Senator Coons

Frankly, my take is that as I've gone up and down the state of Delaware in the last couple of days, nobody's asked me about Joe Biden's debate performance in 2024.

They've asked me about the rising price of gas.

They've asked me about Trump's tariffs.

They've asked me about insecurity and instability because of an unresolved war in Iran that is not going well.

As someone who cares for President Biden, I too was concerned about what that

Several second pause meant what was happening at the moment.

But I was with President Biden earlier today.

We were at the funeral of a friend of ours, someone who long served as the mayor of Wilmington, and he's fine.

I see regular incidents where President Trump falls asleep in meetings in the middle of the day, makes no sense in answering questions.

And frankly, what I think the average Delawarean wants to hear is what are we going to do to lower their costs?

And what are we going to do to avoid future pointless wars overseas?

Two things President Trump ran on when he was successfully elected in 2024.

And if the goal of the war in Iran is to prevent Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon, Secretary Hegseth couldn't explain that strategy.

And he couldn't explain how the war in Iran is going to help make us more secure and lower the costs that Americans are facing because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

That's what's in front of them.

That's where we started in this interview.

And that's what I think we ought to be focusing on.

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