I briefed him on strategic arms issues and negotiations with the Russia while we were flying

on Air Force One. He was in his cabin watching a FIFA soccer match. I had to compete for attention

with that. I'm Joanna Coles. This is the Daily Beast podcast, not to be confused with

inside Trump's head. That's our podcast with Michael Wolf, which goes out on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We're recording this on Monday morning as Donald Trump gets ready to meet President Zelensky and, of course, his band of European leaders that are traveling with him. But what can it be like to be in that room with Donald Trump? What is it like trying

to brief him for such an incredibly important meeting? Well, we're going to be talking to a man

who has tried to brief him, despite the fact that at the time when he was actually trying to brief

Donald Trump for the Helsinki summit with Vladimir Putin, Trump was actually on a FIFA game and not really interesting.

Just fascinating detail to come. But we have really no time to waste. It's a historic day. And we have a

president who's made it clear that he's completely uninterested in what the American

intelligence community has to say, because his personal relationships trump everything.

So let's get into it with former national security advisor and, of course, ambassador to the UN,

John Bolton.

Ambassador, thank you so much for joining us.

Go ahead and do it.

We're very keen to get your experience of what an earth it can be like being in the room with Donald Trump at one of these summits.

But first, I have to ask you, what was it like waking up this morning to discover the president had truth socialed about you, saying that

you're one of the reasons why this war hasn't come to an end? I'm going to quote, he said,

this war can be ended now, but stupid people like Chris Murphy, obviously the senator from Connecticut,

John Bolton and others make it much harder to do so. What is it like waking

up to a truth social like that? Well, it's pretty common in my case. I'm glad the president's still

thinking about me. It shows he's listening anyway. But, you know, if he can't stand to heat,

he should get out of the kitchen. Obviously, you were there at the Helsinki Summit.

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