Fresh off his 2024 tease, John Bolton issued a somber wake-up call to the United States over the intensifying threat posed by China’s strengthening nuclear capabilities.

Lamenting how the U.S. response to a more assertive China has been “dangerously inadequate and far too slow,” Bolton implored the country to shore up its nuclear defense capabilities and bolster its nuclear warhead stockpile to stave off the growing threat from the Asian giant.