Peter Doocy: Trump is putting escalation on hold

. PETER: SENATE MAJORITY WHIP JOHN. BARRASSO JOINS US NOW. SENATOR, WE ARE GOING TOTO GET O. THE BUDGET BILL. BUT FIRST, THE BIG NEWS TODAY, THE IRAN WAR IS NOT ABOUT TO. HEAT UP ACCORDING TO "THE NEW. YORK TIMES.". THE PRESIDENT IS PUTTING ON HOLD. PLANS TO SHARPLY S CALCULATE. AMERICAN MILITARY ASSAULT. AGAINST IRAN. THE THREAT TO INTERCEPT OUR. STOCKPILES IS ONE OF THE MANY.

CONSIDERATIONS A THAT HAVE MADE. A RETURN. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS, SENATOR? >> WELL, THE PRESIDENT IS. FOCUSED ON TWO THINGS, AMERICAN. SAFETY AND, OF COURSE, AFFORDABILITY. AND AND IRAN IS KEY TO THIS. BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. IRAN NEVER GETS A NUCLEAR. WEAPON, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. THAT THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ ARE. OPEN SO OIL CAN FLOW. WITH THE PRODUCTION OF OIL THAT. WE HAVE NOW IN THE UNITED. STATES, KEEPING THE STRAITS OPEN. WILL KEEP ENERGY PRICES DOWN. LONG TERM IN THE UNITED STATES. IRAN'S BEEN AT WAR WITH US FOR. OVER 50 YEARS.

THE KILLING CONTINUES AND, SADLY, WE LOST FOUR MORE SERVICE. MEMBERS THIS PAST WEEK, AND OUR. HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. THE PRESIDENT'S GOING TO. CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE FROM A. POSITION OF STRENGTH. BUT RIGHT NOW THE DEMOCRATS IN. THE HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE ARE. TRYING T TO TIE THE PRESIDENT'S. HANDS. THEY ARE VOTING AGAINST FUNDING. FOR THE TROOPS, AGAINST THE. WEAPONS THAT THE TROOPS NEED, AND IT'S DISGRACEFUL WHAT THE. DEMOCRATS ARE DOING NOW AT A. TIME WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE. THAT THAT OUR TROOPS ARE FULLY. FUNDED AND HAVE THE RESOURCES.

THEY NEED TO BE THE GREATEST. FIGHTING FORCE ON EARTH. PETER: AND IT'S DEFINITELY. SURPRISING WHAT YOU'RE TALKING. ABOUT, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. DURING A WARTIME, THAT WE ARE. ACTIVELY STRIKING AN ADVERSARY. AND THE FUNDING IS GETTING HELD. UP. THE PRESIDENT THOUGH, HE DOES. HAVE, HE DOES HAVE THIS, THIS. OTHER TOP PRIOR I THINK, AND IT. WAS WHAT -- PRIORITY. IT WAS WHAT HE WAS POSTING ABOUT. OVERNIGHT. HE SAYS THE SAVE AMERICA ACT. NEEDS TO GET PASSED BEFORE YOU. GUYS LEAVE FOR AUGUST RECESS.

HE ALSO WANTS YOU TO TERMINATE. THE FILIBUSTER. IS ANY OF THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? BEFORE THE RECESS? >> I WANT TO GET AS MUCH OF THE. SAVE AMERICA ACT PASSED AS WE. POSSIBLY CAN. I AGREE WITH THE PRESIDENT, AS. DO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BE AN. AMERICAN CITIZEN TO REGISTER TO. VOTE. YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SHOW A PHOTO. ID IN ORDER TO VOTE. THE PRESIDENT AND I TALKED ABOUT. THIS AND AGREED EARLIER THIS. WEEK, AND THERE IS A NEW URGENCY.

