Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton sharply criticized President Trump’s Iran strategy and expressed broad skepticism about the prospect of making peace with Tehran in a Friday appearance on the Financial Times podcast Swamp Notes.

Bolton made clear that he supported the American airstrikes last week that targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities but also suggested that Trump had personal motivations.

“I think what he’s doing is campaigning for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he thought he’d get it in the Ukraine-Russia war. That didn’t happen,” Bolton said in a response to a question about Trump’s claims of victory in the aftermath of the strikes. “But I think he’s looking at the possibility that maybe he can get it here.”

Several GOP lawmakers have

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