Fox News chief analyst rips into Trump for getting strung along on major issue

Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume this week tore into President Donald Trump over the spiraling negotiations with Iran, saying it is clear that his administration is "being jerked around by an Iranian regime" like every other administration of the past.

Hume made an appearance on the Monday episode of Special Edition, where host Bret Baier pressed him about the current situation surrounding Iran and its unsteady ceasefire deal with the U.S. Despite being heavily touted by Trump and his allies, the deal seems to be ever on the verge of collapse, with the U.S. firing on Iran after it attacked a ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which it claimed was using an unauthorized path.

Baier shared an X post from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in which he asserted that Iran would follow its parts of the deal if the U.S. did the same, and accused the Trump administration of "unreasonable saber-rattling and baseless threats." Hume said that it remains uncertain whether Pezeshkian, who does not appear to be in control of all the parties involved in Iran's side of the negotiations, would respect a deal that was agreed upon, arguing that Iran is "absolutely notorious for going back on deals, violating ceasefires, violating memoranda of understanding"

"And of course, there's the question of whether they have any control over the Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is independent to a great extent of the broader government," Hume said. "It’s hard to resist the conclusion that the President of the United States is being jerked around by an Iranian regime in much the same way that previous administrations have been jerked around."

Hume is long-tenured veteran at Fox News, previously hosting Special Edition until 2008, and remains one of the voices on the conservative network willing to take Trump and his coalition to task for their failures. In April, he warned the GOP that, if elections were held then instead of November, it would have been almost certain that the party would lose badly.

“I think people are concerned about the economy, and the Republicans are likely to pay a price for that,” Hume said. “There’s some hope among Republicans that if we get a successful outcome of this war in Iran, or above Iran actually, that the gasoline prices and other prices will come down, people will feel better about the economy, that [President Donald Trump's] program will bring about some strengthening growth, that some of the measures he’s taken in terms of taxes and regulation will pay off, and that they’ll have a chance of doing well in the midterms.”

He added: "I think the House is a long shot for [Republicans] because the margin is so tiny and historical precedent is so strong that the in-party loses in the midterm in a new president’s first term. I think if the election were held today give how we’re in the middle of this conflict that the House would be obviously gone and a chance that the Senate would go, too.”