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Joseph Gedeon in Washington

Pro-Trump commentator snaps and drops F-bomb on CNN when asked to justify Iran war

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Scott Jennings speaks on 9 March 2026 in New York City. Photograph: Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

Scott Jennings, CNN’s most prominent pro-Trump commentator, swore at a fellow panelist on live television on Thursday night after being repeatedly pressed to name a single political concession the US had extracted from its war with Iran – and failing to answer.

The outburst came during NewsNight With Abby Phillip, where Jennings clashed with Adam Mockler, a 23-year-old commentator with the progressive MeidasTouch. When Mockler asked him to name a concrete gain from the conflict, Jennings responded with the party-line response that the conflict had a singular, clear purpose – preventing a theocratic regime from acquiring nuclear weapons – but Mockler shot back that the non-answer was itself an answer.

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