President-elect Donald Trump can expect forceful opposition from within his own party if he nominates former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton to be deputy secretary of state under Rex Tillerson, as Trump is believed to be planning. Speaking with ABC News on Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) leveled an unflinching critique at Bolton's hardline neoconservative polices.
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