Tom Ellsworth
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They look at Trump as crazy as they are.
And that works in that area of the region.
No, I actually think if you look at what happened in Venezuela, right, which from a military standpoint, whether, you know, I argue that, you know, the president doesn't have that ability to do that without coming to Congress, although, yes, it's happened in previous presidencies.
But if you look at the strike itself, it was 100 percent successful, right?
In and out, no boots on the ground, no lives lost, accomplished the mission.
I think that they recognize if they're going to do something, it has to be flawless.
They didn't have the assets in the region.
So they've been moving more and more and more assets in the region.
By the way, we heard from Venezuela.
They were practicing and practicing, right?
All of that stuff is going on now.
They're planning for all sorts of contingencies.
But look, you know, what comes next?
Let's say the regime falls.
What comes next?
Nobody knows.
The idea that we're going to install somebody, I don't think that's going to be accepted.
But that's going to be up to the Iranian people.
I will say one thing.
Right.