4-Time National Security Official Makes Grim Prediction After Hearing Trump’s Iran Speech

4-Time National Security Official Makes Grim Prediction After Hearing Trump’s Iran Speech

“If we thought we might hear a deescalatory speech that we’re going to wrap this up in a couple of weeks, I actually heard something quite different,” he said.

Former Trump National Security Adviser Gives Dire Warning After Hearing Trump's Speech

Brett McGurk, who served as White House coordinator for the Middle East under both Trump and Biden, appeared on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins minutes after Trump’s primetime address ended. His reading was not reassuring. “When he laid out the objectives and the plan, I don’t think we heard too much,” McGurk told Collins. “And my takeaway was that we might be in for an escalation of this war.” He had been hoping for something different. “…