Trump Foe John Bolton Gives Thumbs Up to President's Naval Blockade of Strait of Hormuz

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 12th, 2026, 5:16 pm


Former Trump National Security Adviser-turned-MAGA-critic John Bolton offered President Donald Trump a bit of praise on Sunday for his newly-imposed naval blockade on ships entering or leaving the Strait of Hormuz.

“A blockade makes sense, you don’t have to attack Kharg Island.

I don’t think that was ever realistic,” Bolton said during an appearance on Bloomberg News. “The point is, if no Gulf oil gets out, no Iranian oil gets out. Let’s see how they feel about that in Tehran.”

Bolton shared his take a few hours after the president announced the blockade on Truth Social.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-foe-john-bolton-gives-thumbs-up-to-presidents-naval-blockade-of-strait-of-hormuz/

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Neocon dream.

[SamKnause]

1. Stupid fuck.

[raccoon]

3. I didn't like Bolton, but I thought he did have some sense.

Guess I was wrong.

[wolfie001]

5. He's kowtowing to get the heat off him

He's fully aware what an imbecile tRUMP is. Throw him an accolade or two. Maybe buy $1 million in his many shit-coin Ops. FOLLOW THE PLAN! Tim Apple knew how to play tRUMP's game early. Jeff Bozos too.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. He's still a necon

and an opportunist. We saw that when hoping he would testify in hearings related to the Mueller probe and first impeachment, but he had "a book to sell".

[DinahMoeHum]

11. He's always had a hard-on for the US attacking Iran

He's just disappointed that Trump and Hogsbreath are such dumb fucks about it.

[eppur_se_muova]

2. So much for the rehabilitation of Wally Walrus. nt

[Ray Bruns]

4. So we're blockading the blockade?

[Intractable]

7. The enemy of my enemy is John Bolton. He ain't my friend.

At best, only a temporary, occasional, fleeting ally in the war against fascism.

[Crowman2009]

12. I never thought of him as an ally.

He was just another Bush-era asshole who didn't say a damn thing until he left office and wanted to promote his shitty book.

[Javaman]

8. so he comes out against basically everything the orange pedo does

but he's a-okay with furthering this fucked up war.

that's bolton.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Remember, he was a signatory to PNAC

so that is his "single issue" thing.

Ironically, the PNAC co-founder Bill Kristol (a noted anti45 neocon), has moved away from that with respect to 45 and penned this last week - It’s Not a TACO. It’s a Surrender.

[Vinca]

10. We'll get back to him when gas is $10 a gallon and an American ship is sitting on the seabed.

[Martin68]

13. Bolton is a super hawk. He's as crazy as Trump.

[travelingthrulife]

14. Well, no one ever expected John Bolton to become any smarter or more ethical, did they?