The request came on a Tuesday, just as the PDB briefer wrapped up her usual, short iPad slide show of current intelligence for the President of the United States. He was, as always, distracted by his phone.
But then he popped up with a rare question.
“Where does he sleep? The Ukraine guy. Where does he sleep?” Trump asked.
She took a beat, letting the confusion abate. The President wanted to know where Ukraine’s leader slept. Which bunker, which nights, which rotation. The briefer told the truth: she didn’t know.
“Find out. Now,” the President grunted.
John Ratcliffe called Susie Wiles and Marco Rubio on a secure line and told them he needed to see them both, immediately.
The meeting ran less than a minute before an aide poked her blonde head in the door and said, “POTUS needs all three of you. Now.”
In the Oval, Trump looked like a little kid, nearly bouncing up and down. “I know how to end this war. We have to let Vladimir know where to get Zelenskyy. I don’t like
