{"id":125931,"date":"2026-05-22T09:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/125931\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:27:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:27:32","slug":"john-bolton-urges-donald-trump-to-end-iran-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/125931\/","title":{"rendered":"John Bolton urges Donald Trump to end Iran ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday called on President Trump to end the U.S. ceasefire<\/a> with Iran.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I think it\u2019s a waste of oxygen to negotiate with the Iranians,\u201d Bolton told Bloomberg\u2019s Tyler Kendall. \u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re ever going to come up with something that we should find satisfactory.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bolton said Trump\u2019s first option is to end the ceasefire, \u201cwhich has done nothing but benefit Iran\u201d in restarting the production of drones and dig \u201cout a lot of arsenals that had been buried in the first wave of attacks.\u201d But he suggested that Trump will not do this. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s worried about the political ramifications,\u201d Bolton continued. \u201cSo, looking at the second option, I think you need to open the Strait of Hormuz with military force, if necessary, to allow oil from the Arab side of the Gulf to come out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reopening the strait could \u201cstrengthen the blockade\u201d Trump installed in the waterway to stop Iranian oil shipments, which could \u201crelieve pressure on the international economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have to force the strait open, get the Arab oil out and that, really, increases the pressure on the regime in Iran to decide whether it\u2019s going to find a way out of the dilemma it\u2019s created,\u201d Bolton added. <\/p>\n

Bolton has spoken out against the ceasefire before, having previously told<\/a> NewsNation\u2019s Chris Stirewalt earlier this month that the U.S. \u201chasn\u2019t finished the job\u201d by \u201cousting the regime in Tehran.\u201d Last month, he called the ceasefire a \u201cmistake<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country that benefits from the ceasefire is Iran,\u201d he said on CNN at the time. \u201cThey have been getting pounded, and now they\u2019ve had two to three weeks of relief from it, and the prospect of more in store if negotiations get started.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fragile stalemate between the U.S. and Iran has dragged on as Trump has repeatedly rejected Tehran\u2019s peace proposals. He has warned Iran that the \u201cclock is ticking<\/a>,\u201d nearly launching a new series of strikes, until Gulf leaders requested on Monday that he stand down.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, the president said he was \u201cin no hurry<\/a>\u201d for Iran and the U.S. to reach a deal. <\/p>\n

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has caused inflation and energy prices to spike. GasBuddy\u2019s head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan warned that gas prices could jump<\/a> next week, following Memorial Day weekend, if a deal is not reached. <\/p>\n

The national average for gas reached $4.56 per gallon as of Thursday, which will be the highest average for gas on Memorial Day in four years if it holds, according to AAA<\/a>. The average is 3 cents higher than last week and $1.38 higher than Memorial Day weekend last year.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0highest-ever price tag<\/a>\u00a0for the fuel in the U.S. occurred in June 2022, following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. Costs at the pump surged to a national average of $5.02 for standard gas.<\/p>\n

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