John Bolton actually said...

"People search for policy reasons on what Trump does. There are no policy reasons. Trump believes that if he has good relations with a foreign head of state, United States has good relations with that ..."

"In a normal world, you don't extort your friends. You know, I have I have no objection in principle to seeking some kind of compensation for the United States for the aid that it's given."

"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. securi..."

"I think it's highly probable that Trump will try and withdraw the United States from NATO, and he's already setting preconditions that will justify it."