Liz Peek joined Larry Kudlow on set alongside Steve Forbes to break down the aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran. While Kudlow and Forbes were bullish that the conflict was essentially over, Peek pushed back a little — warning that Iran might feel emboldened by the ceasefire to think Trump won’t pull the trigger again. She argued Iran has seen countries lose militarily but win politically, and that’s exactly the play Tehran is running now. Her bottom line: have the targets ready, because Iran is going to test us.
On the nuclear question, Peek was blunt. She acknowledged there’s a difference between enriching uranium for commercial power plants and enriching it to 60 or 70 percent — which has exactly one purpose. She said Iran’s demands coming into negotiations are “ludicrous” but predicted they’ll get whittled down, because she doesn’t believe Iran actually wants a continued conflict with a president this willing to act. She was more hawkish than Forbes on what Iran should be allowed to keep — her view was that after 47 years of bad behavior, Iran hasn’t earned the right to even civilian nuclear power.
Peek also weighed in on the domestic political picture, backing Kudlow’s call for another reconciliation bill. She argued Republicans don’t have much to show voters heading into the midterms beyond blocking a tax increase, and they need wins people can actually feel. Voter ID was her top example — popular, achievable, and something the GOP should stop sitting on. She closed by echoing the broader point that Trump cannot afford to look weak on Iran, and that message needs to land in Moscow too.
