The German magazine Der Spiegel asked John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security advisor: ‘You don’t believe that Putin is in possession of compromising material about Trump?’

Bolton answered: ‘You can’t rule anything out, but I haven’t frankly seen any evidence of it. I’ve seen a lot of speculation, but in terms of actual evidence, I think there’s plenty of evidence that Trump has no strategic theory, no philosophy, doesn’t do policy.’

Bolton adds: ‘Trump voters – it’s like a cult of personality. They’ll vote for Trump, they just won’t vote for anybody else.’

MAGA is not a movement? I’m afraid it is.

Bolton: ‘The foreign leader that did best with Trump in the first term was Shinzō Abe of Japan. His approach was to talk to Trump all the time. Go and visit with him. Play golf with him.’

How to contain the wild one? Play golf with him.

(a sf 2039)