Sirius XM host Megyn Kelly weighed in on the recent suspension of military action against Iran. She argued during a Tuesday interview that further escalation would have caused unnecessary destruction. President Donald Trump recently announced a two-week pause on planned strikes as diplomatic efforts intensify.
Kelly appeared on the Piers Morgan Uncensored program to discuss the temporary ceasefire. She stated that the American approach to Iran was a long-running misstep that needed to end. The conservative commentator expressed relief that the conflict appears to be winding down.
"The deal sounds very much like surrender on our part, which I’m in favor of," Kelly told Piers Morgan. "Great, this needed to end. Ugly or any other way, it needed to end."
Kelly emphasized her belief that the initial military push was a mistake. "It was folly to begin with. It was folly throughout. It remains folly," she added.
She described the administration's decision not to escalate as a conscious choice to avoid more death. Kelly also offered a blunt assessment of the Iranian resistance. "The Iranians proved to be tough M-effers, and they realized that they had something far more powerful than a nuclear bomb," she noted.
Kelly explained that the regime leveraged its geographical advantage during the standoff. "They had control over the Strait of Hormuz," Kelly added. She claimed that President Trump ignored early warnings from top military advisors regarding this specific threat.
"Trump was warned prior to getting involved in this conflict by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs that they were not likely to collapse easily and that they probably would maintain control of the Strait and could cause a global economic panic," Kelly said. "And he didn’t listen."
She recalled the President's initial public reaction to the military advice. "What he did with the Dan Caine warnings was rush to Truth Social, Trump did, saying, ‘All Dan Caine knows how to do is win. And if I tell him to invade, he’s gonna win,’" Kelly stated. "Well, that’s not really what happened."
Reports had previously suggested that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Dan Caine warned Trump about Tehran’s leverage. The general reportedly cautioned that closing the vital shipping lane could pose severe economic consequences. However, Trump firmly denied that Caine ever warned against the military action.
"Numerous stories from the Fake News Media have been circulating stating that General Daniel Caine, sometimes referred to as Razin, is against us going to War with Iran," Trump wrote online. "The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone, and is 100 percent incorrect."