering that they have a follow-up meeting. the aide asks giuliani. you told me yesterday that you hadn t been to the middle east for a year. are you sure about that? are there any other trips you can remember? giuliani s face goes blank. turns out his secretary had said that rudy had just been in the middle east a month ago. if you talk to people who were talking to trump at the time, they say he was never seriously considered for it, which is probably more revealing
we need someone to go in there and just lob questions at rudy to see what he says. everybody scatters. the aide who does get picked goes in behind closed doors and is horrified by what he hears, a question about when is the last time you ve traveled to the middle east. that question comes with enough stammering that they have a follow-up meeting. the aide asks giuliani, you told me yesterday that you hadn t been to the middle east for a year. are you sure about that? are there any other trips you can remember? giuliani s face goes blank. turns out, his secretary had said rudy had just been in the middle east a month ago. - if you talk to people who were talking to trump at the time, they say he was never seriously considered for it, which is probably more revealing in and of itself of the dynamic of the relationship between the two of them. - the relationship between trump and rudy is really a fraught one.
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and i think that he saw that as as an alternate to the presidential ambitions that were never going to be fulfilled. - john would be a very good choice. - is there anybody better? - maybe me. i don t know. - he gets a little too far out ahead of himself on this. and what was really happening behind the scenes was that there was actually some concerns about rudy and and whether he was up for the challenge here. - trump confidante, rudy giuliani, former new york mayor, may not actually now be a lock for the position of secretary of state. - there s one moment in trump tower where jason miller, one of the top communication advisors for trump, comes out of the bullpen of his team and says, we need someone to go in there and just lob questions at rudy to see what he says. everybody scatters. the aide who does get picked goes in behind closed doors and is horrified by what he hears, a question about when is the last time you ve traveled to the middle east. that question comes with enough s