John Bolton = was he always a "yes-man" for HAWKS in Trump 1.0 admin. [ Jan. 2017 - Jan. 2021 ]? Also served as U.N. Ambassador for W. Bush Aug. 2005 until Dec. 2006

update PBS.org/newshour

he was convicted today after

pleading guilty - sentencing Oct. 28

[ ahead of Midterm elections ]

Oct. 16 last year -- John Bolton indicted in

Federal court in Maryland -- Thurs.

on charges of mishandling classified

information . . .

see LIVE Update NYTimes.com/

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Back on June 19, 2025 -- ahead of Trump 2.0

massive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites:

John Bolton, a Washington POLITICO

who served as national security adviser

during part of Trump-Pence administration,

was a big advocate for the War on Iraq,

and now remains a big supporter of bunker-

busting BOMBs for Fordo, the secretive

location where nuclear testing/storage/

enrichment/device development-research

has been ongoing in isolated regions

of Iran.

Mr. Bolton didn't know

whether Trump 2.0

will decide when he will issue

orders to Hegseth's Pentagon to drop that

"first-strike" weapon. But in his

experience (2017-Jan. 19, 2021), 

Bolton describes Trump 1.0 as

frantic and agitated in national

security crises. [The Room Where

It Happened - his Trump insider

memoir ]