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    What Trump's Choice of Bolton Reveals

    The president is surrounding himself with familiar faces from his favorite cable-news network—but may not find in them what he seeks.
    by David Frum Mar 23, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

    Remember “bring in the grown-ups”? They have all now been carried off, with the sole exception of Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

    Instead, Trump is staffing his administration and his legal team with familiar personalities from his preferred cable-news channel—much like an imperious child demanding that his crib be stuffed with his TV-cartoon favorites.

    Now perhaps the most important West Wing job of them all is to be filled by John Bolton, a figure with an authentic background in

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