On Wednesday of this week, the US president He delivered a prime-time television address where he predicted that the end of the war against Iran was near, as the armed forces deployed in the Middle East were on the path to victory. “We have done it all. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their missiles are practically exhausted or unusable. I am pleased to say that these core strategic objectives are almost accomplished. Over the next two or three weeks, we are going to return them to the Stone Age, which is where they belong,” he stated as the central theme of his message. However, less than 48 hours later, Iranian troops called the New York tycoon's words into question by first shooting down an F-15E Strike Eagle as it crossed their airspace and later an A-10 Warthog attack aircraft. In response to this event, the 79-year-old Republican simply stated that what had happened was part of the war and that it would not affect negotiations with the regime. to obtain his surrender.

The perplexing position taken by the New York conservative served as grounds for John Bolton to perceive that he has not only lost his way on how to emerge from the war with the least possible damage, but also seems to be the victim of a panic that is, to a certain degree, justified.

“It seems to me that he has probably panicked again, wanting to find a way to declare victory and get out of this war, regardless of whether or not he opens the Strait of Hormuz before doing so. It is a problem for him and, therefore, a problem for the country, but it could have been easily avoided and should have been,” he noted during an interview with CNN.Bolton also emphasized that the fragility displayed by the president is a bad sign for the future that could await the United States in the war, given its lack of strategy. “If the president or the White House is faltering over this, then it indicates, once again, that they had not fully considered what it meant to launch these attacks,” he stressed.