Is Taking On Iran 'America First?' | Will Cain Country
What does the escalation and imaginable American engagement successful the Iran/Israel struggle mean for 'America First?' Will Cain says the reply depends connected 2 cardinal questions: Does it assistance us, and what's the outgo to America?
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One-time UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland made his stance wide connected the conception of America joining Israel successful a war against Iran connected Tuesday.
The 34-year-old combatant sent a station connected X, successful effect to a station from President Donald Trump, urging the commandant successful main not to impact the U.S. successful the ongoing conflict. Trump's station boasted astir the U.S. subject taking "complete and full power implicit the skies of Iran."
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"America doesn't privation to beryllium progressive successful Israel's war...... This is not our war. We don't privation it. You were elected by the people. Listen to the radical who elected you. WE DO NOT WANT THIS!!!!" Strickland wrote successful effect to Trump.
Strickland has antecedently expressed enactment for Trump, and the president has occasionally been successful attendance to ticker Strickland combat successful the Octagon astatine past events.
Strickland adjacent publically declared his enactment for Trump aft a triumph implicit Paulo Costa astatine UFC 302 successful June 2024.
However, Strickland has besides been vocal successful his stance that helium does not privation Trump to broadside with Israel astatine the outgo of American interest.
In a Feb. 10 X post, Strickland adjacent suggested helium would commencement waiving a Palestinian emblem amid reports of a woody for Trump to merchantability $8 cardinal worthy of arms to Israel.
"Man if Trump keeps this bs up I'm astir to commencement waving a Palestinian flag.. American cities are shitholes and you wanna spell walk billions connected this dumpster fire.. Did we marque a mistake?! This ain't America first.." Strickland wrote.
Sean Strickland (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Another nonrecreational jock has besides spoken up astir their stance successful not supporting Trump joining Israel successful a warfare against Iran.
Former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Zack Cozart, who has besides been a staunch Trump protagonist successful the past, expressed a akin sentiment to Strickland successful an X station connected Monday.
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"If Trump gets america successful a war, I volition nary longer enactment him, and I’m definite astir of you cognize I emotion Trump," Cozart wrote.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during an overnight flight backmost to Washington that helium was looking to execute thing amended than a ceasefire and would conscionable with advisers successful the Situation Room aboriginal Tuesday.
"We're looking astatine amended than a cease-fire," Trump said. "We're not looking for a cease-fire. I didn't accidental that I was looking for a cease-fire."
Trump earlier denied reports that helium was rushing backmost to Washington to enactment connected a ceasefire, saying connected his Truth Social level that "it surely has thing to bash with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that."
Trump besides issued an ominous informing connected the level Monday evening, penning that "IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON" and "Everyone should instantly evacuate Tehran!"
When reporters aboard Air Force One asked astir his telephone for the residents of Tehran to evacuate, Trump said determination was nary threat, but "there’s a batch of atrocious things happening, and I deliberation it’s safer for them to evacuate."
When Trump was asked again if the U.S. getting progressive militarily would guarantee a extremity of Iran’s atomic program, Trump said, "I anticipation their programme is going to beryllium wiped retired agelong earlier that. They’re not going to person a atomic weapon."
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Trump said helium whitethorn see sending Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff to conscionable with the Iranians.
"It depends connected what happens erstwhile I get back," Trump said of the Israel-Iran conflict, telling reporters that "nobody’s slowed up truthful far."
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