"Well, I know for a fact that he was aware of those potentials. I raised the option of regime change in Iran several times during the time I was national security advisor. I never persuaded the president to adopt that position. And one reason was that others had different views, and every time I raised it, they raised a whole long list of difficulties that are entailed by a regime change campaign and that if you're going to embark on it you better have answers to them and certainly closing the Strait of Hormuz was always one of them and so were attacks on the Gulf Arab states, particularly their oil infrastructure so he knew about it in his first term."
"The president seemed to indicate yesterday that he had not been briefed on the potential that Iran might strike out at its neighbors or try to shut down the Strait of Hormuz. Is that conceivable to you that he would not have been briefed on those potential those potential, you know repercussions?"
Former National Security Advisor John Bolton stated on CNN that he briefed President Trump during his first term on multiple Iran retaliation scenarios, including potential strikes on neighboring countries and the Strait of Hormuz. Bolton expressed surprise at Trump's recent indication that he was unaware of these potential Iranian actions. Bolton emphasized that he raised regime change options in Iran several times and that discussions about retaliatory strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on Gulf Arab states' oil infrastructure were consistently part of these briefings. Bolton stated he found it difficult to believe Trump could have forgotten these briefings, asserting Trump was aware of these potentials during his first term.
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