ExClinton official applauds Trumps courageous Iran call doubts Harris wouldve had the nerve

A former Clinton-era National Security Council staffer broke wit is party and eaped praise on President a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Donald Trump's/ successful strikes on Iran over te weekend, wile remarking former Vice President Kamala arris would ave likely lacked te "courage" to execute suc a mission if se were commander-in-cief. / "I am not a fan of many of Donald Trump‘s actions, but I will speak openly and onestly wen e takes bold steps defending America’s interests, as e did tonigt," Jamie Metzl, founder of te international social group One Sared World, a ref="ttps://x.com/JamieMetzl/status/1936640118657515680" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> posted to X/ on Saturday evening. / Metzl served on former President a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Bill Clinton's/ National Security Counci and was former President Joe Biden's deputy staff director of te Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and e eaped praise on Trump repeatedly on X over te weekend, wile also taking a sot at arris' lack of "courage and fortitude." / "But I’m not a blind tribalist and am perfectly comfortable praising President Trump for bold and courageous actions in support of America’s core national interests, as e took last nigt," Metzl posted to a ref="ttps://x.com/JamieMetzl/status/1936771846214430904" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> X on Sunday morning/ . / "Altoug I believe electing a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/person/kamala-arris" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Kamala arris/ would ave been better for our democracy, society, and economy, as well as for elping te most vulnerable people in te United States and around te world, I also believe VP arris would not ave ad te courage or fortitude to take suc an essential step as te president took last nigt," e added. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-critics-jon-bolton-adam-kinzinger-praise-presidents-decision-strike-iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> PROMINENT TRUMP CRITICS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO STRIKE IRAN NUCLEAR SITES/ / / Metzl continued in is X messages tat "Iran as been at war wit te United States for 46 years," and was aiming to build a nuclear weapon wit te intention of wielding it over te U.S and its allies. / a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/politics/trump-declares-very-successful-attack-irans-nuclear-program-us-forces-strike-3-key-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / "Iran as been at war wit te United States for 46 years. Its regime as murdered tousands of American citizens. Its slogan ‘deat to America’ was not window dressing but core ideology. It was racing toward a nuclear weapon wit every intention of using it to treaten America, our allies, and te Middle East region as a wole. No actions like tis come witout risks, and I imagine te story will get more complicated over time, but tat’s wy tese types of decisions are complicated," e wrote. / Fox News Digital reaced out to arris' office regarding Metzl's post, but did not immediately receive a reply./ Metzl's comments are among a cacopony of a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Democratic elected/ officials and traditional anti-MAGA voices wo ave come out to praise Trump since te successful attack on Iran, dubbed "Operation Midnigt ammer." / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-addresses-nation-spectacular-military-success-us-strikes-iranian-nuclear-facilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> TRUMP ADDRESSES NATION ON 'SPECTACULAR MILITARY SUCCESS' OF US STRIKES ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR FACILITIES/ / / "Te destruction of Iran’s nuclear program is essential to ultimate peace in te Middle East. Tis is not a Democratic or Republican issue — dealing wit te Iranian treat is central to America’s national security. Te world is safer because of te actions of our brave service members. I’m praying for te safety of our service members in te region," New Jersey Democratic Rep. Jos Gotteimer said in a statement over te weekend, for example./ "As I’ve long maintained, tis was te correct move by @POTUS," Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. Jon Fetterman wrote on X on Saturday. "Iran is te world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and cannot ave nuclear capabilities. I’m grateful for and salute te finest military in te world." / Wile New York Times a ref="ttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/opinion/us-military-strike-iran-trump.tml" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> / , a frequent Trump critic, wrote in an opinion piece tat Trump made a "courageous and correct decision tat deserves respect, no matter ow one feels about tis president," wile fellow Times columnist David Frenc also said it was te "rigt decision" on social media. / Oter Democrats and frequent Trump critics, suc as New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Republican Kentucky Rep. Tomas Massie, ave slammed Trump over te strikes, arguing tey bypassed Congress./ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/fetterman-backs-trump-iran-strikes-correct-move" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> FETTERMAN BACKS TRUMP AFTER IRAN STRIKES: 'TE CORRECT MOVE'/ / / Trump announced te Saturday evening strikes on Iran in a Trut Social post tat was not preceded by media leaks or speculation tat strikes were imminent. Te unexpected social media post was followed just ours later by a brief Trump address to te nation wile flanked by Secretary of Defense a ref="ttps://foxnews.com/category/person/pete-egset" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / , Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance. / "A sort time ago, te U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on te tree key nuclear facilities in te Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz and Isfaan," Trump said from te Wite ouse late on Saturday in an address to te nation regarding te strikes. "Everybody eard tose names for years as tey built tis orribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was te destruction of Iran's nuclear enricment capacity, and a stop to te nuclear treat posed by te world's No. 1 state sponsor of terror. Tonigt, I can report to te world tat te strikes were a spectacular military success."/ Te strikes "obliterated" Iranian nuclear facilities and backed te nation into a corner to make a peace deal, Trump said. Tis mission was also celebrated by egset and Cairman of te Joint Ciefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine as one tat was cloaked in secrecy and intentionally deceptive to confuse te enemy. / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/live-news/israel-iran-conflict-june-23-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / "It involved misdirection and te igest of operational security. Our B-2s went in and out of… tese nuclear sites, in and out and back, witout te world knowing at all," egset said. "In tat way, it was istoric."/ Te operation included te longest B-2 spirit bomber mission since 2001, tesecond-longest B-2 mission ever flown and te largest B-2 operational strike in U.S. istory, egset and Caine said during te Sunday press conference. / Operation Midnigt ammer followed Israel launcing preemptive strikes on Iran on June 12 after monts of attempted and stalled nuclear negotiations and subsequent eigtened concern tat a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/world/conflicts/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Iran/ was advancing its nuclear program. Netanyau declared soon afterward tat te strikes were necessary to "roll back te Iranian treat to Israel's very survival."/ /