Fred Fleitz: John Bolton’s Book Is Disproved By Its Story Where Trump Defied His Advisers to Bomb Iran

RUSH TRANSCRIPT President of ░░░░░░░░ center for security policy ░░░░░░░░ good to have you ░░░░░░░░ you very much for ░░░░░░░░ here today I think ░░░░░░░░ first question that I ░░░░░░░░ for you as a ░░░░░░░░ one as someone who ░░░░░░░░ served with John Bolton ░░░░░░░░ has known him well ░░░░░░░░ been close to them ░░░░░░░░ would you say to ░░░░░░░░ tonight about all of ░░░░░░░░ in the way that ░░░░░░░░ has handled this I ░░░░░░░░ on your show in ░░░░░░░░ and I called him ░░░░░░░░ withdraw the book because ░░░░░░░░ don t believe that ░░░░░░░░ Security adviser should be ░░░░░░░░ internal candid discussions with ░░░░░░░░ president The president has ░░░░░░░░ be able to know ░░░░░░░░ whatever he says in ░░░░░░░░ discussions won t be ░░░░░░░░ public If you think ░░░░░░░░ are going to be ░░░░░░░░ public a president won ░░░░░░░░ consult with experts and ░░░░░░░░ think that is a ░░░░░░░░ prospect for a NATO ░░░░░░░░ Martha So why do ░░░░░░░░ think he is doing ░░░░░░░░ I want to talk ░░░░░░░░ this in terms of ░░░░░░░░ John Bolton called the ░░░░░░░░ point for him with ░░░░░░░░ Trump which he said ░░░░░░░░ the most irrational thing ░░░░░░░░ ever saw a president ░░░░░░░░ and this is one ░░░░░░░░ Trump decided last June ░░░░░░░░ to bomb Iran at ░░░░░░░░ advice of John Bolton ░░░░░░░░ other national security advisors ░░░░░░░░ may remember that a ░░░░░░░░ was shot down and ░░░░░░░░ the last minute President ░░░░░░░░ decided he was not ░░░░░░░░ to attack Iran because ░░░░░░░░ would have killed 100 ░░░░░░░░ people Now Martha that ░░░░░░░░ a principal decision This ░░░░░░░░ not to win votes ░░░░░░░░ was not to promote ░░░░░░░░ president domestically it reflected ░░░░░░░░ principal not to get ░░░░░░░░ into additional wars And ░░░░░░░░ was an active leadership ░░░░░░░░ he bugged all of ░░░░░░░░ national security advisors the ░░░░░░░░ of Defense so when ░░░░░░░░ hear that the president ░░░░░░░░ not have principles and ░░░░░░░░ not qualified to lead ░░░░░░░░ incident that is put ░░░░░░░░ as the turning point ░░░░░░░░ his relationship with President ░░░░░░░░ in my mind it ░░░░░░░░ the whole book Martha ░░░░░░░░ is very interesting they ░░░░░░░░ very different people He ░░░░░░░░ after the president for ░░░░░░░░ knowing that Finland is ░░░░░░░░ country he claims that ░░░░░░░░ U K Has nuclear ░░░░░░░░ for not reading not ░░░░░░░░ to read that the ░░░░░░░░ president has been criticized ░░░░░░░░ for his critics Why ░░░░░░░░ John Bolton go to ░░░░░░░░ for him in the ░░░░░░░░ place knowing that they ░░░░░░░░ just sort of just ░░░░░░░░ oil and vinegar John ░░░░░░░░ and Mike Pompeo I ░░░░░░░░ both of them well ░░░░░░░░ are national security experts ░░░░░░░░ came into this administration ░░░░░░░░ that this is an ░░░░░░░░ president and did not ░░░░░░░░ a a lot of ░░░░░░░░ security credentials He had ░░░░░░░░ abuse that went against ░░░░░░░░ He hated the Iraq ░░░░░░░░ but Pompeo found out ░░░░░░░░ to work with the ░░░░░░░░ and be effective And ░░░░░░░░ her son Mcmaster and ░░░░░░░░ Bolton could not figure ░░░░░░░░ out The job of ░░░░░░░░ senior advisors is to ░░░░░░░░ with the president not ░░░░░░░░ fight with him and ░░░░░░░░ implement the policy is ░░░░░░░░ I am very sorry ░░░░░░░░ John Bolton could not ░░░░░░░░ out