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bolton: yeah. a lot of the activity that we are focused on is state related activity from the usual suspects. china, russia, iran, and north korea. and their activity has been directed, not only against u.s. government activities, but against many, many private firms as well. the hacking of sony pictures and that sort of thing. what we are trying to do now is catch up from a position of very, very passive levels of activity over a sustained period of time. which passivity, i think, has only encouraged the cyber offensive operations by our adversaries. so, we are doing a lot of preparatory work to create the structures of internal authorities to allow our cyber capable entities to go forward, and developing the strategy as we go. we thought the response in cyberspace against electoral meddling was the highest priority last year. so that is where we focused on. we are now opening the aperture, broadening the areas we are prepared to act in. host: other questions? yes. right here. >> mr. ambassador, i
bolton: yeah. a lot of the activity that we are focused on is state related activity from the usual suspects. china, russia, iran, and north korea. and their activity has been directed, not only against u.s. government activities, but against many, many private firms as well. the hacking of sony pictures and that sort of thing. what we are trying to do now is catch up from a position of very, very passive levels of activity over a sustained period of time. which passivity, i think, has only...
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john bolton got to go in all of this what we're going to be talking about john bolton is going to have for the program or. do you think that the radians will be tricked into some kind of reaction. because how much how much can you take before you have to react with. rouhani basically dismissed all the. he said that you're wrong cannot remain you laid critic committed to the. plan of action g p c or wait when are the parties are not participate and fulfilling their commitments so i think it's. it's a warning in fact. i think the best assessment of the situation was given by daniel ellsberg you know the man who published the pentagon papers you real quick the recent ones yes marathon conference on good amazons then your love book said that this is the same evidence that we had with a often team with a smoking gun in iraq and again it could be a precursor to war i think that's a good warning from daniel well ok i'm going to jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on some real news today with r.t. . in the weldon which they'r
john bolton got to go in all of this what we're going to be talking about john bolton is going to have for the program or. do you think that the radians will be tricked into some kind of reaction. because how much how much can you take before you have to react with. rouhani basically dismissed all the. he said that you're wrong cannot remain you laid critic committed to the. plan of action g p c or wait when are the parties are not participate and fulfilling their commitments so i think it's....
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that is the john bolton life cycle.n between administration jobs there are always cushy speaking posts, cable news contracts. war may be a disaster for america, but for john bolton and his fellow neo cons, it's always good business. robert is the editor of american conservative and author of "president mckinley, architect of the american century." he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: watching the last, the last few days. and one hates to be cynical about the federal government. it is our country after all. but you couldn't help but feel what we were watching was a set-up. designed to get the country in to war from the outset. do you believe that is what we were watching? >> well, i try to be careful about getting in to people's minds. but i think that the tape that you showed from bolton and many others indicate that at least john bolton and there is evidence looking at it the same is true of the secretary of state mike pompeo that the gentlemen really do want to get america in
that is the john bolton life cycle.n between administration jobs there are always cushy speaking posts, cable news contracts. war may be a disaster for america, but for john bolton and his fellow neo cons, it's always good business. robert is the editor of american conservative and author of "president mckinley, architect of the american century." he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: watching the last, the last few days. and one...
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john bolton said iran has violated the nuclear deal. let's remember, it was donald trump who has violated the nuclear deal. he left an international agreement signed by president obama and six great powers. iran, european powers, china and russia abiding by the commitments in the nuclear deal. even though they were doing a great deal of harm the basic decision to abide by its commitment with a nuclear deal. >> considering that, how do you characterize the situation as it stands now. >> toemorrow, president trump will target the sector and also the european powers. what you have is the maximum pressure campaign that cripple the economy and bring about the campaign or two. president trump knows time is on the side. time is not on the side of iran. what we see is that iran is punching back. they are trying to break the status quo. iran is bleeding. the american sanctions or the american war against iran is really doing a lot of damage to everyday people in iran. let me give you an idea for your own international viewers. iran cannot now im
john bolton said iran has violated the nuclear deal. let's remember, it was donald trump who has violated the nuclear deal. he left an international agreement signed by president obama and six great powers. iran, european powers, china and russia abiding by the commitments in the nuclear deal. even though they were doing a great deal of harm the basic decision to abide by its commitment with a nuclear deal. >> considering that, how do you characterize the situation as it stands now....
