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If Bolton is a neocon, he'll go quickly in Trump's White House 'cause Trump hates neocons (conservatives who want to regime change, give countries democracy (whether they like it or not) and basically do things for other 'less fortunate' countries)). 'Ya know, that sounds just about like every Never-Trumper in the GOP. At least, the Bushes.
Neoconservatism of one flavor or another is the dominant force in the foreign policy of both parties. I know Trump talks isolationism, but in the same speech he promises to "bomb the **** out of" x, y, or z.
Trump was shown a pic of chemical attacks in Syria, and Trump ordered them bombed. Trump was shown a pic of some girl wearing a miniskirt in Afghanistan 1971 and he ordered more troops. He seems pretty easily manipulated.
As for Bolton, he seems to part company with the neocons when it comes to the idea that democracy is the end game. He just wants to bomb people. Not "creative destruction" - simple destruction and damn the blowback / consequences. Maybe that's just rhetoric. We will find out, if he lasts with Trump.
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