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G_j

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Thu Mar 22, 2018, 06:53 PM Mar 2018

WATCH: John Bolton praises new era of freedom under Putin

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rawstory.com/2018/03/watch-john-bolton-praises-new-era-freedom-putin-bizarre-propaganda-video-russian-gun-group/amp/


Donald Trump on Thursday named John Bolton as his new national security adviser.

Bolton was formerly George W. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations. Not only did Bolton lie about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction—he maintains that he was right to do so.

Bolton is also an ardent authoritarian who has told other Trump staffers to “toe the line or resign,” and he led an organization that employed disgraced data firm Cambridge Analytica.

Bolton also has ties to Russia. In 2013, as NPR reports, Bolton saluted “a new era of Freedom for the Russian people” under Putin in a video made for The Right to Bear Arms, a Russian gun-rights group launched by Putin ally Alexander Torshin.

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WATCH: John Bolton praises new era of freedom under Putin (Original Post) G_j Mar 2018 OP
Chris Matthews was stuttering saying, "John Bolton . . . . . .this is like bringing in Tojo." Hoyt Mar 2018 #1
TY - Bookmarking to read tonight! Lucinda Mar 2018 #2
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Chris Matthews was stuttering saying, "John Bolton . . . . . .this is like bringing in Tojo."
Thu Mar 22, 2018, 07:14 PM
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