Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton described the emerging US-Iran agreement as a 'huge defeat and entrapment' for the United States, accusing President Trump of being willing to abandon core American positions to reach a deal at any cost. Bolton said the agreement amounts to a collapse of the principles Trump himself set, according to remarks published Monday.
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton issued a blistering critique of the emerging US-Iran deal on Monday, calling it a 'huge defeat and entrapment' for America. In remarks circulated Monday morning, Bolton said President Trump is willing to abandon every previous US position to reach an agreement with Tehran 'at any price.'
"It's lost — Caligula wants a deal, and at any cost, including giving up all of America's positions," the source quotes Bolton as saying, using the emperor's name as a rhetorical epithet. Bolton added that the deal amounts to a collapse of the very principles Trump himself had previously set.
As The Zioneer has reported in recent days, Bolton has repeatedly warned that Iran 'played Trump like a fiddle' to get the terms it wanted. The former NSA has previously accused the administration of keeping the deal's terms secret for fear of backlash. The latest remarks, corroborated on Monday morning, extend the same line of criticism.
It remains unclear whether the agreement is final or still under negotiation, and no official text has been made public. Bolton's comments represent the view of a prominent conservative hawk but have not been confirmed by administration sources.
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