China brokering a deal for Saudi Arabia and Iran to exchange diplomatic relations is a warning to the world of Chinese influence, according to former Amb. John Bolton.

“What this reflects is their fear that the U.S.’s administration still hasn’t given up on a nuclear deal, getting back into the nuclear deal with Iran,” Bolton, a senior foreign policy, defense, and national security official in both the Bush and Trump administrations, told Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM-N.Y.

“It’s an indication that the Saudis and others are trying to hedge their bets with China and Russia, because they don’t think the United States has the resolve and fortitude necessary to do what they need to do to protect the world against Iran and its intentions both on the terrorist front and the nuclear front.”