John Fetterman’s surprising three words of advice for Trump when it comes to Iran

Sen. John Fetterman is loudly advocating for President Donald Trump to cut off nuclear negotiations with Iran and get to dropping bombs on the country instead. 

‘Waste that s***,’ the Democrat and staunch Israel ally told the Washington Free Beacon on Wednesday, referring to Tehran’s nuclear facilities.  

The towering Pennsylvanian went on to eviscerate those who would oppose the plan on grounds it could lead to a wider conflict. 

‘You know, they’ve been saying for years and years Hezbollah was the ultimate bada** that kept Israel in check, and we can’t move on anything beyond that,’ he told the outlet. 

‘All of these so-called experts were all wrong,’ he said. 

Fetterman, 55, believes much of the instability in the Middle East can be attributed to Iran’s many proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis, and as these forces have proved to be less formidable than expected, now is the time to strike. 

Hezbollah ‘couldn’t fight for s***,’ he said. ‘And Hamas, literally, are just a bunch of tunnel rats with junkie rockets in the back of a Toyota truck.’

‘And now the Houthis have been effectively neutered as well. So what’s left? You have Iran, and they have a nuclear facility, and it’s clearly only for weapons.’

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., suggested this week that Trump bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities and ‘Waste that s***’

Trump has said that he would strike Iran if a deal is not reached on their nuclear program

Employees work inside a nuclear facility in Isfahan, Iran, March 30, 2005

The Trump administration has been working to negotiate restrictions on Iran’s nuclear programs. 

Initially, the White House called for the complete wind down of the program, but Iran has been reluctant despite Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that Iran must stop enriching uranium for any deal to be reached, though a senior Iranian official admitted ‘zero enrichment is unacceptable.’

However, the president is wanting to strike a deal with the nation he has had a frosty relationship with, saying earlier this year, ‘I think everybody agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious.’

‘If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,’ the commander-in-chief said last month. ‘It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.’

The president also said: ‘There’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago.’ 

Fetterman, a friend of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prefers the former.

Military personnel stand guard at a nuclear facility in the Zardanjan area of Isfahan, Iran, April 19, 2024

A satellite image shows Khojir rocket motor casting facility, in an aftermath what an American researcher said was an Israeli airstrike hitting a building that was part of Iran’s defunct nuclear weapons development program, near Teheran, Iran October 26, 2024

‘You’re never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities,’ he said. 

Since Trump made his not-so-veiled threats to bomb Iran should they not come to an agreement, the president’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has made trips to meet with Iranian leaders to hash out a deal. 

Over the weekend reportedly Witkoff met face-to-face in Rome where Omani intermediaries helped advance negotiations between the two. 

It was the second major meeting on the matter, and a third session has been planned for later this week in the Omani capital Muscat. 

The advancing conversations appear to be a sign that the White House is settled on a diplomatic approach rather than a military strike, at least for now. 

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