12/28/2022 0 Comments A very stable genius![]() Insider: You wrote that a lot of people in the White House were angered by Trump's treatment of the Joint Chiefs and of former Defense Secretary James Mattis. Trump's rage and a White House with no protocols It's hard to see them casting him to the wind. I would imagine that he will face some problems and some skirmishes with Donald Trump, but he is somebody that a lot of Republicans are indebted to and feel gratitude towards. He has a longstanding reputation in the party and he's definitely put his money where his mouth is in terms of his PAC. ![]() He didn't want to look like he was cooperating with the Democratic probe, and he also didn't want to look like he was withholding critical information. He was just signaling that he was not going to automatically withhold his information. Leonnig: I sense both from people close to him, and from just watching Bolton navigate this, is that he always was thinking about how he was going to remain a part of the Republican Party firmament and not be a person who was running in to testify. Insider: Where do you think John Bolton goes from here? Is he completely persona non grata among the entire Republican establishment over his willingness to testify in the impeachment inquiry? Or do you think the fact that he never actually got the opportunity to testify will be able to keep them in the GOP circle? Rudy certainly created some problems for the president with the Ukraine episode, but I imagine they're going to have a relationship in the years to come. That's something the president really values. They've been friends and associates for years and years predating the president's run for office in 2016, and Trump really admires Rudy for being such a bulldog and being vicious in his defenses of the president. Although, Rudy was not technically one of the lawyers leading the president's defense in the Senate trial. Rucker: That was notable that he didn't thank Rudy Giuliani in that speech. What's Trump's relationship with Giuliani like right now? Insider: You've got Trump quoted in the book as saying Rudy Giuliani is "the only guy in the world who's less prepared than I am … Rudy goes on TV and doesn't know what the f- he's talking about." During Trump's victory lap speech following his impeachment acquittal, a thank you to Giuliani was conspicuously absent. And as a result of the president not knowing that India shares a very significant border with China, Modi began to withdraw a little and, as told to us by aides, viewed Trump as just not serious enough to make a deal with. Modi went from being a person who was trying to have a real serious negotiation with Trump about partnership, about how to protect himself from China and Russia and Pakistan.
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