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Trump has lost the Iran war hawks

March 28, 2026·29 min·3-min readinterviewpolitics
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Former National Security Advisor John Bolton, long a vocal advocate for regime change in Iran, criticizes the Trump administration's current military campaign as poorly planned, strategically incoherent, and disconnected from the realities on the ground, arguing that without public suppor

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John BoltonDonald TrumpKara SwisherMarco RubioJoe KentAli Larajani

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