Donald Trump’s ex-national security adviser John Bolton on Sunday suggested the president’s threats toward Iran could prove sour for his administration as the U.S. negotiating team heads to another round of peace talks in Pakistan.

“I think they can see Trump wants out of this. He’s just — he’s broadcasting it almost every day. And it gives the Iranians enormous leverage,” Bolton said in an interview with CNN’s Jessica Dean.

The comments from Bolton — a frequent Trump critic since the president pushed him out of the first administration — arrived on the same day that Trump declared there’d be “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY” while claiming that the U.S. was offering Iran a “very fair and reasonable DEAL.”

“I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran,” Trump wrote, renewing his threats to destroy civilian infrastructure.

Earlier in the interview, Bolton was asked about Vice President JD Vance being set to take part in another round of peace talks after leaving Islamabad without a deal earlier this month.

On Monday, Trump told The New York Post that his son-in-law Jared Kushner, special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and Vance have left for talks in Pakistan. Iranian officials said they had no current plans to attend such talks.

Bolton warned Sunday that sending Vance to Islamabad before was a mistake, noting that he’s one level below the president.

“We don’t know that the people the Iranians are sending have any authority to commit their government to begin with,” he said. “If we were going to send a high-level official, it should’ve been the secretary of state, not the vice president and not civilian volunteers.”

“And what message do you think that sent to the Iranian negotiators?” Dean asked.

“I think they smell panic in the White House,” Bolton replied.

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