john bolton is an old friend of bill crystal's and together they helped plan the iraq war. when bolton made it to the white house, neocons cheered. they took a break from attacking trump to celebrating his hiring. stephens assured the msnbc viewers he was a great choice because he would push the president to war. >> he is not the caricaturish hawk he has been made out to be. bolton will restrain the isolationist impulses at the heart of trump's policy thinking. >> tucker: got that? john bolton is going to restrain donald trump from avoiding war. of course, that isne exactly what he has tried to do from the first day. shortly before bolton took the new job we incited him on this show to ask about the many, many, previous foreign policy positions. watch as bolton denies ever