Thursday, March 22, 2018

Regarding John Bolton - Part 2

WASHINGTON — John Bolton, who President Donald Trump said on Thursday will replace H.R. McMaster as his national security adviser on April 9, is a polarizing pick, even by Trump administration standards.

Bolton is a notoriously hawkish former United Nations ambassador whose views don’t even align with the isolationist foreign policy platform on which Trump campaigned ― although it is difficult to tell what the president actually believes.

  HuffPo
I think Trump probably doesn't have a clue as to what John Bolton's views are other than what he's seen of him as a commentator on Fox News, and he knows Bolton wants to take on Iran and hates Muslims.
  • Bolton fiercely advocated for the Iraq War and promoted the false justification for it. [...]
  • He has called for bombing Iran and North Korea. [...]
  • Bolton has a history of speaking about international organizations with derision. While at the U.N., Bolton criticized it as “a twilight zone.” His extreme views and brash manner alienated many U.S. allies.
  • He has aligned himself with anti-Muslim hate groups. [...]
  • He joked that former President Barack Obama was a Muslim.
I don't know how long Bolton will last, but it will be long enough for Trump to use him to advance his desire to drop out of the Iran pact.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

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