Avery Lotz,  Herb Scribner, axios.com

President Trump's 75-minute interview with Time revealed his latest thinking on the Iran war, the AI race (or in his words, SI), the media and more.

Why it matters: The interview with one of America's most historic news publications gives voters insight into the direction of the country roughly a month ahead of the midterms.

Driving the news: Trump was unapologetic across the board: on prolonging the Iran war, resisting AI regulation and threatening to "go after" Democrats if they win the House.

• The interview was historic, too, as it was Trump's 56th appearance on a Time cover, "surpassing President Richard Nixon, who held the record for more than half a century," the magazine says.

He ended the interview by saying, "Well, I hope I get a decent story. I don't think—you know, it's hard to get a good story. Every question's a hit. I don't know what the hell's wrong."

Here are five takeaways.

Claire's Observations:  What I can see in these answers, is the essence of a really bad  used car salesperson's ethos, carping and griping as to why his "sales" didn't go as planned, and with no understanding why, perhaps, his clients  (read:  American voters) are about to treat him like the"geopolitical kryptonite" he truly is, consequently taking aim against his policies with their votes.

And that last quote, "I don't know what the hell's wrong"?!?

For God's sake, President Trump, read the bloody room!!  And I DON'T mean "the room" filled with your best buddies, rich with zigableems of money; private planes; and who eat caviar at every meal. 

Let's start, sir, by having you knocking at the doors of people on fixed incomes, whose earnings have been so drained by inflation that they have to choose between meals or gas to get somewhere; who are putting off desperately needed medical appointments, because costs of care have skyrocketed; and people who, through no fault of their own, have lost their jobs to AI, and went heavily into college debt, assured that their jobs would be around long after they graduated.  

And lastly sir, I challenge you to knock on the doors of those families which have lost members to death or injury courtesy of this horrifically insane Iran war you let Bibi Netanyahu talk you into green-lighting, using large numbers of US troops to essentially "win it" for Israel's benefit.  People in your Administration who counseled against it, were simply shown the door, and that door was locked behind them.   

So now, where are we?!?  Netanyahu's IDF is pounding on Lebanon, so apparently, has "no troops to spare" for whatever "final push" against Iran you may be contemplating.  More troops are on the way, and the American people have no real numbers as to how many have actually died,  wounded, or maimed for life in a war which never should have happened.   And speaking of war, here, please, is  your son, Barron?!?  Is he even in the selective service numbers to be called up for what may be an inevitable draft, and soon?!?  Just asking.

So here is what Americans are seeing on the eve of US mid-terms;  corporations and Israel first; a lousy fiscal policy; former allies being treated like pariahs; and the US military getting used like a bloody club, all being done without any consideration for the long-term consequences of your actions. 

THAT, SIR, IS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG. 

You're welcome :-(