didn t work out too well. all right? that didn t work out too well. that was a horrible idea. it was and i put him in anyway. and frankly everybody knows if you move wrong he wants to you know, he doesn t realize that you get stuck. you get stuck. and they got stuck. and i m unsticking it. there you have it. and we turn to our lead-off discussion on a wednesday night. michael crowley, white house correspondent for the new york times, covering foreign policy. anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico. and franco ordonez, white house correspondent for npr. veterans all. and good evening to you all. anita, i d like to begin with you. the last thing we just heard was trump versus bolton. just about everybody expected bolton to get a big advance and write a book and make his charges there. this is rather quick turnaround and it strikes me this could get ugly in a hurry. oh, i think we saw it get ugly on the first day, on the day of the firing. right?
didn t work out too well, all right? that didn t work out too well. that was a horrible idea, and i put him in anyway. and frankly everybody knows, if you move wrong, he wants to you know, he doesn t realize that you get stuck. you get stuck. and they got stuck, and i m unsticking it. there you have it. and we turn now to our leadoff discussion on a wednesday night. michael crowley, white house correspondent for the new york times, covering foreign policy. anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico. and franco ordonez, white house correspondent for npr, veterans all. good evening to you all. anita, i d like to begin with you. the last thing we just heard was trump versus bolton. just about everybody expected bolton to get a big advance and write a book and make his charges there. this is a rather quick turnaround, and it strikes me this could get ugly in a hurry. oh, i think we saw it get ugly on the first day, on the day of the firing, right? reme
that didn t work out too well. that was a horrible idea, and i put him in anyway. and frankly everybody knows, if you move wrong, he wants to you know, he doesn t realize that you get stuck. you get stuck. and they got stuck, and i m unsticking it. there you have it. and we turn now to our leadoff discussion on a wednesday night. michael crowley, white house correspondent for the new york times, covering foreign policy. anita kumar, white house correspondent and associate editor for politico. and franco ordonez, white house correspondent for npr, veterans all. good evening to you all. anita, i d like to begin with you. the last thing we just heard was trump versus bolton. just about everybody expected bolton to get a big advance and write a book and make his charges there. this is a rather quick turnaround, and it strikes me this could get ugly in a hurry. oh, i think we saw it get ugly on the first day, on the
attacking iran, you re going to have some consequences that will probably haunt us for a long, long time. because we re still in afghanistan. we re still in iraq. senator mazie hirono, thank you for making some time tonight. thank you. for more on the trump administration s logic, i m joined by medi. i just heard someone saying that inside the administration, it s trump versus bolton. and a bunch of different swing votes. and i think to myself, here it is. senior white house official tells me it s bolton versus trump versus how to proceed on iran. trump does not want conflict. pompeo, pence, esper are swing votes, et cetera. the president seems to be essentially a kind of pundit/commentator sitting at a bar on his own administration, as it moves almost inexorably towards actual military confrontation. and what s so absurd, as you said in your intro, it depends what side of bed he got out of.
i just heard someone saying that inside the administration, it s trump versus bolton. and a bunch of different swing votes. and i think to myself, here it is. senior white house official tells me it s bolton versus trump versus how to proceed on iran. trump does not want conflict. pompeo, pence, esper are swing votes, et cetera. the president seems to be essentially a kind of pundit/commentator sitting at a bar on his own administration, as it moves almost inexorably towards actual military confrontation. and what s so absurd, as you said in your intro, it depends what side of bed he got out of. he makes hawkish statements one moment, then he says, it s just a small thing, these tanker attacks are not a big deal. and you have people on left and right trying to give trump cover, saying, he doesn t want a war. and i don t buy that. i don t think you can give him a get out of jail free card on this. because he s the one who appointed john bolton, knowing that bolton s lifelong mission