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national security adviser john bolton bolton is in israel to discuss ongoing regional security issues in places like syria and also not surprisingly u.s. tensions with iran let's go back now to rob matheson who joins us now from west to east and rob so as i say the no surprise is iran topping the security agenda in that meeting. and that's exactly what we were talking about just before we cut away to the press statements that were being made there yes the initial intention had been by the israeli prime minister to focus on the trying to get iran out of neighboring syria of course iran and israel a very public enemies in israel does not like the fact that iran has been able to establish military bases as part of its part and the campaign in supporting the regime of president bashar al assad in syria it doesn't want those bases there he wants those bases out but as john bolton was making the points in those statements the situation has developed it's now no longer just the iranian bases within syria that is the subject it is iran itself and interestingly we will not yet have key details
national security adviser john bolton bolton is in israel to discuss ongoing regional security issues in places like syria and also not surprisingly u.s. tensions with iran let's go back now to rob matheson who joins us now from west to east and rob so as i say the no surprise is iran topping the security agenda in that meeting. and that's exactly what we were talking about just before we cut away to the press statements that were being made there yes the initial intention had been by the...
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well john bolton was also asked usually john bolton was also asked what he thought of the decision of the us president trump not to go ahead with those planned attacks on targets in iran and john bolton said he said this was an exercise of restraint and discretion and we should not mistake that for weakness so he wasn't prepared to. do all offer any alternative view to the president's decision not to go ahead with those attacks but we know that john bolton also with my compare are the hawkish of the advisers towards us president and i have his ear and they are the ones that have been pushing for this much stronger line against iran's oil for the moment but it will leave it there thanks a lot but it's with their west jerusalem where the world food program says yemen's who the rebels have blocked a shipment meant to feed at least 100000 families the agency announced last week that it had partially suspended its aid program there accusing the who these of diverting some of its food the war in yemen is pushing millions of people to the brink of starvation the w a p has been feeding more t
well john bolton was also asked usually john bolton was also asked what he thought of the decision of the us president trump not to go ahead with those planned attacks on targets in iran and john bolton said he said this was an exercise of restraint and discretion and we should not mistake that for weakness so he wasn't prepared to. do all offer any alternative view to the president's decision not to go ahead with those attacks but we know that john bolton also with my compare are the hawkish...
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robert: so what about john bolton the national security advisor? is he overestimated and is he is person perch on the president's ear influencing him toward war? >> i think it depends on wthre president stands but lately we've seen him really discount john bolton's advice on several occasions. and the president has dismissed
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robert: so what about john bolton the nationality advisor? is he overestimated and is he this person perched on the's presidear influencing him toward war? >> i think it depends on where the president stands but lately we've seen him really discount john b oton's advice several occasions. and the president has dismissed him at times in meetings that they've had. so i think we're seeing a little bit of a change with john bolton. but i think a lot of that was to dh the president doesn't like this idea that john bolton is goading him into conflict. and you saw that in the oval office when the president was asked are somef your advisors, pompeo and john bolton are standing over his shoulder goading you into conflict? and he said no, i actually think it's the opposite sometimes. but that's because the president doesn't like this narrive that any person no matter john bolton or whoever is telling him what to do. robert: and one person we're cting lking about is the secretary of defense. all this turnover at the pentagon. what does that mean for the
robert: so what about john bolton the nationality advisor? is he overestimated and is he this person perched on the's presidear influencing him toward war? >> i think it depends on where the president stands but lately we've seen him really discount john b oton's advice several occasions. and the president has dismissed him at times in meetings that they've had. so i think we're seeing a little bit of a change with john bolton. but i think a lot of that was to dh the president doesn't...
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bolton and so on pushing him to do things which he then doesn't do we told us over venezuela he didn't. well it fizzled out and it was clearly a failure but it was cooked up by bolton and pompei 0 ditto iran so you know what we have servers are left perplexed and i you know i have no special information is it that he is their puppet and that he doesn't know what to do is he playing some clever game it's impossible to say what we have is a kind of strange situation where we're led to the brink repeatedly we were led to the brink a couple of years ago in april 27th seen over syria we were led to the brink of course in venezuela now we've been sent to the brink again including with absurd false flag operations like the the so-called mining operation the grainy video and so on all this nonsense but trump doesn't follow through it's a kind of tease it's a kind of political correctness interrupt us yes and. whether it's a plan or not a plan i just go for john let me go to glenn i mean john's absolutely right it's we're not we're still talking about donald trump and maybe that was going to di
bolton and so on pushing him to do things which he then doesn't do we told us over venezuela he didn't. well it fizzled out and it was clearly a failure but it was cooked up by bolton and pompei 0 ditto iran so you know what we have servers are left perplexed and i you know i have no special information is it that he is their puppet and that he doesn't know what to do is he playing some clever game it's impossible to say what we have is a kind of strange situation where we're led to the brink...
