my guest is us democratic party insider, jake sullivan, a key adviser to senior democrats, including hillary clinton when she was secretary of state, as well as on the campaign trail, last year. president trump has attracted a lot of criticism at home and abroad over his rhetoric and style of leadership, but is he not proving more effective in important foreign policy issues, like the fight against extremists, than the previous democratic administration? jake sullivan, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. as a key adviser to hillary clinton, can give be objective about the trump administration? probably not entirely objective. i would have to put my bias on the table, that i spent two years trying to stop him from getting into the oval office. but i think a lot of the things that we predicted during the campaign about his lack of fitness for office have borne out over the last six months. so i ve tried to take a step back be as fair minded as possible in assessing what