Mike Howell

And where do people like that go to share the big lie?

It tells me that President Trump is trying to find a way to end this war unilaterally.

The problem he has is that he wants to end the war clearly at this point.

The Iranians have to get a vote and their vote seems to be to continue it because they want to exact a price by

stressing the world economy, driving the price of oil up, keeping the Strait of Hormuz closed.

So the president seems to be, in a sense, unilaterally saying, look, we're going to wind down activities.

And then it seems as though they're preparing for a strategy where

Oil would still be extremely expensive.

It appears that the White House is searching for a way out.

And as they have through this entire process, they're sort of freelancing and throwing stuff up and seeing if it will work.

And that seems the new idea.

Just quit and go home after after a few more weeks of this pounding.

And if it's just, quote, about us defending Europe.

You said, you know, at this point, how do we call that?

And we can't have our landing rights in European nations, our allies at a time when we need them.

What good is that alliance?

And is the NATO alliance at risk?

Sean, I've been one of the strongest defenders of NATO during my time as a United States senator because I found great value in it.

And it wasn't just about defending Europe.

I said it also allowed us to have military bases in Europe that allowed us to project power into different parts of the world when our national security was threatened.