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opinion that he has allowed himself to be painted into a corner by the figures such as pompei or bolton because this crisis and it is a crisis is far from over we are going to have to wait for the next step and i would say before i go to you the momentum and the initiative is on the side of iran now not the united states go ahead joe. i think that. donald trump is totally inscrutable and in a way that's part of his political genius and what i mean by that is that you know we've been talking about donald trump now for 4 years for 2 years while he was during the primaries and for 2 years since he's been president and he has an incredible talent for making people talk about him all the time because he never does what you expect and he does outrageous things and then doesn't follow through with them and nothing is coherent so yes as in your question of course like many observers i see the pressure of the neo cons. bolton and so on pushing him to do things which he then doesn't do we told us over venezuela he venezuela fizzled out and it was clearly a failure but it was cooked up by bolton a
opinion that he has allowed himself to be painted into a corner by the figures such as pompei or bolton because this crisis and it is a crisis is far from over we are going to have to wait for the next step and i would say before i go to you the momentum and the initiative is on the side of iran now not the united states go ahead joe. i think that. donald trump is totally inscrutable and in a way that's part of his political genius and what i mean by that is that you know we've been talking...
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eeing a nk we're little bit of a change with john bolton. but i think a lot of that has to do with the president doesn't like this idea that john bolton is goading him into conflict. and you saw that in the oval office when the presideke was are some of your advisors, pompeo and john bolton are standing over hisdi shoulder g you into conflict? and he said no, i actually think it's the opposite sometimes. but that's because the president doesn't like this narrative that any person no matter john bolton or whoever is telling him what do. robert: and one person we're not talking about is the acting secretary of defense. all this turnover at the pentagon. what does that mean for these discussions inside the administration? >> yeah. we're told and some of our reporting that thursda while top military officials were trying to decide what military options the president should be looking at, he had the -- theid prt had both his outgoing acting defense secretary and hisct incomingg defense secretary, both in the room, very clearly showing that there
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it was striking to hear him say what a lot of john bolton's critics say about john bolton. so far -- and it is important to note that the president has not given into john bolton's very hawkish views. other than syria, he has not launched any new military operations. so he is keeping john bolton in check in that regard. host: since we are talking about the president's feelings about his advisors, what did you think about the president being asked about his feelings about his former attorney general, jeff sessions? the president, when he was asked if he could have one do over, what would it be, the president saying it would be personnel. he said if i had one do over, i would not have appointed jeff sessions as attorney general. that was my biggest mistake -- those were the president's comments. guest: when we think of everything that has happened in the past two and a half years, it is interesting that the president draws on one of his first decisions that he may have made before the inauguration. it was one of his first decisions as president. i immediate a think of republi
it was striking to hear him say what a lot of john bolton's critics say about john bolton. so far -- and it is important to note that the president has not given into john bolton's very hawkish views. other than syria, he has not launched any new military operations. so he is keeping john bolton in check in that regard. host: since we are talking about the president's feelings about his advisors, what did you think about the president being asked about his feelings about his former attorney...
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bolton was not here originally for this -- or i should say only for this. he will have a three-way meeting with the russian contractor parts again to discuss iran, perhaps with a heavier focus on syria. those meetings are scheduled for tomorrow. we'll keep an eye on that. russia, much more on iran's side than israel or the u.s. at this time. >> now let's go to sarah westwood at the white house. the president said he believed economic sanctions would drive iran to at least the negotiating table. what's the strategy now? we're hearing more hawkish language from bolton. >> reporter: that's right. but president trump seems to be indicating his administration is shifting from a focus on pnishing iran militarily to punishing iran economically. the president saying he wants to focus on imposing new sanctions on iran rather than reviving the strike he called off friday night. in fact, when he was speaking to reporters yesterday, the president even downplayed how close he was to pulling a trigger on a strike that by his account could have ended up killing 150 irania
bolton was not here originally for this -- or i should say only for this. he will have a three-way meeting with the russian contractor parts again to discuss iran, perhaps with a heavier focus on syria. those meetings are scheduled for tomorrow. we'll keep an eye on that. russia, much more on iran's side than israel or the u.s. at this time. >> now let's go to sarah westwood at the white house. the president said he believed economic sanctions would drive iran to at least the negotiating...
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come on mr bolton in case you've been living under a rock the past few years u.s. president donald trump doesn't get along too well with the rest of capitol hill close to 30 of his team members have either resigned or were fired and since he got into office his term has been haunted by a cascade of information leaks by insiders saboteurs and trump hasn't always been on the same page with the rest of the administration. you think north korea remains a nuclear threat yes but the president said he doesn't it's not what he said i mean i know i know personally we did it and there is no longer a nuclear threat from north korea. i had a very good talk with president putin is. that looking at all to get involved in venezuela he was apparently ready to leave after the airport but the russians talked him out of that is that right that's right now it could be because the trump isn't a tory asli divisive figure by nature could be because he's flip flops so much that he's policy u. turns were created into actual flipflops well you know he's sometimes difficult to keep up with a
come on mr bolton in case you've been living under a rock the past few years u.s. president donald trump doesn't get along too well with the rest of capitol hill close to 30 of his team members have either resigned or were fired and since he got into office his term has been haunted by a cascade of information leaks by insiders saboteurs and trump hasn't always been on the same page with the rest of the administration. you think north korea remains a nuclear threat yes but the president said he...
