Trump needs to get this 'over with,' and he doesn't have much time: Brit Hume

♪ ♪. >> I THINK WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN TO. DIPLOMACY BUT IT HAS TO BE REAL. IN A DEAL THEY ARE WILLING TO. LIVE BY. >> WHAT WE ARE DOING IS A. DELICATE DIPLOMATIC DANCE WE ARE. USING ECONOMIC LEVERAGE POINTS, CARROTS AND STICKS. TRYING TO TALK TO THE. PRAGMATISTS AND WHEN THEY COMMIT. ACTS OF VIOLENCE WE ARE. RESPONDING TO IT. >> I THINK IF I DIDN'T DO IT THE. WAY I'M DOING THEY WOULD NEVER. MAKE A DEAL. >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER. GOING TO BE A DEAL HERE THAT.

WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO. PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HE'S. OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO TAKE A. BAD DEAL AT ALL. >> Bret: SEVERAL OPINIONS. ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR A. LASTING PEACE WITH IRAN THE. EVENNESS NEW STRIKES ARE. HAPPENING AT THIS HOUR. LET'S GET THIS THOUGHTS FROM. FOX NEWS GG POLITICAL ANALYST. BRIT HUME. AS WE LOOK AT THESE NEW STRIKES. FOR THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE NIGHT. WE CAN TELL YOU JENNIFER GRIFFIN. AT THE PENTAGON REPORTING THAT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WEIGHING IN. THE COMING DAYS WHETHER TO. EXPAND THE WAR AND RETURN TO.

FULL SCALE OPERATIONS. THEY HAVE NOT STRUCK, THE U.S. MILITARY IS NOT CLOSE TO TEHRAN. OR THE NUCLEAR SITES BUT THAT. COULD CHANGE, WE ARE TOLD AND WE. CAN EXPECT MANY MORE INTENSE, EXTENSIVE STRIKES. >> THIS IS ALL ABOUT ONE THING. AND THAT'S A STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS. JACK KEENE HAS POINTED OUT. A NUMBER OF WAYS THE PRESIDENT. CAN PREVAIL AND GET THE STRAIGHT. OPEN, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE THE.

BLOCKADE STARVES IRAN'S ECONOMY. THEY CAN'T SUSTAIN HAVING IT. CLOSED. WHEN THEY SAID THEY CONTROL IT, THEY REALLY DON'T. THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE CONTROLS. THAT HE DOESN'T QUITE BECAUSE IS. NOT YET OPEN TO NORMAL TRAFFIC. AT THE SAME TIME OF COURSE RAIDS. ARE BEING CARRIED OUT FROM THE. AIR BY THE U.S. AND OTHERWISE, IT COULD DEPLETE IRAN'S ASSETS. IT'S USING TO HECTOR THE. SHIPPING IN THE.

STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE. STRAIT OF HORMUZ MIGHT BE IN. EFFECT PRIED OPEN. THE PROBLEM IS THESE THINGS. MIGHT TAKE TIME, THEY MIGHT. RESULT IN CASUALTIES AS WE ARE. SEEING NOW FROM THE ATTACKS ON. OTHER COUNTRIES. I THINK THE IRANIANS ARE BETTING. THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE TIME. IN THE PRESENT IS BETTING HE'S. GOING TO BE ABLE TO RUN THEM OUT. OF MONEY AND OUT OF MILITARY. ASSETS -- WHO KNOWS HOW THIS. WILL TURN OUT TO? POLITICALLY DEMOCRATS ARE. JUMPING ON THIS AHEAD OF THE.

MIDTERMS. CHARACTERIZING THE WAR A CERTAIN. WAY AND GETTING INTO IT A. CERTAIN WAY -- TAKE A LISTEN. >> THERE IS NO PLAN, THERE IS NO. END GAME. THERE IS NO DISCUSSION OF HOW. MUCH IT COSTS. >> DO I HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT. THIS ADMINISTRATION ONE I'VE. SEEN IN HOW THEY HAVE GOTTEN. INTO THIS WAR AND NO PLAN TO GET. US OUT OF THIS WAR? I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE. >> THIS IS A FAR BIGGER JOB. WE WERE DOING A LITTLE JOB. STOPPING THEM FROM HAVING A.

CERTAIN CAPABILITY, NOW WE ARE. JUST ENDING IT. WHAT IS NOT THE SAME THING. WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS WE ARE. ENDING ANY CHANCE THEY COULD. HAVE A NUCLEAR MISSILE. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT. CRITICISM POLITICALLY AND HOW. MUCH WEIGHT IT CARRIES AS WE GET. CLOSER TO NOVEMBER? >> IT POINTS TO SOMETHING THAT'S. PART OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS. FACING, SOME OF THINGS YOU MIGHT. NEED TO DO TO GET THE STRAIT.

OPEN MAY BE MILITARILY FEASIBLE. BUT POLITICALLY THEY ARE VERY. DIFFICULT. WE ARE SEEING SOME CASUALTIES. NOW -- IN MILITARY TERMS THESE. ARE NOT LARGE CASUALTIES BUT. NONETHELESS THEY ARE POLITICALLY. VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY. SENSITIVE MATTERS. AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. IN TODAY'S WAR THE RULES SEEM TO. BE NO GROUND TROOPS BECAUSE THAT. IS OF COURSE ANOTHER SOURCE OF. CASUALTIES. THE PRESIDENT IS IN A TOUGH SPOT.

IN THAT SENSE. HE PROMISED TO KEEP US OUT OF. ENDLESS WARS OR UNSATISFACTORY. WARS AND NOW HE'S IN ONE AND. IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW IT'S GOING TO. END, HE'S VULNERABLE ON THIS. POINT ENDED POLITICAL TERMS HE. DOES NEED TO GET THIS OVER WITH. BUT WHAT.