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Trump guys who signed all those letters and all the neocons who got us in all these wars ... It’s not a deep bench.” Bannon said he’d tried to push John Bolton, the famously hawkish diplomat, for the job as National Security Advisor. Bolton was an Ailes favorite, too. “He’s a bomb thrower,” said Ailes. “And
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raft choices during the presidential transition—in central posts in the Trump administration. Mike Pompeo had recently been named secretary of state, John Bolton would soon become the national security advisor, and Larry Kudlow had been appointed director of the National Economic Council. The president's chief
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ime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces.” — NSA John Bolton announcing the deployment of a carrier strike group to the Persian Gulf, May 5, 2019 “Our aim is not war. Our aim is a change in the behavior of the
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Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017

Mike Pompeo
PersonAmerican politician (born 1963) and former United States Secretary of State (2018–2021)
Doug Band
PersonAmerican presidential advisor

Prince Charles
PersonKing of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022 (born 1948)

John F. Kennedy
PersonPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009

Hillary Clinton
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1947)

Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)

Donald Trump Jr.
PersonAmerican businessman and reality television personality (born 1977)

Atlantic City
LocationCity in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States

Harvey Weinstein
PersonAmerican film producer and sex offender (born 1952)

Michael Flynn
PersonU.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor (born 1958)

Jared Kushner
PersonAmerican businessman and real estate investor (born 1981)

Abraham Lincoln
PersonPresident of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809–1865)

Nancy Pelosi
PersonAmerican politician (born 1940)
Courtney Wild
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Vladimir Putin
Person2nd and 4th President of Russia (2000-2008, 2012-present), 7th and 11th Prime Minister of Russia (1999-2000, 2008-2012), Director of the Federal Security Service (1998-1999) and Deputy Mayor of Saint Petersburg (1994-1996)

Michael Cohen
PersonAmerican former attorney and former Republican official
Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)