Franco Ordonez

They're not even talking about the missile program and saying publicly that the fact that Ron refuses to talk about ballistic missiles being a big, big problem.

Yeah.

I also just to add, like from the political sense, I mean, this is this is a messaging challenge for this administration.

I mean, President Trump in the summer said that they obliterated the nuclear program over the summer.

If it's obliterated, then it's pretty far off from threatening the United States in any time in the near future.

And even if it's partially there, it was only partially obliterated, etc.,

For Trump to now or to if he goes forward and strikes another nuclear site, I think there's going to be a question about credibility.

If he goes after the nuclear program again and says kind of similar language, I think he is under pressure to kind of.

expand this to give other reasoning, whether going after a strike on leadership or some type of ballistic site, or at least be able to message that.

Because I do think some of the American people are going to be questioning, hey, wait a minute, you said this was obliterated.

Now you're bombing another nuclear site.

So I

I do think he faces some, you know, some messaging challenges.

I mean, he has given like, you know, the State of the Union, he kind of meshed in these different ideas and kind of meshed together the ballistics, meshed together the nuclear, meshed together the proxies.

He didn't talk about regime change, but that's always kind of a, you know, kind of a desire that Republican presidents and leaders have wanted for a long time.

But he has not made a clear case on why the United States should do this right now.

What is the threat that he is facing?

You know, that is a big concern for a lot of people, including from his own party.

Again, politically, I mean, midterms are coming up.

This is a very sensitive time for Republicans.