The classic neocons are out, but they might still get what they want

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Trump may believe that surrounding himself with Bolton-type figures builds leverage at the negotiating table.
40% : James Jeffrey, who infamously admitted to playing "shell games" to hide the number of U.S. troops in Syria from Trump.
33% : During the first Trump administration, while Trump was negotiating a withdrawal from the Afghan war, Waltz voted to tie Trump's hands, arguing that Afghanistan is a strategic territory in between Iran, Russia, and China that "has been fought and bought with treasure and with blood.
32% : "Today, Trump is reportedly considering Hook for secretary of state.
21% : Trump has also claimed that he deliberately surrounded himself with hawks as part of a good cop, bad cop strategy.
17% : During the first Trump administration, libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and French President Emmanuel Macron tried to get Trump to meet with the Iranian foreign minister on two separate occasions.
14% : When Trump fired Bolton in September 2019, he mentioned the "Libya model" comments as one of his main reasons why.
10% : Unlike Haley, who ran against Trump in the 2024 primaries, Pompeo has been described as a "legendary" Trump sycophant and a "heat-seeking missile for Trump's ass.
9% : "We were set back very badly when John Bolton talked about the Libyan model," Trump complained to reporters.
8% : Trump is going to go to war with us," Trump said.
7% : Though Trump called for a "new and lasting deal" with Iran, and though Iranian officials were willing to talk, Trump never actually negotiated with them directly.

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