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Democrats are pouncing on a line from Trump who said he doesn't think about Americans' financials when negotiating with terrorists. He shouldn't. Politically it opens him up, but he's 100% correct.

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The D-Block on @Newsmax's 'Right Squad' tonight was tailor-made for yours truly as someone on the @NewsBusters team. I broke down the Legion of Stupid gathering on Monday's 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' and brought the receipts

.@JasonRantz on the former acting FBI Director going to CNN to trash Trump... "We should also note he's suing. He was fired for insubordination, it sounds like. And so, he has a financial interest in telling this particular story. We haven't heard anything from the White House at this point, responding because they're in the middle of active litigation. But no, directly, if that was asked, it is inappropriate, and people should not be in positions right now if that's the question that they're asking. At the same time, I also understand the concern coming from this particular white house and President about whether or not he was the target unfairly, unjustly, or illegally from the previous administration. I think they have a very good case to be made. Now, does that mean that they should go into those kinds of questions? No, but I understand where they're coming from."

.@JasonRantz on NYT claiming U.S. intel believes our military has left Iran able to access 30 out of 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz.... "Well, we might get more bombing if they actually do get close to what The New York Times is reporting. I mean, obviously, the White House has pushed back on some of the claims about their capabilities and their access. I think one can reasonably look at how they're acting right now, and they're certainly not using those missile sites at this point. If they do, in fact, have access to it, I think the President doesn't want to get involved more. So, militarily, he's giving them every opportunity. The blockade is, in fact, working. Their economy is weakened. It's going to take some time. And I think that's the one thing that the President, just from a messaging standpoint, is in a really tough spot. He's not going to come out and say, this is going to take six months, or you cannot put that kind of -- you can't -- you cannot put that kind of timeline on any of this because you're basically telling the enemy that all you have to do is wait this out for X amount of time. So politically, that puts him in a tough spot. But as I've said, and I do think that this is bearing out as truth, he's willing to take political hits because he thinks what's happening now, the end goal is the right thing. And I agree that the end goal is the right thing. It is reasonable. And you've made a very good point about whether or not it's worth it -- the pain that the American people are feeling -- we should be having that conversation. It's important to have that conversation. He's taking a stance now. The response is going to be political."

.@JasonRantz responding to the claim there's a double standard on mental fitness between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.... "Well, I don't see it as a different bar. I think people are criticizing it. You're criticizing it. It gets criticized by Republicans and Democrats all the time. I think the concession is that this is just not new. The idea that people now are calling him unhinged. You've always called him unhinged with his tweets. That's not a new story. And I think it is fair -- it is a fair criticism, right, that it's not presidential. I don't think it's particularly presidential. And I wish he wouldn't do it because I think it ends up causing him a lot more headache than he needs. But it's also a case of you can't change that. That is who he is."

.@jasonrantz with a reality check on the threat that Iran poses on CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip: “We've been having this conversation for decades and specifically on what to do with Iran, and the president decided now is the time… Everyone, every president has said, we need to do something. [Trump] took a stand.” Of course Adam Mockler then piped in to defend the Obama Iran deal that flooded the terrorist regime with cash.

.@JasonRantz on Iran's impact on the U.S. economy: "[T]he problem here is when is the right move? When do you actually get involved? When they have nuclear weapons capability? And the answer is, of course, no. So it is a fine line of trying to figure out when you're supposed to get involved. We've been having this conversation for decades, specifically on what to do with Iran, and the President decided now is the time. Now, that could be the wrong political move. And there are consequences economically for that. But we also have to look at the big picture. Everyone, every president has said we need to do something. He took a stance. Yeah. Debate the stance. Totally fair. Debate the results of that. Totally fair." "The stance that [Obama] took, led us to a point where they were this much closer to not just having...more ballistic cover for their nuclear program, but also getting closer to that. That is as a result of that failed plan."

.@JasonRantz on Trump's response to @ReaganReese_'s question about how much he's thinking about the Americans' pocketbooks amid negotiations to end the Iran war... "I don't think it's an admission of anything beyond how you negotiate. You would not give this kind of power to Iran. I think there are two separate issues. You've got the political issue, and I think he made a mistake politically in saying it in that way. But the reality is, when you're negotiating with a terrorist regime, you're not going to tell them, 'I'm hanging on to this one piece so you can exploit it.' Thus, we can't actually get to any kind of resolution. Strategically from purely a standpoint of negotiation, it was a smart move, but he's taking it at a political cost. And I think that also points to him truly believing this, that he's not going to do what's politically right for him right now or for the Republican Party, because what he knows is an actual threat coming from Iran in the long term. And to the point that all the polling seems to indicate that we all kind of understand, Iran can't have access to nuclear weapons, period, ever. And so, he's taking some short-term pain -- he hopes it's short-term -- for some long-term gain."

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@STandMore2022 Bam. Didn’t even see that tab.

@jasonrantz In history tab now

How do we find old posts we liked? I don’t see it listed anymore. Anyone else?

@Stuart_Pickles_ It’s not there anymore.

@jasonrantz Click on your own profile. Then scroll all the way to the right for your liked posts.

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