notoriously bellicose reputation. he is in fact sort of feared in a way from both the democrats and the republicans who find him to be ever so eager to start the machines of war. so it will be interesting to see what influence he has on the president. what's very fascinating to watch is whether it's with the a trade war with china, whether it's responding in syria, you see an american president who seems to be animated by anger. that could be ainge other tonight home front. it could be anger in terms of diplomacy. the president wants to sort of respond because there is indignation there is anger. so it will be interesting to see if john bolton plays into that, for he is able to, jesus christ, act as a fair broker among the different expertise of the defense and the intelligence agencies, to propose a palliative options to the president. certainly history, such as the buildup to the iraq invasion in 2003 would indicate that you have a new national security adviser who isn't fearful of proposing the military option. and of course we've seen him