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john bolton the u.s. national security adviser they're talking specifically about 2 areas big important areas in this region in the past few days talking about iran he said donald trump the u.s. president had been very clear when mr trump pulled back from reacting to the downing of that drone he said mr bolton describing that as an exercise in restraint although he was very clearly signaling the authorities in tehran do not mistake that as a weakness he was also talking about the bahrain workshop that's taking place a little later in this region he was saying the palestinians are making a mistake by boycotting what's going on in bahrain he said it is unique because of the economic aspects of it and they should be at the negotiating table and they should negotiate on how the future might go and also on iran's nuclear ambitions he said we'll see what the iranians do next let's stay with that and talk to ford izadi he's a professor at the university of tehran he joins us live from there forward is already we
john bolton the u.s. national security adviser they're talking specifically about 2 areas big important areas in this region in the past few days talking about iran he said donald trump the u.s. president had been very clear when mr trump pulled back from reacting to the downing of that drone he said mr bolton describing that as an exercise in restraint although he was very clearly signaling the authorities in tehran do not mistake that as a weakness he was also talking about the bahrain...
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is it bolton? as you mentioned, bolton was right there during the lead up and attack on iraq. have we not learned a thing? the last thing we need is another ground war in iran and in the middle east, because it's already a very unstable area and we'll have further instability. and when we do something like this, one would hope that we would be thinking about the unintended consequences that we obviously did not when we went into iraq. so you can count on it that if there's something untoward that happens, such as our country unilaterally, without congressional approval, attacking iran, you're going to have some consequences that will probably haunt us for a long, long time. because we're still in afghanistan. we're still in iraq. >> senator mazie hirono, thank you for making some time tonight. >> thank you. >> for more on the trump administration's logic, i'm joined by medi. i just heard someone saying that inside the administration, it's trump versus bolton. and a bunch of different swing votes. and i think to myself, here it is. senior white house official tells me it's bolt
is it bolton? as you mentioned, bolton was right there during the lead up and attack on iraq. have we not learned a thing? the last thing we need is another ground war in iran and in the middle east, because it's already a very unstable area and we'll have further instability. and when we do something like this, one would hope that we would be thinking about the unintended consequences that we obviously did not when we went into iraq. so you can count on it that if there's something untoward...
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and to the conversation regarding john bolton, this is john bolton's wish, i believe.s me of just after 9/11 bob woodward reported on a meeting at camp david where all the principals, cabinet secretaries were around the table talking to the president about his options. wolfowitz was a deputy sec def at the time sitting not at the table but just behind. and he spoke up he interrupted and said mr. president, we have to talk about iraq. and it hushed the room because he showed his cards. john bolton showing his cards in this iran play. >> how afraid should we be? >> we should be afraid because the problem that trump doesn't recognize is he started the escalation chain when he pulled out of the iran nuclear agreement. because what he did is he pulled out of -- >> did he even understand what that meant? >> i've always wanted a journalist to ask him, explain what it is. i couldn't even -- i don't think he could even articulate the terms of that deal. for him it was good politics in the campaign to bash obama, bash the iran deal. this is part of who i am. it's part of my poli
and to the conversation regarding john bolton, this is john bolton's wish, i believe.s me of just after 9/11 bob woodward reported on a meeting at camp david where all the principals, cabinet secretaries were around the table talking to the president about his options. wolfowitz was a deputy sec def at the time sitting not at the table but just behind. and he spoke up he interrupted and said mr. president, we have to talk about iraq. and it hushed the room because he showed his cards. john...
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national security adviser john bolton says iran should not to mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security is tensions are high between washington and tehran. iran can never have nuclear weapons not against the usa and not against the world. and as he made clear yesterday referring to his earlier remarks the president said i just right stop the strike from going forward at this time when iran insists the u.s. drone it shot down on thursday was within its space president hassan rouhani is calling that's a violation and the start of new tensions in the region he's urging world leaders to take action the u.n. security u.n. secretary general i should say is appealing for calm on all sides and we see. today it's a very important day said it's 2 days ago everybody must be nervous of steel it's absolutely essential to avoid any form of escalation. well senior white house adviser john kush that has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the centu
national security adviser john bolton says iran should not to mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security is tensions are high between washington and tehran. iran can never have nuclear weapons not against the usa and not against the world. and as he made clear yesterday referring to his earlier remarks the president said i just right stop the strike from going forward at this time...
