Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo went toe-to-toe with her progressive guest over the ongoing Iran conflict.
She was speaking to Rep. Ro Khanna, D-California, about Operation Epic Fury when the lawmaker made it clear that he was not happy with the way President Donald Trump and his administration were going about things. The segment quickly became tense as Bartiromo pressed him on this stance.
Watch:
“Are you saying that you do not think it’s a good idea to defang Iran from having a nuclear weapon?” she asked, incredulously.
“Absolutely, we should do that, but this is not achieving that,” Khanna responded.
“So, Congressman, how do you expect to do that? What is your plan?” she asked. “What is your plan to ensure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon?”
“Well, this is not doing it, this is putting Iran closer on trajectory of a nuclear weapon because [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei Sr., who we assassinated, actually had a-” the lawmaker replied, as Bartiromo shouted over him.
“That is not true! That is not true! President Obama, President Obama-” she butted in.
“Let me finish, let me finish,” Khanna implored the host.
“Okay, go ahead, go ahead,” she said, backing down for the moment.
Later, they returned to the topic of former President Barack Obama as Bartiromo demanded to know if Khanna preferred his brand of leadership to Trump’s.
“Are you suggesting that Obama’s leadership on Iran was better? Because under President Obama, there were 14 wire transfers to a–, hold on, hold on. There were 14 wire transfers to his Swiss account linked to Hezbollah between 2014 and 2016. That was a total of 1.7 billion dollars. The same 1. 7 billion, he told Congress was frozen Iranian assets. Now there was a back channel to Tehran through Valerie Jarrett, active for 2012 to 2024. This was after he left office, so, you know, he, it was almost like a shadow government. And he also sent pallets of cash in a plane to Iran. Now, why would you send money to Iran knowing that they are building a nuclear weapon and they are the leading sponsor of terrorism?” she demanded of the progressive congressman.
“Barack Obama was a great statesman who left America much safer. I wouldn’t put Donald Trump in the same paragraph. The reality is, when President Obama left, because of the great efforts of people like Valerie Jarrett, we had 97% of the enriched uranium out,” Khanna replied. “The reality is, we didn’t have 13 American service members dead. The reality is, we never had gas go up from $2.30 to $4.00. The reality we did not give China more role in the region. Let me finish, Maria, I let you finish! We didn’t give China more role in the region. We did not give the IRGC a more hardline regime in there. You know why? Because Obama actually did his homework. He actually tried to engage in statesmanship. He had gotten, he got China, Russia, the entire European allies on board with getting Iran on a path to not having a nuclear weapon. All Trump did is listen to Netanyahu. That’s his entire foreign policy. And you know what? I resent the fact that Israel is going to tell the United States what to do. The American president should call the shots in this country.”
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