Haass: Bolton Was an Extremist, ‘He Rarely Found a Regime He Didn’t Want to Overthrow’

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SCIUTTO: "The president and his allies have focused their fire on Bolton himself, his credibility, of course, despite the fact the president shows him for this high profile and important role. He calls Bolton a liar, a wacko, among other things. You worked with Bolton in the Bush administration. Does he have credibility?"
HAASS: "He’s an extreme ideologue but he’s also smart. We agreed on very little. He played bureaucratic hardball. Again, I found him a unilateralist, a real maximalist. He rarely found a regime he didn’t want to overthrow, hated arms control agreements that could be negotiated. To me John was just an extremist. It’s just odd that Trump would have hired him. Other than their mutual shared interest in acting unilaterally, I can’t think of any area the two of them agreed. Trump wanted to pull America back from the world. John wanted to transform the world."