Η στρατιωτική δράση των ΗΠΑ θα μπορούσε να έχει «καθοριστική επίδραση» στο Ιράν, λέει ο Τζον Μπόλτον

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Η στρατιωτική δράση των ΗΠΑ θα μπορούσε να έχει «καθοριστική επίδραση» στο Ιράν, λέει ο Τζον Μπόλτον  Ο πρώην σύμβουλος εθνικής ασφάλειας του προέδρου Τραμπ δηλώνει ότι πιστεύει πως οι ΗΠΑ θα επιλέξουν «στοχευμένα πλήγματα» κατά του Ιράν, καθώς η περιοχή προετοιμάζεται για στρατιωτική επέμβαση  ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΕΠΙΣΗΣ : http://gr.euronews.com/2026/01/16/h-stratiwtikh-drash-twn-hpa-8a-mporoyse-na-exei-ka8oristikh-epidrash-sto-iran-leei-o-bo  Γίνε συνδρομητής! ! Το euronews είναι διαθέσιμο σε 12 γλώσσες

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04:18Maduro sits in a New York prison while his vice president, Delsi Rodríguez, is at the helm in Caracas.

04:25She is a key figurehead of the Maduro regime.

04:30So when you look at Venezuela, do you think Trump is really interested in changing autocracies into democracies?

04:36Or is it really at the end all about oil and the strength of the dollar and so on?

04:42Well, it's not really clear what Trump is interested in.

04:44I think we're on the verge of squandering an opportunity in Venezuela.

04:49I'm glad Maduro has been captured.

04:51But the regime in power in Caracas is the Maduro regime without Maduro.

04:56And if we're not careful, that regime will entrench itself.

04:59And the people will still not be able to take control of the government.

05:03And it will also mean that there's not going to be any substantial external investment in Venezuela in the oil industry.

05:10So the poverty there will continue.

05:12Trump himself tweeted to the Iranian opposition, take control of your institutions.

05:17Well, that's what he should be saying in Venezuela as well.

05:20That is how you help overthrow the repressive regime.

05:24He is due to meet the opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, very soon.

05:30Do you think that could change anything?

05:32Or is Trump really not interested in a proper democratic transition in Venezuela?

05:36Well, I think this is a good opportunity for Machado to say, look, if you don't have representative government in Venezuela,

05:43you're never going to have a rule of law society.

05:45You're going to be subject to the arbitrary will of the Maduro regime.

05:50And those circumstances mean foreign investors are not going to come in.

05:53They're not going to risk, especially in the oil sector, billions of dollars of investment that some dictator can just grab away from them.

06:02So for Trump's own purposes, putting the opposition in Venezuela in power is important.

06:07And perhaps she can persuade or explain to him why that's important.

06:11If he fails to do that, is that a strategic failure for the U.S., do you feel?

06:16I think it could well be.

06:17I think what the regime in Caracas is doing now is shoring up its support from the military, the police, the colantivos,

06:25the motorcycle gangs that they use to intimidate the population and strengthening their position,

06:31talking to China about China exploiting Venezuela's oil.

06:35So the moment's not lost yet, but it's just a clear mistake to stop with Maduro.

06:40And on Greenland, Trump has recently said that anything less than U.S. control of that territory,

06:48which belongs to the Kingdom of Denmark, is unacceptable to him.

06:53Do you think he's willing to use force, military force, to seize that territory?

06:58Ultimately, I don't think he will.

07:01I think just the talk, though, of using military force is costing the U.S. in terms you can't even calculate,

07:08in terms of trust and good faith and our reputation.

07:13And if we can say there, there's a new poll out today that shows exactly 8 percent of the American people

07:18favor the use of force to take Greenland.

07:21I'd like to ask that 8 percent if they even know where Greenland is.

07:24Yet he seems to be doubling down, Mr. Bolton.

07:26He seems to be turning his back on diplomacy.

07:28His language is very clear.

07:30What could this mean for the U.S. reputation if he does move ahead with a seizure?

