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American Politics

Trump’s Iran strategy: Keep your enemies close and your hawks closer

18 May 2019

9:00 AM

18 May 2019

9:00 AM

 Washington, DC

Donald Trump has an itchy trigger finger, and his name is John Bolton. The President’s national security adviser is a lifelong war hawk who, unlike Trump, was a diehard supporter of the Iraq War. Now Bolton has Iran in his crosshairs. He’s not the only member of the administration drawing a bead on the mullahs.

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