with the taliban i think is a source of backstage tension, intrigue and disorganization in the trump administration right now. there were reports the other day that secretary pompeo was refusing to sign any possible peace deal so that s one, afghanistan. two, russia. john bolton is not a fan of russia and vladimir putin. president trump recently wanted to reinvite them into the g-7. in your latest article in the new yorker you write if it seems as if trump is wacky, angry or more willing to lash out and desperately seeking attention, that is because he is. you actually looked at the president s twitter feed, his press conferences from two years ago in august, and yukou you contrasted it with this past august. what did you find? i started out skeptical thinking trump is just trump and he s always been divisive or using his twitter feed in ways that might shock foreign diplomats or the foreign policy world. but in fact was inflammatory. but if you go back and look at august 2017, a
sex scandals. an amazing it s going to be a pretty wild month, and then the dynamic of chuck and nancy. right. forgot about that everyone s favorite democratic duo when they go to the white house and in the past so far each time the president has sort of been impressed with, among other things, sort of their vigor and stamina and the way they present are you saying paul ryan and mitch mcconne mitch mcconnell don t have bigger stamina? i think the president is saying that. and so far walked out with what they want. that said, just because you reach a doeal in the presume wih the president is what nancy and chuck experienced earlier in the year. the president likes deals. chuck schumer likes deals. there may be maneuvering room there not making republicans happy. and trying to jump in there? i mean, i agree with bill