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John Bolton: One of Trump's 'problems is he doesn't know what he wants' | Insiders

4/24/20260 min

Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire with Iran, but what happens now? 

Ambassador John Bolton was the President's national security adviser during his first term of office.

He joined David Speers for this week's Insiders: On Background.

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  1. David Speers· Host0:00

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  3. David Speers· Host0:43

    It's unveiled big changes to the NDIS to rein in the cost of that scheme. There will be tax changes we're expecting on capital gains and negative gearing coming in the budget. But this is all happening against the backdrop of a still deeply uncertain situation in the Middle East. Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire, but what does that really mean? We're not seeing the ship traffic of oil continue restored through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and the US continue to seize and board ships, make threats against each other. It's very difficult to know what's going to happen, let alone where we are at right now in this war. Is there a way to end this? What might that look like? Well, John Bolton was Donald Trump's

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