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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed May 8, 2019, 09:15 PM May 2019

Iran, Venezuela puts spotlight on Trump adviser John Bolton

Crises around the globe are shining a bright spotlight on John Bolton a little more than a year into his tenure as President Trump’s national security adviser.

Critics and supporters alike see Bolton’s fingerprints on Trump’s foreign policy, particularly as tensions with Iran and Venezuela appear close to boiling over.

Detractors fear he is pushing Trump toward military action against Caracas and Tehran, while the president’s allies say Bolton is simply doing his job in providing options, and that Trump’s natural inclination is nonintervention regardless of who his adviser is.

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Keiser highlighted North Korea as an example where Trump’s approach was not Bolton’s “personal first choice,” but where he is now following the president’s lead.

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/442829-iran-venezuela-puts-spotlight-on-trump-adviser-john-bolton

Chickenhawk Bolton wants your sons and daughters to die for Donald Trump.

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Iran, Venezuela puts spotlight on Trump adviser John Bolton (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2019 OP
I have always detested that man--very nearly as much as I do Cheney hlthe2b May 2019 #1

hlthe2b

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1. I have always detested that man--very nearly as much as I do Cheney
Wed May 8, 2019, 09:45 PM
May 2019

I trust neither of them. Of course, I trust Trump even less, but...

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