Fox anchor Martha MacCallum: The media “hope in a way that there are war crimes”
MacCallum: “This discussion, like frenzy, about war crimes and you can almost sense — it seems like they hope in a way that there are war crimes so that they'll have something to work on in the future politically against the president”
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From the April 7, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum
MARTHA MACCALLUM (ANCHOR): With that, we bring in Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume. Brit, great to have you here today. Thank you for joining me. I guess, your thoughts as these hours tick by, and we saw how forceful the president was on all of this yesterday. He certainly kicked up a lot of dust with people who are already accusing him of war crimes. Now it sounds like you have some negotiation at the table as well. What do you think?
BRIT HUME (GUEST): Well, I think this recent news you just mentioned suggests one way this all could go forward, which would be some sign acceptable to the president that Iran wants to make a deal that would allow him to say, OK, well, we will postpone this attack — this attack he has threatened — a little longer. That's one way. Otherwise, I think there's going to be a big attack tonight.
I must say I was struck by Ro Khanna's excitement and fevered claims about this. This might be a good time I think to bear in mind what Salena Zito, our friend and colleague, said all those years ago when Trump was first running, that his supporters took him seriously but not literally. And I think that would be a good way for Americans to look at him now. I don't think he is going to wipe out all vestiges of all Iranian civilization. I think he might hit some targets that are used by both military and civilians. But, so that's kind of where I think we are. I don't think we know what's going to happen.
MACCALLUM: Yep. You know you see it in a lot of the media, this discussion, like frenzy, about war crimes and you can almost sense — it seems like they hope in a way that there are war crimes so that they'll have something to work on in the future politically against the president, rather than hoping for a good outcome for — in all of this.