O’reilly Said He Is “Haunted” by the Warning He Gave President Donald Trump in February Against Waging War With Iran, As the Conflict Enters

Vittert had cited a /Ipsos poll showing 35 percent approval for Trump and a Quinnipiac survey finding 49 percent of Americans feel worse off financially. O’Reilly dismissed the idea that Trump was prolonging the war to announce a peace deal before the midterms, saying, “If he could get out of that thing now, tonight, he would. Trump recently warned Tehran it would be hit very hard” unless the Strait of Hormuz reopened, while also claiming an all-day negotiation ended positively.

Earlier, he called the regime unbelievably duplicitous on Truth Social. Separately, an officer in U.S. Central Command’s intelligence branch emailed military analysts seeking creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran, fueling impressions of a lack of clear strategy.