Trump has to get over John Bolton's mustache if he wants him as his next national security adviser

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• President Donald Trump reportedly wants to replace national security adviser H.R. McMaster with former UN ambassador John Bolton, but he seems to not like his mustache.
• In policy, Bolton is much more hawkish than McMaster, and openly advocates for striking North Korea.
• In appearance, McMaster is much more clean cut than Bolton, and fits with Trump's "central casting" aesthetic and appreciation for US military generals.

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For months, rumors have swirled of President Donald Trump's dissatisfaction with national security adviser H.R. McMaster, and his desire to replace him with former UN ambassador John Bolton — but first Trump will have to forgive Bolton's prominent mustache.

McMaster, a hawk on military and foreign policy issues who believes the US needs to demonstrate its strength to deter bad actors, being replaced by Bolton, an extreme hawk who advocates for bombing North Korea and pushed hard for the Iraq war in the 2000s, has huge policy implications. See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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