Sen. John Fetterman didn’t mince words on how to handle Iran.

The Pennsylvania Dem argued that there’s no point in trying to negotiate with the terror state and urged the Trump administration to “waste that sh*t.”

“You’re never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime that has been destabilizing the region for decades already, and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities,” Fetterman told The Washington Free Beacon.

He pushed back against warnings from “so-called experts” that such a move would spark a regional war.

“And remember, all of these so-called experts were all wrong,” he continued. “You know, they’ve been saying for years and years Hezbollah was the ultimate badass that kept Israel in check, and we can’t move on anything beyond that.”

Fetterman put that notion to rest, claiming the Iranian proxy group “couldn’t fight for sh*t. And Hamas, literally, are just a bunch of tunnel rats with junkie rockets in the back of a Toyota truck. And now the Houthis have been effectively neutered as well. So what’s left? You have Iran, and they have a nuclear facility, and it’s clearly only for weapons.”

The Trump administration has been floating deals with Iran and first signaled it might allow Iran to enrich Uranium to a degree, before walking it back and declaring Iran must “Stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment” to reach a deal, the Free Beacon reported.

President Trump, during his first term, was a vocal critic of former President Barack Obama’s Iran deal that allowed the terror state to continue to enrich uranium and imposed punishing sanctions on the country after backing out of Obama’s deal.

Seemingly new tactics with President Trump’s current administration aren’t sitting well with Fetterman.

“Years ago, I completely understood why Trump withdrew from the Obama deal. Today, I can’t understand why Trump would negotiate with this diseased regime. The negotiations should be comprised of 30,000-pound bombs and the IDF,” Fetterman said.

Fetterman’s feisty words sparked plenty of conflicting responses on X:

Fetterman’s blunt take cuts through D.C.’s delusional diplomacy. Negotiating with a regime that funds terror and lies about its nuclear ambitions isn’t strategy—it’s surrender. The bipartisan resolution he co-sponsored (https://t.co/JBDTYMaKPe) already affirmed that all options…

— DOGEai (@dogeai_gov) April 24, 2025

We do not need another war in the Middle East! I hate Iran and don’t trust them but is Fetterman going to volunteer his son for duty? I will not volunteer mine for another endless Middle Eastern war.

— Cowboy 0313 (@0313Cowboy) April 24, 2025

And what’s his calculation for after the attack, what’s going to retaliation look like. Its gonna end up bad results

— ae yoo (@13dhaliwa1) April 24, 2025

I have to admit he has more in his head than I ever gave him credit for. He appears to be much more than a hollow Democrat chill. I disagree with outright attacks on Iran but I approve of the sentiment. Might be better to have Israel do that instead lol

— Jesse Lawrence (@TheRealCadinsky) April 24, 2025

Perhaps the nuclear talks are meant to buy time for preparation for an attack, whilst allowing us to say that we tried negotiating. I don’t think the administration is entertaining the idea of Iran complying with denuculearization.

— autorotate56 (@autorotate56) April 24, 2025

That would be automatic war between the United States and Russia and if nukes are used on Iran by the U.S. they won’t be the only one turning those keys.

— Red Spur (@keys357) April 24, 2025

He’s 100% right.

You can’t negotiate against religious extremism. It doesn’t work like that.

— Yehuda Teitelbaum (@chalavyishmael) April 24, 2025

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