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do what john bolton would like him to do or his 3 key allies in the region on a collision course with each other. well i think it's clear that there is increasing disagreements between trump and both and and one can only hope at this point that trump will replace both and by a sigh and compel indeed by people who are less. involved in basically fanatical anti event nion plans which just are completely ignoring the dangers that these involved i think for the m.b.a.'s certainly wants to do you know would be probably voting with the boat and pump a 0 in in this argument and he definitely wants to do something but i think what is clear is that you know one wonders to what extent particularly m.b.a.'s is aware of his own military weaknesses. i mean the whole yemen operation is demonstrates that the saudi military aren't exactly the most brilliant and competent in the world and if the conflict with iran develops beyond the occasional last strike or something else which is what would happen if it becomes a bigger conflict i think the you know the various gulf states will have to be involved
do what john bolton would like him to do or his 3 key allies in the region on a collision course with each other. well i think it's clear that there is increasing disagreements between trump and both and and one can only hope at this point that trump will replace both and by a sigh and compel indeed by people who are less. involved in basically fanatical anti event nion plans which just are completely ignoring the dangers that these involved i think for the m.b.a.'s certainly wants to do you...
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and as for the travels of pompeo and bolton, this is an effort to go to our really shopworn allies inegion, especially in the saudis and to say, look, we're still on board with this. we're still going to come after your nemesis, iran. i mean, what is really lacking of course is any kind of meaningful channel to iran. iran has been around for a long time, and we need to be a little more serious about what their interests are, what their interests are not, and what our expectations are. >> yeah, and we should note that the president just within the last hour tweeted about all of this, and talked about why are we protecting the shipping lanes for other countries for zero compensation. kevin, let's go back to the messaging because i do wonder what some other allies are taking away from this, and the president was asked about his decision to pull back. here's what he had to say. >> everybody was saying i'm a warmonger, and now they say i'm a dove. and i think i'm neither, if you want to know the truth. i'm a man with common sense. i have john bolton who i would definitely say is a hawk, an
and as for the travels of pompeo and bolton, this is an effort to go to our really shopworn allies inegion, especially in the saudis and to say, look, we're still on board with this. we're still going to come after your nemesis, iran. i mean, what is really lacking of course is any kind of meaningful channel to iran. iran has been around for a long time, and we need to be a little more serious about what their interests are, what their interests are not, and what our expectations are. >>...
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who has john bolton's back?who back john bolton, and there has been that and that has predated his ascent into the administration. he has allies on capitol hill. you are hearing that from members of the house, more hawkish members in the republican party, and i also think that this is common in u.s. politics to hear this type of foreign policy debate. i was speaking with an aide to senator rand paul of the state of kentucky who has been urging the president to back off some of the more aggressive military rhetoric against iran, but this is a debate happening in the republican party and the democratic debate stage tomorrow. tom: an open question that goes months and months on the campaign trail with canada trump, is donald trump -- candidate trump, as donald trump and isolationist? kevin: he ran as an isolationist someone who did not want to get involved in military conflicts that did not pertain to the u.s. he argued he would have been against going into iraq. whether you are covering a democrat or republican in
who has john bolton's back?who back john bolton, and there has been that and that has predated his ascent into the administration. he has allies on capitol hill. you are hearing that from members of the house, more hawkish members in the republican party, and i also think that this is common in u.s. politics to hear this type of foreign policy debate. i was speaking with an aide to senator rand paul of the state of kentucky who has been urging the president to back off some of the more...
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john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he would absolutely take on the world on one time. but that doesn't matter. because i want both sides. >> here it is. look, you can't have nuclear weapons. if you want to talk about it, good. otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> let's talk about all of this now with natasha lind ststaedt professor of government ethics joining us from england. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start by talking about this thing that really stands out to me at the very least, stands out for sure with regard to iran, the nation's foreign minister javad zarif praising president trump for his restraint. were you surprised by any positive signaling about the trump administration from iran? >> well, if you look at zarif, he is one of -- he wouldn't be one of the hardliners in iran and he is a very skilled diplomat. you know, as you can tell, he speaks perfect english, he understands the u.s. very, very well and he may understand trump very well, that
john bolton is absolutely a hawk. if it was up to him, he would absolutely take on the world on one time. but that doesn't matter. because i want both sides. >> here it is. look, you can't have nuclear weapons. if you want to talk about it, good. otherwise, you can live in a shattered economy for a long time to come. >> let's talk about all of this now with natasha lind ststaedt professor of government ethics joining us from england. >> thanks for having me. >> let's...
