sondland or the whole crew, all of them, trump supporters and non-trump supporters, they re all advising the ukrainians. they work for america, and i do have a frustration on that for everyone involved. i want them to advocate for our positions. but the point in that interview, i was trying to say, listen, advisers don t set policy. the military doesn t set policy. bureau crates doesn t set policy. 9 president sets policy, and he has a lot of people around him that have different opinions and that s a good thing. but he does get to set the policy. this is not about the setting of policy. this is about political opportunism that shanghaied policy. and just one point back, sean. yeah. the idea of they re all helping ukraine, the guy s job is to be the nsc representative that goes between ukraine and the united states. this guy is a united states military officer. they all do that. here s what you re missing and
non-trump supporters, they re all advising the ukrainians. they work for america, and i do have a frustration on that for everyone involved. i want them to advocate for our positions. but the point in that interview, i was trying to say, listen, advisers don t set policy. the military doesn t set policy. bureau crates doesn t set policy. 9 president sets policy, and he has a lot of people around him that have different opinions and that s a good thing. but he does get to set the policy. this is not about the setting of poillicy. this is about political opportunism that shanghaied policy. the idea of they re all helping ukraine, the guy s job is to be the nsc representative that goes between ukraine and the united states. this guy is a united states military officer. they all do that. here s what you re missing and why i think it was wrong to smear this guy the way you did. i didn t mean to smear him, chris. that was not my intent. listen, i respect him so i want to be clear on that