Bolton Pushing for "Deranged Totalitarian Cult" to Rule Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poses for a photo with (L to R) National Security Advisor of the United States John Bolton, President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence before his swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2018. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

Writing at The American Conservative, Daniel Larison calls President Donald Trump’s decision to leave the JCPOA (the Iran nuclear deal) an unforced error. He reports that the Administration’s antagonism toward Iran is heating up, and National Security Advisor John Bolton would prefer the “deranged totalitarian cult” Mujahideen-e Khalq run the country. Larison writes:

Trump’s decision to renege on the nuclear deal was a terrible unforced error, and the process that led to that decision is no less worrisome:

One of the reasons to be worried about having Bolton as National Security Advisor is that he will not be an honest broker when it comes to presenting the president with all the facts.

It doesn’t come as a surprise that talk of regime change in Iran has increased since Bolton took office. Bolton is a longtime advocate for the Mujahideen-e Khalq, a deranged totalitarian cult that he would like to install as the next government of Iran, and he has made no secret of his desire to topple the Iranian government.