<p><span>For decades, </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/06/john-bolton-on-the-warpath">John Bolton</a><span>, now the Trump Administration’s national-security adviser, has been warning about the threat that Iran poses to the United States. Last week, the White House announced a series of deployments to the Middle East that suggest the Administration may be following Bolton’s lead into a confrontation with Iran. But, on Thursday, Trump told his acting Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, that he does not want a war with Iran. </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/dexter-filkins">Dexter Filkins</a><span> joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Bolton and where his views on foreign policy clash with Trump’s.</span></p>
For decades, John Bolton, now the Trump Administration’s national-security adviser, has been warning about the threat that Iran poses to the United States. Last week, the White House announced a series of deployments to the Middle East that suggest the Administration may be following Bolton’s lead into a confrontation with Iran. But, on Thursday, Trump told his acting Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, that he does not want a war with Iran. Dexter Filkins joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Bolton and where his views on foreign policy clash with Trump’s.