Van Hollen argues Netanyahu found Trump ‘stupid enough’ to drag him into Iran war
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., denounces Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu On Sunday, he dragged President Donald Trump into a war with Iran during an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” as Trump returned from a China summit without a specific commitment from Beijing to help end the conflict.
“The president was dragged into this war. Prime Minister Netanyahu said he has been waiting 40 years for someone in Iran to go to war with him. He found a president stupid enough to do this,” he said. “I blame Donald Trump for that decision, but here we are.”
Van Hollen argued that the United States did not need China to end the war: Trump can stop the war By changing route.
“I don’t think we need China’s support“I think the quickest way to end the war in Iran is to stop digging deeper and deeper holes, and that’s what we need to do right now,” Van Hollen said.
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said on “Meet the Press” that President Donald Trump was “dragged” into war with Iran by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Maryland Democrat says Trump campaigned to avoid new developments wars and cutting costs, but conflict frustrated both promises.
“After all, Donald Trump was the candidate who said he was going to keep us out of wars and focus on lowering prices, and of course he did the exact opposite,” Van Hollen said. “Gas and other prices are going through the roof.”
Asked whether diplomacy could lead to a new nuclear deal with Iran, Van Hollen pointed to the Obama era Joint Comprehensive Action PlanThe agreement signed by Iran, the USA and other world powers in 2015.
“Well, if we had people willing to negotiate, we could get this done, because we got it done when President Obama was in office,” Van Hollen said.
Van Hollen criticized Trump’s handling of the Iran war on Sunday, arguing that the United States does not need China’s help to end the conflict.
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“The JCPOA prevented Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It significantly contained its nuclear enrichment program and had the most intense inspection regime in the world.”
Van Hollen also touched on Trump’s past claim that his administration had already destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment program.
“Just last year, Donald Trump told the country that Iran was dismantling its nuclear enrichment program, dealing with it, and the DNI chief said: Tulsi Gabbard“We stated that they had no evidence that Iran wanted to continue this,” Van Hollen said.
Van Hollen accused Netanyahu of waiting for decades for a US president to go to war with Iran and said Trump was “stupid” enough to do so.
Van Hollen’s criticism came a week later Netanyahu spoke on CBS’ “60 Minutes” program Iran’s nuclear material still had to be removed for the war to end.
Asked how highly enriched uranium should be extracted, Netanyahu said: “Go in and extract it.”
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white house He defended the Iran offensive as a military effort to eliminate an “imminent nuclear threat” and said in June 2025 that Iran’s nuclear facilities had been “destroyed”.
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Original article source: Van Hollen argued that Netanyahu found Trump stupid enough to drag him into the Iran war
