The speaker contends that Donald Trump's approach to the Middle East, particularly regarding Iran, has been significantly more aggressive than that of previous Democratic administrations.

“Trump is incredibly aggressive on Iran in a way that Democrats have not been.”

The Biden administration should have utilized leverage regarding military aid to Israel earlier to influence their behavior.

“I was asked about this on Co bear and I basically said I think they should have used leverage earlier yeah me too”

The United States should avoid committing boots on the ground in the war with Iran to prevent a long-term quagmire.

“you get him to commit to baby steps that make it that much harder for him to dig himself out because that's where we are today.”

The war in Iran is a poorly managed conflict initiated without clear strategic goals or proper congressional authorization by the Trump administration.

“Congress did act and they acted to give the president cart blanch here. They basically acted to be wildly weak and pathetic souls who are just going to give away their authority to this president. So, this is the president's war he started and now it's the president's war he's got to figure out how ”

American involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts is often driven by misleading intelligence and propaganda favoring specific foreign interests.

“So in a sense he's a an ally of sorts in that case against al Qaeda >> and a counterbalance to Iran >> which had held our hostages for over a year in 1979. So it's like >> that was in no sense consistent with her interests. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 at all despite the many many lies.”