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well richelle you heard the president talk about john bolton as being a hawk on iran well mike pompei of the secretary of state is another hawk in the administration on his way to the united arab emirates and to saudi arabia he made some statements to reporters there and he said that iran was engaging in pure and blatant deceit information about the strike that shot down an american global hawk drone on thursday he said iran iranian leaders were selling false information he referred to a tweet by the foreign minister of iran as childish this was a tweet in which there was a picture of where the drone allegedly was shot down iran says that was in iranian waters that the u.s. says that was in international waters and therefore it was not fair game for the iranian officials here's a little bit more of what mike pompei o had to say before he left. i'm heading out today our 1st stop will be in the kingdom of saudi arabia the united arab emirates to great allies in the challenge that run present and will be talking with them but out to make sure that we are all to teach a clear line and how
well richelle you heard the president talk about john bolton as being a hawk on iran well mike pompei of the secretary of state is another hawk in the administration on his way to the united arab emirates and to saudi arabia he made some statements to reporters there and he said that iran was engaging in pure and blatant deceit information about the strike that shot down an american global hawk drone on thursday he said iran iranian leaders were selling false information he referred to a tweet...
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>> i disagreed very much with john bolton. his attitude on the middle east and iraq was going into iraq. i think that was a big mistake. i think i've been proven right, but i've been against that forever. john bolton is doing a very good job but he takes it -- generally a tough posture, but i have other people that don't take that posture. but the only one that matters is me. >> he's right in that the president makes the decision in the end. any president should want an active debate, get all the options on the table. i don't know if it's xheetly unique but what's interesting about this administration is how often it plays out in public. >> this is like so many other things with president trump is he likes this whole good cop/bad cop thing and he gets to weigh in at some point and figure out, what's the decision going to be? i would note, given those comments, he is the one who decided to hire john bolton. if he disagreed so strongly about his position in middle east and past positions on the iraq war and other subjects, maybe
>> i disagreed very much with john bolton. his attitude on the middle east and iraq was going into iraq. i think that was a big mistake. i think i've been proven right, but i've been against that forever. john bolton is doing a very good job but he takes it -- generally a tough posture, but i have other people that don't take that posture. but the only one that matters is me. >> he's right in that the president makes the decision in the end. any president should want an active...
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it's not just john bolton driving that.s pretty strong agreement between bolton and mike pompeo on that, the famous 12-point speech was co-written by the two of them. >> but to what end? what i'm a little unsure of, it feels like a reflex more than a strategy. is the goal regime change, to get them back to the negotiating table? is the goal simply to inflict pain? it seems to me it's pressure without a strategy behind the pressure. >> i think there is a strategy. but i think it's fair to say that it's conflicted. the president, obviously, wants to have new negotiations. i think it's fair to say that john bolton believes that would be a mistake. i think pompeo probably is more in the direction of john bolton, that he doesn't really believe that diplomacy is going to work with the islamic republic, but he is the secretary of state and he has certainly said publicly that he's in favor of negotiations. so, in the meantime, i think they're just going to adopt sort of a containment minus approach. that is, they're going to deny t
it's not just john bolton driving that.s pretty strong agreement between bolton and mike pompeo on that, the famous 12-point speech was co-written by the two of them. >> but to what end? what i'm a little unsure of, it feels like a reflex more than a strategy. is the goal regime change, to get them back to the negotiating table? is the goal simply to inflict pain? it seems to me it's pressure without a strategy behind the pressure. >> i think there is a strategy. but i think it's...
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bolton. it gives him leverage with the north koreans that at least that voice is at the table so that if the iranians or north koreans both regimes that john bolton wants to take on, push the white house, trump can say listen, bolton cea bolton's view is going to carry the day. but it is definitely a surprise, as you said when john bolton got the job because trump ran on a platform in 2016 of not getting entangled. and now he's listening or at least taking a serious advice from somebody who is associated with this interventionist foreign policy. >> as you said, john bolton sitting at the table, if not whispering in his ear. good to see you. i'll see you all again and look forward to it. >>> for all of you to see chuck todd's interview catch the reairing of meet the press at 3 eastern. you all have access to it. also 6:00 eastern as usual on msnbc. you can also see the full unedited version on msnbc.com. >>> what's the next move in the standoff with iran? in just a moment i'll ask of that of b
bolton. it gives him leverage with the north koreans that at least that voice is at the table so that if the iranians or north koreans both regimes that john bolton wants to take on, push the white house, trump can say listen, bolton cea bolton's view is going to carry the day. but it is definitely a surprise, as you said when john bolton got the job because trump ran on a platform in 2016 of not getting entangled. and now he's listening or at least taking a serious advice from somebody who is...
