'I think Putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle': John Bolton unloads about Trump's relationship with Putin

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• Former National Security Advisor, John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't take Trump seriously, according to a clip of an interview with ABC News' Martha Raddatz. 
• "I think Putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle," Bolton said.
• Bolton also said that Trump was uninterested in learning and reading about foreign affairs. 
• The interview is meant to promote Bolton's new tell-all book "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir."
• The book is set to be released on June 23, but the Trump administration has sued Bolton claiming it has classified information. 
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Former national security advisor John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin does not consider US President Donald Trump as a "serious adversary." 

"I think Putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle," Bolton told ABC News' Martha Raddatz. "I think Putin is smart, tough. I think he sees that he's not faced with a serious adversary here. I don't think he's worried about Donald Trump."

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