Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) believes President Donald Trump is getting some bad advice at the worse possible time.
Wicker, who is the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, made a a statement on the situation with Iran on X Wednesday afternoon.
“We are at a moment that will define President Trump’s legacy. His instincts have been to finish the job he started in Iran, but he is being ill advised to pursue a deal that would not be worth the paper it is written on,” Wicker posted. “Our commander-in-chief needs to allow America’s skilled armed forces to finish the destruction of Iran’s conventional military capabilities and reopen the strait.”
“Further pursuit of an agreement with Iran’s Islamist regime risks a perception of weakness. We must finish what we started. It is past time for action,” he added.
On Monday, Trump revealed he called off an attack on Iran at the request of the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
He said on Truth Social “that serious negotiations are now taking place, and that, in their opinion, as Great Leaders and Allies, a Deal will be made, which will be very acceptable to the United States of America, as well as all Countries in the Middle East, and beyond.”
“This Deal will include, importantly, NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS FOR IRAN!” the president posted on Truth Social. “Based on my respect for the above mentioned Leaders, I have instructed Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, The Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Daniel Caine, and The United States Military, that we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow, but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”
Then on Tuesday, he said he was “an hour away” from ordering the attack
“We were all set to go. You’re talking about yesterday? We were going to be striking very– it would have been happening right now,” Trump said. “Yeah, it was all done. The boats, the ships were all loaded. They were all loaded to the brim and we were all set to start,” explained the president.