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aggressive tone comes as bolton warned iran on sunday not to take washington's prudence for weakness. do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against iran by any of your advise i have 2 groups of people i have dubs and i have hawks you have some i have. john bolton is absolutely a hawk is up to him he'd take on the whole world at one time ok but that doesn't matter because i want both sides you know some people said why did you put your i was against going into iraq for years and years and before it ever happened i was against going into iraq and some people said oh i don't know i was totally against it was a private citizen never made sense to me i was against going into the middle east to wish friend 7 trillion dollars in the middle east right now. in washington to talk more about this 1st interview donald trump given to n.b.c. in a couple of years i think certainly since the infamous list to hold what else was said . well c'mon this wide ranging interview trump again took credit for having not given the green light to the planned u.s. military retaliation on ir
aggressive tone comes as bolton warned iran on sunday not to take washington's prudence for weakness. do you feel like you were being pushed into military action against iran by any of your advise i have 2 groups of people i have dubs and i have hawks you have some i have. john bolton is absolutely a hawk is up to him he'd take on the whole world at one time ok but that doesn't matter because i want both sides you know some people said why did you put your i was against going into iraq for...
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i think john bolton is a patriot, i don't think he wants boots on the ground and some massive war in the middle east. he wants america to stand strong and respond proportionally to put iranians on their heels and say these sanctions are going to work. they're going to make you hurt, they want you to hurt, so much that you have to come to the table on our terms. >> sean: will never allow it. dr. gorka, i'm serious about this. we have been involved in conflicts and it gets politicized after thousands of american kids, our treasure take up the task and go fight, bleed, and die and others disfigured and others lose limbs, lives changed forever and washington says never mind. i'm sick of that. we must develop the next generation of weaponry and we will fight the war from tampa and we will destroy the living crap out of everybody. it can be proportional, i have a rule in my own life. if you hit me i'm going to hit you back ten times harder, let's start there. >> that's how it works. first things first, can i congratulate you on the sleepy creepy? that's excellent. that's cricket hillary le
i think john bolton is a patriot, i don't think he wants boots on the ground and some massive war in the middle east. he wants america to stand strong and respond proportionally to put iranians on their heels and say these sanctions are going to work. they're going to make you hurt, they want you to hurt, so much that you have to come to the table on our terms. >> sean: will never allow it. dr. gorka, i'm serious about this. we have been involved in conflicts and it gets politicized after...
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bolton was the strongest voice for the attack. pompeo was advocating it too but a little more circumspect. vice president pence sort of suggesting he would go along with whatever president trump wanted. department of defense officials were cautionary what could happen next. i think it will be interesting to see what happens now in terms of bolton's influence. it was not just iran, it was previously venezuela as well where the president has felt like bolton has steered him with bad advice. i think the president is tired of some of bolton's advocacy for the military options. in fact as we've reported this week, trump didn't just limit his circle of calls looking for advice from bolton and pompeo and pence, he spoke to tucker carlson, the fox news host who has been very much against waging any sort of strike with iran. so i think bolton's fate here in the wake of this, particularly if there isn't any sort of action here in the coming days, will be very interesting for the next stage of the trump presidency and his foreign policy. >>
bolton was the strongest voice for the attack. pompeo was advocating it too but a little more circumspect. vice president pence sort of suggesting he would go along with whatever president trump wanted. department of defense officials were cautionary what could happen next. i think it will be interesting to see what happens now in terms of bolton's influence. it was not just iran, it was previously venezuela as well where the president has felt like bolton has steered him with bad advice. i...
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national security adviser john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin netanyahu vote an hour ago and we started to get a sense of where at least the u.s. and israel were going to stand in these discussions which are also of course going to include the russia prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to stress that it was important to also include they the need to get rid as he sees it of iran's military facilities that are currently in syria just across the border from israel out of syria and away from threatening israel but he was also keen to stress that this meeting that he has pulled together is very significant moment for israel
national security adviser john bolton says iran should not mistake u.s. prudence for weakness bolton made the comments alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu in israel the 2 have been discussing regional security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin...
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washington with mr pomp and mr bolton are really trying to. escalate the situation so that they have an opportunity and an excuse to attack iran and also in the current situation when these 2 tankers were supposedly torpedoed. u.s. is not providing any evidence that part of the problems for the americans are there are getting kind of the signals one expecting from iran are a number less seems that during the scenario. the i think what we are. i have been left with. well many would use the proxies like. it was young learned and then they will use every possible 3rd or it by a dick and disrupt the crude oil from the go forth among the usa ones to remove the current government in tehran mr bolton has clearly been rubbing his hands with glee over the last decade when he wasn't security adviser that he once removed all of the regime in tehran mr pompeo has also many times said that he wants the government in tehran to not be day in power americans are trying to create a situation were it are is are forced to actually come we're going to push it int
washington with mr pomp and mr bolton are really trying to. escalate the situation so that they have an opportunity and an excuse to attack iran and also in the current situation when these 2 tankers were supposedly torpedoed. u.s. is not providing any evidence that part of the problems for the americans are there are getting kind of the signals one expecting from iran are a number less seems that during the scenario. the i think what we are. i have been left with. well many would use the...
