Navarro says ‘Venezuela derangement syndrome’ fooled Trump into Iran war

CNBC’s Sara Eisen clashed Friday with “The View” co-hosts, arguing that President Donald Trump’s military operation in Iran will keep future generations of Americans safe, but her co-hosts weren’t convinced.

Eisen, who was a guest co-host, argued that it was possible to overthrow Iran.

“This is a strategic opportunity so that our children do not have to face the largest state sponsor of terrorism, which is a nuclear power,” she said.

“When they get nuclear weapons and threaten our ally, Israel, or Eastern Europe, then it’s too late.

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“So, do you feel safer today?” “See,” asked co-host Ana Navarro.

Eisen said she felt safer knowing that America was working to prevent the rise of a potential nuclear threat. Co-host Sara Haines, while sympathetic to his point of view, argued that the past holds lessons that need to be heeded.

Ana Navarro blasted President Trump, saying he made a serious miscalculation in taking military action in Iran. (Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images)

“I agree with all the points you just made. My fear, even though I saw that removing leadership in Iran was a good thing, was how do we get out of it?” she asked. “Because we observed this in Iraq. We observed what happened.”

Haines went on to argue that Iran would not only be a particularly dangerous territory to invade, but also an impossible war due to the succession of Iranian leaders. (The Trump administration has said much of Iran’s leadership was killed in strikes during Operation Epic Fury.)

Sara Eisen attends the Room to Read 2023 New York Gala at Gotham Hall on April 26, 2023, in New York City. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for reading room)

Haines also noted that there is a particularly extreme culture among Iranian leaders, to the point where they “specifically honor death,” to the extent that Iranian regime loyalists believe that martyrdom against the enemy grants eternal reward in the afterlife. According to her, this has no equivalent in America.

When Eisen asserted that Trump was indeed aware that the American public had no desire for another long-term ground war, co-host Sunny Hostin joked, “You think he has a plan or ‘concepts of a plan’?”

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Sara Eisen repeatedly clashed with her co-hosts as she defended President Donald Trump’s administration. (Daniel Zuchnik/Sportico via Getty Images)

“I believe they have more than you give them credit for,” Eisen responded, citing the multiple strategic goals they have outlined.

Navarro then argued that Trump made a serious miscalculation with Iran.

“Frankly, I think Trump is suffering from what a friend of mine called ‘Venezuela derangement syndrome,’ and he thought that getting rid of the regime and finding people to work with in Iran would be as easy as in Venezuela. And it turned out to be a completely different ball of wax,” Navarro said.

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital that Trump had four distinct goals regarding Operation Epic Fury.

“The deranged Trump weirdos on ‘The View’ have no talent and a very low-rated TV show,” Wales said.

“President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury with four distinct objectives: destroy the Iranian regime’s ballistic missiles and production capacity, annihilate the Iranian regime’s navy, end its ability to arm proxies, and ensure that Iran can never obtain nuclear weapons.

“The U.S. military is meeting or exceeding all benchmarks, and the President’s decisive action is quickly eliminating short- and long-term threats to the United States and our allies.”

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