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Mateo Moreno

A GOP Senator Just Told Trump to Explain the Iran War

US Senator John Kennedy, Republican from Louisiana, speaks with reporters outside the Senate Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) used a Sunday interview on CBS's Face the Nation to urge President Trump to keep his fall message on household costs and to explain the Iran war to the country in a televised address. He also forecast a close midterm contest, 37 days before Election Day, and said the experts will likely get it wrong.

The comments arrive as some Republican candidates begin distancing themselves from the conflict and as fuel prices keep climbing.

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