Heather McGhee: ‘Trump Loves War’ And That’s Something He ‘Shares’ With Bolton

CHUCK TODD: All right. I have a feeling the two of you are going to have two very different takes on Bolton. I know where Hugh is, Heather. I'll let you go first.

HEATHER MCGHEE: So there are three things that worry me about John Bolton. First is that he's an unrepentant cheerleader and architect of the Iraq War who thinks that regime change is better than diplomacy, thinks that's still the case about Iraq, which is pretty insane, given the facts on the ground, and thinks the same about North Korea and Iran.

Second, he's untrustworthy. I mean, you-- you were talking to Mark Warner about Cambridge Analytica. He's currently running a super PAC that is one of Cambridge Analytica's biggest customers. He ran a think tank in the 1990s that funneled foreign money to Republicans. I just think there's more to the story of the web of connection you were talking about that involves John Bolton.

And then third, I'm going to be honest here and maybe it's the spirit of the young people from yesterday, but when I see men around their 70s who did everything they possibly could to avoid going into combat when it was their time, banging the war drum, myself, many of my friends who have loved ones who actually had to fight in the Iraq War, it's dangerous, it's depressing, and it makes me feel like we don't have people who take seriously. I mean, Donald Trump loves war. He thinks it's great theater, it's great television. That is something he shares with John Bolton. And it's something the American people have no appetite for.