policy intellectual class in washington. wrong about everything. but they seem to be pushing this administration toward a more bellicose posture with iran and then i think toward conflict. military conflict. you don t see any evidence of that at all? am i being crazy. tie see that. i did a conference today with governor jeb bush. my view is that the iran deal, the nuclear deal, keep it, keep it in our pocket. it s not perfect. but then hit hard on iran s support for terrorism. they have seven american prisoners there including a guy named levinson. we should work on yemen, on syria, on weapons of mass destruction. what we don t want is two nuclear powers. tucker: no, we don t. i agree. north korea and iran. president should use some diplomacy. keep the nuclear agreement and work on these other issues. that s my view.
washington. wrong about everything. but they seem to be pushing this administration toward a more bellicose posture with iran and then i think toward conflict. military conflict. you don t see any evidence of that at all?nf am i being crazy? i do see that. i did a conference today with governor jeb bush.. my view is that the iran deal, the nuclear deal, keep it, keep it in our pocket. it s not perfect. but then hit hard on iran s support for terrorism. they have seven american prisoners there including a guy named levinson. we should work on yemen, on syria, on weapons of mass destruction. what we don t want is two nuclear powers. tucker: no, we don t. i agree. north korea and iran. president should use some diplomacy. keep the nuclear agreement and work on these other issues. that s my view. tucker: governor bill richardson thanks for that
anything that s a chess play. but in the context of president trump the man who, you know, we have seen in business he has always taken the most bellicose possible look at his lawsuits, right? the most aggressive, bellicose posture that s led his opponents to back down and he s ultimately quietly settled. i think the stakes are much higher and one of the things that caught my eye in what we were listening to from the president or my ear, he referenced jim mattis statement yesterday. he says in many ways that was stronger and he said the dprk should cease any actions that will lead to the destruction of his regime and his people. if that s what he s listening to that s right up there with as far as you can go on this. frank, i want to bring you in on this idea that i think john articulates well. he has no idea yes he stands. i think that s a good explanation for why there is a war even among his white house
on isis. we have an interest in the destruction of isis. we don t have an interest in participating in the syrian civil war. that s a different kettle of fish. tucker: two we have an interest in ramping up conflict with russia? we just past the sanctions, nobody even made the case why that s good for america. there is a headlong rush toward a more bellicose posture with russia, do we benefit from that? no we don t. russia has been a menace or 300 years for the western world. sometimes it s been an accidental menace and sometimes it s been an irritant. we are unlikely to ever be friends with russia but that doesn t mean where there are not areas where we can reach compromise. i think there are a lot of people who watch the conflict to prepare you for other reasons, perhaps a profit politically, financially i don t know. we don t benefit from that.
we have an interest in the destruction of isis. we don t have an interest in participating in the syrian civil war. that s a different kettle of fish. tucker: two we have an interest in ramping up conflict with russia? we just past the sanctions, nobody even made the case why that s good for america. there is a headlong rush toward a more bellicose posture with russia, do we benefit from that? no we don t. russia has been a menace or 300 years for the western world. sometimes it s been an accidental menace and sometimes it s been an irritant. we are unlikely to ever be friends with russia but that doesn t mean where there are not areas where we can reach compromise. i think there are a lot of people who watch the conflict to prepare you for other reasons, perhaps a profit politically, financially i don t know. we don t benefit from that. tucker: thank you from saying that clearly, i hope