Megyn Kelly calls CNN's Scott Jennings a “fool” for parroting Trump official's claim that Iran was planning preemptive strikes
Kelly: “I'm close to this administration in many ways as well, but I don't allow them to use me like a fool”
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The Megyn Kelly Show
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From the March 2, 2026, edition of SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show
MEGYN KELLY (HOST): We saw CNN's Scott Jennings, who's always talking with the administration, parroting this over the weekend, posting on X, quote, "Senior Trump admin officials telling me that credible intel indicated Iran planned preemptive missile strikes against U.S. military targets in the region and against civilian targets as well. Failure to act would have resulted in mass U.S. casualties."
Does that make any sense to you? I mean, stop and think about it for a minute. I'm close to this administration in many ways as well, but I don't allow them to use me like a fool. Does it make any sense to you that Iran was planning preemptive strikes against us and our civilians, knowing full well of the massive military assets we had moved into the region, aircraft carriers, and so on? Obviously, it doesn't.
And sure enough now today, it's all over. I mean, Washington Post, U.S. intel assessments that Iran's forces were unlikely to pose an imminent threat to the U.S. mainland within the next next decade. Okay? Again, the attack came despite U.S. intel assessments that Iran's forces were unlikely to pose an immediate threat to the U.S. mainland within the next decade.