The neocons say Trump has
no plan. Chatham House says you can't do regime change from the air.
Then Iran's new leadership called Washington and Trump picked up. The
special relationship is cracking open — and the men who ran it are on
the chopping block.
Susan Kokinda
Susan
Kokinda argues that John Bolton and the foreign policy establishment
are alarmed not by U.S. strikes on Iran, but by President Trump’s
refusal to commit to a managed regime-change architecture. She contrasts
Bolton, Anne Applebaum, and Chatham House criticizing a lack of
strategy with Trump telling The Atlantic he has agreed to talk with
Tehran, framing this as a break from “The Great Game” geopolitics.
Kokinda says the strikes publicly cracked the U.S.–UK “special
relationship,” citing that Britain was informed but not included,
Starmer refused U.S. use of British bases, and European leaders issued
statements emphasizing non-participation. She claims Tehran is calling
Washington, not London, and links this shift to arrests of former Prince
Andrew and Lord Peter Mandelson, described as key operators connected
to Epstein-file allegations.
00:00 The Monday Brief - BOLTON SCREAMS: It’s All Over for Them - March 2, 2026
02:36 The Regime Changers Are Not in the Room
05:10 The Special Relationship Shatters
07:56 The Operative Gets Arrested