Michael Knowles

So these pressure campaigns, right, these threats, these efforts to literally destroy your life and your livelihood if you don't play ball.

I do think that those intimidation tactics have been very successful in this country.

And it's about time we push back.

And I'm happy to see that people like you are pushing back.

I'm pushing back myself.

I've lost jobs.

I've lost opportunities as a result of how vocal I've been on this issue.

But I care about my country more than I care about my pocketbook.

And it's really important for us to live in a sovereign country.

On top of that, when it comes to the manipulation tactics that were used against Trump, not to rob him of his agency.

At the end of the day, he's the commander in chief and he made the decision.

However, we can't deny the fact that Trump.

has an ego, as anyone who wants to be president very likely has.

And it's easy to manipulate him by stroking his ego.

So telling him these magical stories about how he's going to be the world's hero by demolishing the Iranian regime and freeing the Iranian people.

And it's going to be so easy.

You're going to get so much credit for it.

I think those manipulation tactics are also very effective on someone like Donald Trump, who likes to see himself as a hero.

Yeah.

Not only that, I mean, when you listen to the way that he talks about war and what should be considered as one of the many options, especially in this war against Iran, I mean-