Shawn Ryan
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Your proxies will not attack us.
You will stop attacking us.
the Gulf countries, otherwise this will continue.
But at this point, they know we're pretty serious about using force.
I think we have to show them now that we're serious about using diplomacy and getting to the table.
Every day that goes by, less and less.
Right now, again, look, I know you're frustrated with President Trump.
I know probably a lot of your viewers are frustrated with President Trump.
I think if President Trump sits and thinks about where we are and how we got here, I think he'll understand that we're in a bad spot and we need to get out of it.
And in order to get out of it, he needs to take drastic action.
Now, that's where the good news is, and this is what gives me some hope.
President Trump is good at taking drastic action.
He is decisive, he is unpredictable, but in terms of doing big things, that's the story of President Trump's life.
He can do it.
So I think other presidents in this situation, they wouldn't be able to rapidly extricate us from this.
I think Trump can.
He needs to listen to his core beliefs and he needs to listen to different advisors
and he needs to have the courage to restrain the Israelis, then I think he can do it.
It gets harder and harder every day that goes on, though.
If he's got this five-day window that he's created for himself, he needs to use it and he needs to pursue it aggressively.