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Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas appeared on Newsmax’s The Briefing with Ed Henry to discuss ongoing international conflicts involving Iran and Israel, as well as legislative efforts surrounding the reconciliation package currently before the Senate.

During the interview, Senator Marshall addressed reports regarding recent military actions in Iran. He stated, “I think it’s more lies from fake news. But you know, the proof will be in the pudding, and we’ll see what the pictures are in a week or two. I think it would take a year just to remove the rubble to get to where this facility once was. I just can’t imagine. …14 bombs we dropped, these were all a direct strike, the likes of which we’ve never seen. These are 30,000 pounds each – I’m going to bet on the United States Air Force. They know what they’re doing. It was a direct strike. I bet we got our mission done. We’ll wait for the final pictures here.”

Marshall also commented on former President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy and peace negotiations: “President Trump is the most transparent President in history. This morning, we knew exactly where he was. He didn’t have to send an aide to go tell Bibi to knock it off – he told him in front of the whole world, and that’s who President Trump is.

“I think that the regime in Iran is more worried about regime change than they are about nuclear weapons in the future. I think that’s what their big fear is. They’re trying to save face as well. And here’s President Trump offering another olive branch. He wants peace. He cares about the Iranian people who have been tortured and murdered by their government for decades as well. So, I think it’s another master class in negotiations by President Trump.

“Look, we’re tired of the killing. That’s all I can say, we’re tired of the killing here. We’re tired of the killing in Gaza. We’re tired of the killing in Ukraine. President Trump wants to end all that, and when that happens, the economy, the world economy, will improve if we can get all these wars back under control.”

He criticized Democratic responses to recent U.S.-led precision strikes abroad: “And this is what I was talking about earlier, going from Trump obsession to Trump psychosis. And this is what you have, that they are dissociated from truth, from reality. The President has a constitutional duty to protect this nation. Iran was one week away from having a nuclear warhead – they had enough 60% enriched uranium to build 10 atomic bombs. The President had a duty to protect us. That’s what he did.

“You pointed this out early, the hypocrisy of Obama, who did similar things. Clinton did similar things. President Nixon, of course, as well.” Marshall continued: “So, this is psychosis.” He expressed support for former President Trump: “Thank God for President Trump that this is not phasing him...he's going to do the right thing...I even saw some polling recently...90% of Republicans support how President Trump has handled all this – I think he’s growing stronger...The United States is respected more...This is what peace through strength looks like.”

On domestic policy matters concerning Congress’ current reconciliation bill efforts following action by former President Trump on security issues abroad: “Like you said, President Trump’s done his job,” Marshall said.“Now it’s time for us to do our job.This bill is not perfect,but it’s going to preventthe largest tax increasefor hard-working,middle-income familiesin history.It’s goingto build2000 milesof barrier.It’ sgoingto giveus border security fundingfor four years–we’regoingtorunoutoffundingverysoontosecuretheborder.It’ sgoingtogiveourmilitarypayraises,makethemilitarystrongerforthenextfouryearsaswell.

“You know,some things that people aren’t talking about out there that I think are very important…thisisgoingtodefundPlannedParenthood.It’ sgoingtoallowustopurchaseshort-barreledriflesagain.It’ sgoingtogivemoreflexibilitywith529educationplansandwithPellGrantsaswell.…Therearesomanygoodthingsinthis.It’ sgoincreaseyourChildTaxCreditsto$2200–Ifwedon’tdothis,itwouldbe$1 ,000.So ,therearesomanygreatthingsinthisbill .It ’sgonnabearisingtidethatfloatsallboats .It ’sgonnagiveusmoreprosperityandsecurity .We don ’thaveachoice–weneedtogetitdone .”