Many foreign policy leaders had said that Trump gave Kim (Kim Jong Un, dictator of North Korea) too much by agreeing to meet without formal, written conditions. "So, have you given Kim too much power?" I asked. Kim had said he wouldn't shoot more ICBMs (Intercontinental ballistic missiles)."Because if he's defiant, if he shoots one of those ICBMs, what are you going to do sir?" "If he shoots, he shoots," Trump said.

McChrystal had organized a jaw-dropping counterterrorism campaign inside Iraq, but the tactical successes did not translate into a strategic victory. This was why counterinsurgency - blanketing the population in safety and winning them over - was necessary.

Why do you have these views?”“I just do,” Trump replied. “I’ve had these views for 30 years.”“That doesn’t mean they’re right,” Cohn said. “I had the view for 15 years Icould play professional football. It doesn’t mean I was right.

The Deep State was not the problem. It was the up-in-your-face state.