I think that claim is almost certainly a lie. I was never aware of anything even remotely approximating that policy and I haven't heard anything of it since I left. So I think this is made up and I think a key point here is when somebody is making up stories like that, I think it indicates a level of desperation.
John Bolton refutes claims about a standing order regarding document declassification made by Trump, suggesting it reflects desperation.
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I think the only explanation to talk about any of this in public is to put more pressure on Ukraine, to make more concessions.
If you give 20 jobs to one person, they’re not going to have time to think independently.
Well, he's attacking Zelenskyy because he doesn't like him and he hasn't liked him since the famous perfect phone conversation in the summer of 2019 about basically threatening to withhold U.S. security assistance to Ukraine unless…
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