BECAUSE OF WHAT WE SAW HAPPENING. IN NEW JERSEY. IN NEW JERSEY OVER 6,000. NONRESIDENTS WERE -- NONCITIZENS. WERE REGISTERED TO VOTE, AND. MANYNY OF THEM DID. AND IT WAS BECAUSE IN NEW JERSEY. THEY GIVE DRIVER'S LICENSES TO. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEN. AUTOMATICALLY THEY GET. REGISTERED TO VOTE IF YOU GET A. DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS. SHE'S SHOCK. WELL, HE SHOULDN'T. YOU LET 10 MILLION ILLEGAL. IMMIGRANTS INTO THE COUNTRY, YOU. TO GIVE THEM DRIVER'S LICENSES, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.

AND IT IS PART OF THE DEMOCRAT. MANIFESTO THAT WANTS ALL THESE. PEOPLE TO BECOME CITIZENS AND. HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE. IT'S WHY NOT A SINGLE DEMOCRAT. IN THE SENATE HAS VOTED WITH. REPUBLICANS FOR THE SAVE AMERICA. ACT. BUT COMMON SENSE PEOPLE IN. WYOMING WANT IT PASSED, E WANT. IT PASSED, AND WE'RE WORKING TO. GET AS MUCH OF IT DONE AS. POSSIBLE. PETER: AND IN THE CONTEXT OF. GETTING THIS SAVE AMERICA ACT. PASSED, THIS IS SOME RARE. REPUBLICAN-ON-REPUBLICAN DRAMA. HAPPENING. THE PRESS SECRETARY WENT TO THEE. PODIUM THIS THURSDAY VERY.

CRITICAL OF THE SENATE MAJORITY. LEADER WHO THEN RESPONDED. WE HAVE THE BITES. >> LOOK, THE PRESIDENT SPOKE. ABOUT THIS DIRECTLY YESTERDAY. HIS PATIENCE IS RUNNING OUT. HE WANTS TO SEE AS MUCH OF THE. SAVE AMERICA ACT PASSED AS. POSSIBLE BY THE AUGUST R RECESS. HE KNOWS THAT'S WHAT THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT TO SEE. PASSED. PETER: AND I BELIEVE THAT WE. HAVE A BITE OF JOHN THUNE THAT. IS A ATTACHED TO THIS. HE RESPONDED A FEW MINUTES. LATER.

>> MAYBE SHE OR MINUTE ELSE. OUGHT TO GET ON THE PHONE AND. GET THE VOTES -- SOMEBODY ELSE. RIGHT? IT'S 50 AROUND HERE. PETER: SOME FINGER POINTING. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE, WHICH. PROBABLY MAKES IT HARDER. WHO WAS RIGHT HERE, DONALD TRUMP. OR JOHN THUNE? >> WELL, THE REPUBLICANS ARE ALL. UNITED ON FIGHTING THE DEMOCRATS. WHO HAVE GONE ABSOLUTELY OFF THE. CLIFF WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT. WHO'S DRIVING THEIR PARTY.

WE'RE UNITED IN KEEPING. AMERICANS SAFE AND MAKING THINGS. MORE AFFORDABLE. BUT LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE. THE DEMOCRATS ARE HEADING IN. THIS COUNTRY, AND I KNOW YOU. HAVE MIKE ROGERS ON NEXT, A. REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN MICHIGAN. WHO I SUPPORT. WE ARE RUNNING AGAINST PEOPLE. WHO REALLY HATE AMERICA, WHO. WANT TO DESTROY AMERICA. THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRAT PARTY. IS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE A MANIFESTO, AND THEIR. MANIFESTO IS TO OPEN THE. BORDERS, TO OPEN THE PRISONS, TO. PUT ILLEGAL ILL IM-- IMMIGRANT.

CRIMINALS INTO OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE THE. POLICE AND THE MILITARY. THEY WANT EVERY ILLEGAL. IMMIGRANT TO BE A CITIZEN AND TO. VOTE. THEY'RE TALKING G ABOUT. CONFISCATING PERM AND PRIVATE. BUSINESSES AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES WHO. WON A PRIMARY IN A LIBERAL AREA. IN NEW YORK CITY SAID SHE DIDN'T. HAVE A NAPKIN, SO SHE WIPES HER. HANDS ON THE AMERICAN FLAG. THESE PEOPLE ARE RADICAL, DANGEROUS, EXTREME, SCARY. IT'S NOT WHAT THE AMERICAN. PEOPLE WANT, DESERVE OR DEMAND.

