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‘Trump Was Warned’: Megyn Kelly Tells Piers Morgan Why ‘Iranians Proved To Be Tough M-Effers’

Megyn Kelly Tells Piers Morgan Why 'Iranians Proved To Be Tough M'Effers' (Screenshot/YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored)

Sirius XM’s Megyn Kelly said Tuesday that Iranians proved themselves “tough M-Fers,” arguing that military escalation would have caused unnecessary destruction.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will suspend planned U.S. military action against Iran for two weeks as diplomatic efforts intensify and both sides work toward a temporary cease‑fire. Appearing on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Kelly weighed in on the ceasefire and said the U.S. approach to Iran was a long-running misstep that needed to end.

“The deal sounds very much like surrender on our part, which I’m in favor of. Great, this needed to end. Ugly or any other way, it needed to end. It was folly to begin with. It was folly throughout. It remains folly,” Kelly told Piers Morgan.

Kelly described the U.S. decision not to escalate militarily as a conscious choice to avoid more death and destruction.

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“The Iranians proved to be tough M-effers, and they realized that they had something far more powerful than a nuclear bomb. They had control over the Strait of Hormuz,” Kelly added.

Kelly said Trump ignored warnings from top military advisors that Iran would not collapse easily and could disrupt the Strait of Hormuz.

“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. 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.’ Well, that’s not really what happened.”

A top U.S. general reportedly warned Trump about Iran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz before the conflict escalated. Reports said that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine told Trump that Tehran’s leverage over the vital shipping lane could pose severe strategic and economic consequences if war broke out.

Trump denied that Caine warned him that military action in Iran could carry significant risks or draw the U.S. into a prolonged Middle East conflict.

“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. The story does not attribute this vast wealth of knowledge to anyone, and is 100 percent incorrect,” Trump wrote.

(Featured Image Media Credit: Screenshot/YouTube/Piers Morgan Uncensored)