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receive from john bolton?ah, john's very good. john is a, um -- he has strong views on things. but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing isn't it? >> seth: even trump knows how crazy it is that he is the voice of reason. [ laughter ] i mean think about what he's saying there that joke only works if everyone knows trump is crazy he's basically saying, "sure, i'm a nut job. but you should see this guy. [ laughter ] it's like getting -- [ cheers and applause it's like getting in a fist fight at a bar and having it broken up by conor mcgregor. [ irish brogue ] "guys, guys, let's settle this with words words, not violence. [ laughter ] and i'm certain this is how i talk." [ laughter ] now, it was reported last week that trump is actually frustrated with how quickly his pro-war advisors, like bolton and secretary of state mike pompeo, are moving towards a conflict with iran trump tried to tamp down those reports of infighting within his administration, tweeting, "that different opinions are ex
receive from john bolton?ah, john's very good. john is a, um -- he has strong views on things. but that's okay. i actually temper john, which is pretty amazing isn't it? >> seth: even trump knows how crazy it is that he is the voice of reason. [ laughter ] i mean think about what he's saying there that joke only works if everyone knows trump is crazy he's basically saying, "sure, i'm a nut job. but you should see this guy. [ laughter ] it's like getting -- [ cheers and applause it's...
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national security advisor john bolton has denied america is pushing for regime change in iran mr bolton says america's end game is to pressure to iran into giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. and palestinians have launched a general strike across gaza to protest against a u.s. sponsored conference and back rain washington is calling for a $50000000000.00 worth of investment as part of an israeli palestinian peace plan the palestinians say their freedom and dignity can't be bought. the un special rapporteur for human rights young lee says the army may be committing gross human rights abuses under the cover of a media blackout phone. average has been blocked a 9 ton ships in rakhine and chin states with no access to the internet. has called for the government to restore that coverage joins us live from rome on skype done healy what do we think the me and ma military may be doing well one can only guess what they're doing but judging from past experience in 20162017 when they call for a clearance operation we know what happened they drove out about 8800000 j
national security advisor john bolton has denied america is pushing for regime change in iran mr bolton says america's end game is to pressure to iran into giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. and palestinians have launched a general strike across gaza to protest against a u.s. sponsored conference and back rain washington is calling for a $50000000000.00 worth of investment as part of an israeli palestinian peace plan the palestinians say their freedom and...
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and bolton's warning to iran. >> reporter: the meeting between national security adviser john bolton and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu began exactly as you would expect, both men began by talking about the strong relations between the u.s. and israel and thanked president donald trump for furthering those relations. then both men launched into an attack on iran. these are both hardliners when it comes to iran and it certainly showed once again. netanyahu railed against the iran deal and then ticked off a list of what he views as iran's aggressive acts in the region, including attacks on israel and others. one thing netanyahu didn't mention at all was trump's decision to call off a retaliatory strike against iran. instead, he praised more sanctions against iran. it was bolton who warned that more military options against iran are not off the table. >> neither iran nor any other hostile actor should mistake u.s. perusenrudence and discretr weakness. no one has granted them a hunting license in the middle east. as president trump said on friday, our military is rebuilt, new
and bolton's warning to iran. >> reporter: the meeting between national security adviser john bolton and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu began exactly as you would expect, both men began by talking about the strong relations between the u.s. and israel and thanked president donald trump for furthering those relations. then both men launched into an attack on iran. these are both hardliners when it comes to iran and it certainly showed once again. netanyahu railed against the...
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was much more straightforward in accusing iran of this net national security adviser john bolton said that he was almost certain that iran was responsible and response to ron called this accusation read. phyllis and called bolton a warmonger and these harsh words there are they're not random there are myths to heighten tensions that continue to persist in the persian gulf today listen up forget that the united states put their naval fleet there in the persian gulf and are at the same time saying that they're not trying to raise tensions or start a war on top of that washington has already said that they want to exert maximum economic pressure on iran after the failure of the nuclear deal so this is definitely a delicate situation that could easily become more volatile. and i'm sure the line about how much of a solvent his professor of political science at the university of tehran professor what do you think 1st of all think of this incident at this stage can we ascertain whether this was an attack as some reports suggest or perhaps something else. well 1st of all we can order ignore t
was much more straightforward in accusing iran of this net national security adviser john bolton said that he was almost certain that iran was responsible and response to ron called this accusation read. phyllis and called bolton a warmonger and these harsh words there are they're not random there are myths to heighten tensions that continue to persist in the persian gulf today listen up forget that the united states put their naval fleet there in the persian gulf and are at the same time...