Trump’s new national security adviser will drive the White House down a more confrontational road in two crucial regionsDonald Trump has hired an unwavering and radical advocate of war against both North Korea and Iran to oversee his administration’s national security policy. Who is John Bolton, Trump's new national security adviser? Read moreInstead, the soon-to-be national security adviser has repeatedly argued, nuclear disarmament in both cases is best achieved through regime change delivered by US military might. He does not have to seek Senate confirmation for the White House post, which is just as well for Bolton. Traditionally, the national security adviser convenes and chairs internal policy debates but Bolton’s record suggests that a moderating role is not his style.

Source: The Guardian March 23, 2018 05:03 UTC