refuses to talk about it at all. but north korea, to be fair, he has been consistent in the sense that he's been very, very critical behind the scenes, which we've reported during his time in the administration, about president trump's diplomacy with kim jong-un. bolton never agreed with that. if you remember, i mean, this is not exactly an issue that he's been shy about. in the past he advocated for preemptive strikes against north korea, military action. it's something he feels pretty strongly about. you could speculate about why he's coming out now, and i'm sure some people will be cynical and that's fair enough. i just don't have first-hand knowledge of his motivations. >> all right, jonathan swan, has always good reporting. thank you, my friend. you can sign up for the newsletter at signup.axios.com. >> that's a wrap for us on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. we'll have an economy based