AND THAT'S WHY REPUBLICANS ARE. GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY UNITED. FOR FREEDOM, FOR LIBERTY, FOR. AMERICAN GREATNESS AND CONTINUE. AND ABSOLUTELY, THAT THAT. INVOLVES PASSING AS MUCH OF THE. SAVE AMERICA ACT AS WE POSSIBLY. CAN. PETER: SOME OF THE DEMOCRATIC. SOCIALIST PLATFORM SOUNDS PRETTY. EXTREME. THEY ACTUALLY JUST SAID ON "FOX. NEWS SUNDAY" THEY ALSO WANT TO. ABOLISH THE SENATE, ABOLISH. I.C.E., DEFUND THE PENTAGON, ABOLISH PRISONS. THE MAKEUP OF THE SENATE COULD.

CHANGE A LOT ARE IN JANUARY IF. ANY OF THESE DEMOCRATIC. SOCIALIST CANDIDATES GET IN. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU GUYS SPEND. TALKING ABOUT THIS BEHIND CLOSED. DOORS AT THE SENATE REPUBLICAN. LUNCH IN. >> WE TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT. IT'S THAT WE STOP THESE RADICALS. FROM TAKING OVOVER THE COUNTRY, AND WE WIN ELECTIONS ALL AROUND. THE COUNTRY. AND IT STARTS IN MAINE, BUT, YOU. KNOW, WITH SUSAN COLLINS WHO. THEY PULLED DOWN ONE NOMINEE WHO. WAS A SOCIALIST, WAY OUT THERE,

BUT THEY REPLACED HIM YESTERDAY. WITH SOMEONE EQUALLY AS BAD. WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH SUSAN. COLLINS IN THE SENATE. YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO ALASKA, DAN SULLIVAN, A TREMENDOUS. MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES. SENATE, WORKED VERY HARD FOR THE. PEOPLE OF ALASKA AND THE COUNTRY. , HAS A MILITARY. BACKGROUND, AND THE DEMOCRATS. GOT SOMEBODY WITH THE9 SAME NAME. TO GET HIM ONTO THE BALLOT TO. CONFUSE THE VOTERS IN AN EFFORT. TO TAKE THAT ELECTION THE OTHER. WAY. [LAUGHTER]. THIS IS A CRITICAL ELECTION, IT'S A TURNING POINT IN OUR.

COUNTRY. WE KNOW9 WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE. GOING TO DO IF THEY GET IN. CHARGE, THEY TALK ABOUT IT. THEY TALK ABOUT FOUR NEW MEMBERS. OF THE SUPREME COURT. THEY'RE GOINING TO BE YOUNG, THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIBERAL. THEY'RE GOING TO DENY THE LAW, DEFY THE CONSTITUTION. THAT'S WHAT THE DEMOCRATS WANT. THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT TWO NEW. STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. AND PUERTO RICO, WITH FOUR NEW. SENATORS. BUT NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT. THESE DEMOCRATS WANT TO GET RID. OF THE UNITED STATESES SENATE. IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT A. PRESIDENT APPOINTED BY THE HOUSE. OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO THESE PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS,

AS I SAY. IT'S SCARY. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE REPUBLICANS. HOLD THE HOUSE, HOLD THE SENATE. SO PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN CONTINUE. TO FOCUS ON AMERICICANS' SAFETY, AFFORDABILITY AND CONTINUE TO. MAKE AMERICA THE GREATEST. COUNTRY IN THE HISTORY OF THIS. NATION. PETER: AND IT IS KIND TO OF A. HEAD SCRATCHER THAT YOU WOULD. RUN FOR THE SENATE ON A PLATFORM. OF ABOLISHING THE SENATE. I DIGRESS. SENATOR JOHN BARRASSO, A LOT OF. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE YOU AND I. HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, AND IT. WAS TUESDAY, THE 21ST, SO HAPPY.

BELATED BIRTHDAY AND THANK YOU. FOR BEING HERE. >>.