President Donald Trump has named Robert C. O’Brien, a hostage affairs envoy he sent to Sweden to try to negotiate the release of jailed rapper A$AP Rocky this summer, as his new national security advisor.
Trump announced O’Brien’s nomination on Wednesday, saying that he has “worked long and hard with Robert.” O’Brien replaces John Bolton, the hawkish interventionist sacked last week. Bolton was a proponent of military intervention in Iran, Venezuela, Syria, and North Korea, and Trump had reportedly complained that Bolton was actively trying to drag him into conflict. Announcing his dismissal, Trump said that he “strongly disagreed” with many of Bolton’s positions.
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