

The mustache speaks. Trump tweets. America watches the fireworks.
In this television special, ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz speaks with John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, about Bolton's book The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.
Acting
Bolton's mustache deserves its own SAG card.
Direction
Raddatz knowing exactly when to let silence do the work.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This interview dropped June 2020, just as Bolton's book faced Trump administration censorship attempts—making the ABC exclusive itself a news event.
Bolton's refusal to testify during impeachment while saving revelations for his $2 million advance became a case study in political memoir economics.
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