Iraq vet agrees with MAGA Megyn Kelly that 'raging' GOP senator is 'bad for US' and Trump

Iraq war veteran and political commentator Paul Reickhoff tore into Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on MS NOW's "Deadline: White House," over his emergence as one of the most strident voices cheerleading a wider war in Iran — and said that Graham's hunger for more war is threatening to send what's left of President Donald Trump's administration careening off track.

"What's interesting to me, Paul ... is, so Trump beats Lindsey Graham in the 2015 Republican primary and sort of sides with the isolationism, which Trump sees before the Republican his opponents in the primary do," said anchor Nicolle Wallace. "And now he's siding with Lindsey Graham on foreign policy. Let me show you the hot war of words between Lindsey Graham and Megyn Kelly."

Wallace put on an extended clip of Graham.

"To our friends in Spain, man, you've lost your way," said Graham. "I don't want to do business with you anymore. I want our bases, our air bases out of Spain into a country that will let us use them. To our Arab friends, I've tried to help you construct a new Mideast. You need to up your game here. I can't go to South Carolina and say we're fighting, and you won't publicly fight. What you're doing behind the scenes, that has to stop. The double-dealing of the Arab world when it comes to this stuff needs to end."

"I will send Lindsey Graham donuts for life if anyone in South Carolina actually walks up to Lindsey Graham and complains about Spain," said Wallace. "But let me read Megyn Kelly's response. Quote, 'When did Lindsey Graham become our president? In the past 24 hours, he — Lindsey Graham — has threatened Lebanon, Cuba, the Saudis, the wider Arab region, and now, -checks notes- Spain. Let's get real. The problem with Lindsey Graham isn't just that he's a homicidal maniac, it's that Donald Trump likes him and is listening to him, and Trump's favorite channel is parading him around like a Hefner bunny in stockings on every show.'"

"I am in the rare position of agreeing with Megyn Kelly," said Reickhoff, a frequent critic of the Trump administration.

"Lindsey Graham is a spectacular, raging, aggressive, violent, hot mess, and he is bad for America," said Reickhoff. "And he's also very bad for Donald Trump. I don't think he's helping. Even Meghan McCain called him out on that this week. I think it's also really important that Steve Bannon also has been aggressive in criticizing, directly to the camera, Donald Trump."

"Look, the American people are not stupid," Reickhoff continued. "They're slow sometimes, right? We saw that on Iraq. We've seen that before, but they're not stupid. And they know when someone's lying to them and they know when someone's changing their position. And he promised people no regime change wars. He promised them no new wars. He promised them no forever wars. So did Tulsi Gabbard and a cacophony of everyone around him. And they know that this is a lie. And I think that that's where I have faith in the American people to push back."

"But I'm also concerned because Donald Trump doesn't care about public opinion," he added. "He continues to go forward. So this is another moment for the Democrats and of course, for the Republicans: what's your strategy to stop him if he doesn't care about public opinion and he keeps going anyway?"

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