Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), on “The Charlie Kirk Show” on Real America’s Voice program, reacts to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire in the “12-Day War” between Israel and Iran.

CHARLIE KIRK, HOST: Senator Mullin, we’ve been saying trust President Trump this whole time. This is historic, no troops on the ground, no regime change, no U.S. force having to go into some permanent quagmire, and no nukes for Iran. Senator Mullen, your reaction? SEN. MARKWAYNE MULLIN (R-OK): Yeah, you know, this is, as the President’s saying, this is a 12-day war. This is exactly what peace through strength looks like. When you’re able to use strength in a decisive way, you’re able to declare what victory looks like before you even use strength, you’re able to also declare the terms of, I wouldn’t say surrender, but the terms of de-escalation. And that’s exactly what took place here. The President positioned himself through deterrence. He had the assets in the area to be able to deliver on what needed to be done. He delivered on those assets precisely. And then he had enough restraint, even when the Ayatollah, which we knew they had to say something, shot back at us. They had enough fear of President Trump and his leadership that they actually gave us a heads up that, hey, this is what we’re going to do. Just understand it’s coming, and then we’re probably in a good spot. And the President immediately responded by saying, appreciate the heads up, appreciate the war is over. And we look forward to hopefully having good relationships with you moving forward. And leave it up to the Iranian people if they want regime change. That’s what leadership looks like when President Trump gets pulled off.

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