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HALL OF INFAMY

JOHN BOLTON

JOB: Foreign affairs adviser to Donald Trump

REPUTATION: Uber-hawk committed to regime change and shameless militarism

John Bolton is no charmer. Unlike the devious guile of a Henry Kissinger, Bolton practises his bullying gunboat diplomacy with a kind of dour self-righteousness, asserting the rights of the US to have it their way no matter what anyone else thinks or wants. He brooks no opposition or even

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