Fox’s Faulkner Highlights Trump Saying He’d Talk to Hezbollah: ‘The Terrorist Proxy of Iran!’

Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner reported on President Donald Trump’s press conference in the Oval Office on Tuesday following a meeting with the president of Lebanon.

“The president of the United States is making a lot of news with that. He would talk with Hezbollah that is the terrorist proxy of Iran!” she began, highlighting Trump telling reporters he would speak with Hezbollah leadership.

“And he is tightening the noose around Iran right now. You start talking to those neighbors that don’t normally have a lot of conversations, weren’t part of the Abraham Accords, didn’t want to do that, and now suddenly you bring one of them into the White House, the president of Lebanon,” Faulkner continued, adding:

And you start talking about, well, what will it take for us to help you deal with the military separate from your government operating on the southern border of Lebanon, northern border of Israel, and killing people in Israel? I mean, they’re always fighting — Israel and Hezbollah. What does it take to get Lebanon’s military and government leadership to be part of that? A lot of that conversation, and then it went broad and wide. A lot of good questions coming from the media today, and they needed to, because we need to go far and wide at this point.

What is the appetite, I’m wondering, on Capitol Hill to do what might be necessary? And that is full-scale war, to an extent where Iran capitulates again — thank you — if they’ve even really done that. We don’t really know who’s running that country. Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack of the great state of Florida, member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, so good to have you today. Energy is a huge part of this discussion, but let’s talk about what it looks like on Capitol Hill for this president to do what may be necessary. What is the appetite for full-scale war on the Hill that you can see?

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) replied, “Well, good to see you, Harris, and always great to be with you. So, the first part of what you were commenting on — this is a pretty historic moment. This is two decades coming full circle, where we have the Lebanese president sitting down with the president of the United States, having an open dialogue. And I think people need to take a step back and really recognize the gravity of this moment.” She added:

People will say, “What is going on here?” Well, think about this: any time we have an opportunity to undermine a terrorist organization, we should take that opportunity. And that’s exactly what’s happening today, because, as we all know, a sovereign nation can’t have two armies, it can’t have two flags — and that is really what has plagued Lebanon for the last several decades. They have had tremendous struggles with Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy operating within their borders.

And so, as we look to basically kneecap Iran and their terrorist networks, you have to address the proxies that are operating around the globe — Hamas and Hezbollah. So I think you’re seeing a lot of really, really big excitement here on Capitol Hill about the idea that we are actually going to extend an olive branch and say, “Hey, let’s stand with the legitimate government of Lebanon. Let’s continue to undermine all operations of Hezbollah,” which has been responsible for killing Americans — let us not forget that — and is one of the strongest elements that Iran has in their global terror network. So I think that this is a really important day, and people need to understand: this all ties back — all roads lead back to Tehran on this one. And people need to remember that, as it relates to Iran, they export terror like other countries export goods. This is something that we have to finish and see through to the end.

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