Bolton Might be Bright or He Might Just be Nuts
I don’t know John Bolton, but I know his type and that he probably has a very high IQ, thinks himself right when he’s thought something through and is aggressive, perhaps too aggressive making it happen. It’s also possible that he’s merely an out-of-control egomaniac. There’s something undeniably strange about brown hair and a white moustache.
Conclusion; brilliant CEO material, disastrous as a diplomat.
Which makes him exactly the wrong choice for the UN ambassadorial job to which he has been nominated by the president. This is not a creative position, doesn’t require the ability to weigh and consider options, has no need for policy formation and it’s not a job where you win by coming down hard. It’s an advocacy job, a pipe-smoker’s role, building (dare I say it?) coalitions and supporting positions advanced primarily by the State Department. Bolton is a proven disaster and a bully as an advocate.
It’s the unspooling of the tightly held evidence concerning his near-manic interaction…