Liz Peek appeared on Fox Business to push back hard on a New York Times piece by veteran White House reporter Peter Baker questioning Trump’s mental fitness. The article cited Trump’s “disjointed” and “profane” statements — including his threat that Iran’s “whole civilization will die” — as evidence of instability. Peek wasn’t buying it. She argued Trump’s over-the-top rhetoric is a deliberate strategic tool, not a sign of cognitive decline, pointing to what she called the “madman theory” of diplomacy.
Peek noted the Iran threat worked exactly as intended — Tehran went to the negotiating table shortly after. She put the tactic in historical context: Nixon used it to pressure North Vietnam, and Eisenhower threatened North Korea with nuclear weapons to break a stalemate in the Korean War. It worked then, too. The pattern is real, and Trump knows it.
She also torched Baker’s sourcing. The New York Times, she said, went to Candace Owens and Alex Jones as its voices of authority on presidential stability. Peek called the piece “hilarious” and “preposterous.” Anyone who watches Trump run a cabinet meeting or field press questions, she argued, can see a president who is sharp, engaged, and deeply in the weeds on policy. The 25th Amendment crowd, in her view, is chasing clicks.
The host noted Peek’s own analysis was quoted in the Baker piece — which is why she was brought on. She got the last word: the calls for a medical exam and removal are a farce, and the people pushing them know it.