07:35And what could it mean for the NATO alliance?

07:38Well, I think it's a disaster for the United States.

07:40As I say, we're even talking about this.

07:42And it would be it would be infinitely worse if if he did try and use military force.

07:46I think there'd be a political earthquake in this country that there is essentially zero support.

07:53And certainly in Congress, it would be a matter of grave concern.

07:57And I think many people believe that if it happened, it would be the end of the NATO alliance

08:01and a grave a grave doing grave damage to U.S. national security, not to mention the other NATO allies.

08:08In the end, will we just see something more transactional?

08:12Do you think he'll opt for a deal, for example, by paying a lump sum to Greenlanders

08:16or striking some kind of agreement with the Danish government?

08:19Is he pushing here for a sale?

08:21Well, he will want to be able to declare victory on something,

08:24because after all, the world is divided into winners and losers and he always wins.

08:30But it's not it doesn't make it any easier to get to an agreement,

08:35which legitimately does concern U.S. national security, Canadian security, Danish security,

08:41the security of the entire NATO alliance against the growing Russian and Chinese threats

08:46in the Arctic Ocean.

08:47So a quiet approach to this, I think, could really move fairly rapidly based on the 1951

08:54Danish-U.S. defensive Greenland treaty.

08:57I'd like to ask you about Ukraine.

09:00Trump has been pushing for a very rapid deal to end Russia's war.

09:05It doesn't seem to be coming.

09:06Europeans have pledged to very specific security guarantees by now.

09:12Do you think Trump is willing to do the same?

09:15Well, Trump may be willing to give security guarantees, but since it's still not clear

09:19he would even uphold Article 5 of the NATO treaty, words on a piece of paper are not the real

09:26answer here.

09:26The only way you can have a guarantee of Ukrainian security is if Russian troops are moving backward

09:33rather than moving forward.

09:36So I'm worried about the whole ceasefire approach.

09:39I'm afraid it may give Russia an advantage.

09:42And that in Europe, people think if we can get a ceasefire, that's a real answer.

09:47It's not.

09:47It just gives Russia a pause to regroup, rebuild its army, refurbish its economy.

09:53Putin wants a Russian empire.

09:54He's told us this for 20 years.

09:56And in that kind of nationalist thinking, there's no Russian empire without the whole of Ukraine.

10:01That's what Putin wants.

10:02Do you think there's a risk here that Trump is losing patience and will sell out the Ukrainians?

10:07Well, I think he's losing patience because it's not getting him the Nobel Peace Prize

10:11that's really the end objective for him on almost everything we've been talking about.

10:16I don't know that it would necessarily mean he would sell out Ukraine.

10:19He might just withdraw from the issue because it's not making him a winner.

10:23And if the U.S. continued to supply intelligence to Ukraine, if we continued to sell weapons and ammunition

10:32to our European NATO allies who could pass it on to Ukraine, that I think might be sufficient to keep Ukraine going.

10:40That's not an ideal outcome from my point of view.

10:43But I think if we could get that minimum, then let Trump walk away.

10:47Final question, Mr. Bolton.

10:49You know, Trump promised to pursue an America first policy, a less interventionist approach.

10:56Some would say he's doing the complete opposite.

10:59How would you rate his foreign policy so far in his second term?

11:05From one second term, excuse me, from one to 10, how would you grade it?

11:10Well, around a two or three, I think a lot's incomplete.

11:12One thing we haven't talked about is his tariff policy, trade issues, which I do think are important for national security.

11:20They've been a complete disaster and harmed the United States in many ways, not just economic,

11:26but in reputational and political terms as well.

11:29So I don't think Trump really understands what he's doing.

11:32He doesn't have a national security grand strategy.

11:36Everything is transactional, episodic, ad hoc.

11:40And that's why he can completely reverse what he said during the campaign and not even see that he's contradicting himself.

11:46I think he's causing himself political difficulties with his own base for what he's doing.

11:51But that's his problem.

11:53Mr. Bolton, thank you so much for your time.

11:55Well, thanks for having me.

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