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Trump Canceled My Protection While Iran Is Trying to Kill Me - John Bolton on The Fifth Column #544
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February 12, 2026
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1:20:46Now PlayingFormer Ambassador John Bolton joins the trio to discuss the nuances of a retribution presidency, including the personal cancellation of his Secret Service protection on Inauguration Day, leaving him to wonder who will get him first: the President’s legal team or the Iranian hit squads. Bolton offers a blistering critique of current foreign policy, from the clown show that is Tulsi Gabbard, to the transactional real estate vibes of trying to buy Greenland. He also weighs his odds against an 18-count federal indictment involving his personal diaries while holding the line as a lonely defender of the Cold War order.
(00:00:00) Cold Open
(00:04:25) Olympics Politics
(00:10:35) Iraq and Nation Building Mistake
(00:14:34) Afghanistan, Iraq
(00:24:46) Forward Defense
(00:29:24) Ukraine
(00:38:10) Tucker Carlson
(00:42:19) Greenland
(00:44:50) Venezuela
(00:59:16) State-Owned Extortion & Oil Payoffs
(01:03:54) The Retribution Presidency
(01:11:33) Tulsi Gabbard
(01:16:03) Peak Trump?
(01:21:52) Wrap-Up
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Hosted by journalists Kmele Foster, Michael Moynihan, and Matt Welch, The Fifth Column provides a weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally themselves.
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