Opinion | Robert Schlesinger: Why did Trump fire John Bolton? The warmonger had become the adult in the room — and that's scary. - NBCNewsTHINK
But in the case of Bolton, one need not wait for the inevitable Trump backlash to ask who thought they would be a good match. Bolton, the ambassador to the U.N. under George W. Bush, is a vocal neocon hawk who wants both to talk loudly and hit everything with a big stick. Trump — while sharing Bolton’s taste for rhetorical bellicosity — is an isolationist who campaigned on making America less involved in the world.
But, despite their differences, Trump’s admiration for Bolton’s combative television performances overcame his dislike of Bolton’s famously bushy mustache.
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