fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition

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John Bolton is a terrifying warmonger who loves to blow things up. Molly Jong-fast, Vogue, "John Bolton and Mary Trump Seem to Agree On One Thing: Donald Trump Is a Truly Awful Person," 11 July 2020

Prince Chauncley is a bit more song-and-dance than warmonger. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages star Daniel Radcliffe discusses his most difficult costars ever," 28 Jan. 2020

And Tucker Carlson has used his Fox News position to urge the president to remember the domestic concerns of voters who brought him to power and to be suspicious of Washington’s warmongers. Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, "Trump campaign sees political win on Iran strike," 9 Jan. 2020

This might seem like a doleful itinerary from our violent age: not so much waypoints on a walk meant to connect humanity as a plunge into the Phlegethon, the river of burning blood in which murderers, warmongers, and tyrants boil in Dante’s Inferno. Paul Salopek, National Geographic, "Is the world becoming more violent?," 10 Jan. 2020

Thirst for war – maximum pressure – should go with the warmonger-in-chief. Fox News, "US adversaries laud John Bolton's White House departure," 11 Sep. 2019

Since November 8, 2016, in ever-evolving Democratic dogma, Russia has gone from a quaint obsession of neocon warmongers to an existential threat on the order of Climate Change! Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Democrats Are the True Election Meddlers," 15 Aug. 2019

Petro, meanwhile, has described himself as a left-wing moderate and Duque as a far-right warmonger who would reignite national tensions. Anthony Faiola, chicagotribune.com, "'D.C. Colombian' squares off against former guerrilla as Colombians vote," 17 June 2018

Gone was any hint of the warmonger his critics have portrayed him as. Gardiner Harris And Eileen Sullivan, New York Times, "Trading Snarl for Smile, Pompeo Makes Case to Lead State Dept.," 12 Apr. 2018

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