Benny Johnson: “We are going to war with Iran. ... Nobody's made the case that this is, like, America-first policy. I'm not in favor of it.”
Johnson: “I think that the cake's been baked”
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From the February 21, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, posted to YouTube
BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): We are going to war with Iran. I mean, I'm just saying it. Like, I've just -- I've been asking. I think they're -- I think that the cake's been baked. I think they're gonna go to war with Iran. Why are they gonna topple the Ayatollah? Is it something that, like, is really that prescient for the American people? I don't think so. Nobody's made the case that this is, like, America-first policy. I'm not in favor of it. But listen, nobody asked me.
So, I'll give you my rationale here really simply. The last time that Trump bombed Iran, his numbers went up. People liked it. His activity with Maduro, right, black bagging Maduro, his numbers went up, like, people liked it, and it sort of reset the table. And it makes him a wartime president, and it sort of, like, solidifies, you know, some special -- very special interests, the interest of Israel, the interest of other nations. They want my might want Iran taken out. Saudi Arabia is one of them. You know, it's not just Israel. There's plenty of Middle East nations that want Iran taken out as well, the Ayatollah's taken out as well. You know, obviously, the Middle East has been at war for a very long time. There's a lot of enemies there. And so, like, this may be Trump making a deal and just, like, getting rid of it. But the — the maps don't lie. OK? It's happening. This is happening.