Then he
wrote a book about it. In it, he excoriated Trump as an alleged conspiracy
theorist with little understanding of foreign policy or government. More
recently, Bolton has said the 79-year-old president’s renewed interest in a
Russia-Ukraine peace deal is because he wants the Nobel Peace Prize.
For years, Trump has slammed the book and Bolton, alleging
the book revealed classified information despite Bolton’s contention it
had been cleared by the government.
On Friday, it all escalated. Agents of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation under director Kash Patel—a Trump loyalist who
has alluded to retaliation against political opponents—searched Bolton’s
home and office, a raid said to be tied to classified documents.
In the
early days of his second term, Trump pulled the security details protecting
Bolton and several other former officials. Bolton had been targeted by Iran for
his role in the 2020 American assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps commander Qassem Soleimani, a strike ordered by Trump.
In a recent interview with ABC News, Bolton was asked if he
feared Trump might go after him. Bolton said he had already done so. “He’s
already come after me and several others in withdrawing the protection that we
had,” Bolton said. He called Trump’s leadership “a retribution presidency.”
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