Megyn Kelly attacks Trump again and warns his Iran invasion will lead to 20 YEARS of Democrat rule

Megyn Kelly warned Donald Trump that the Iran War could hand Democrats victory at the polls for the next two decades.

The host of The Megyn Kelly Show, who endorsed the president ahead of the 2024 election, continued her skepticism toward the conflict Friday, saying it would completely break up the MAGA coalition.

‘We cannot send five to 17,000 troops into Iran and ever win a Republican election again for the next 10 to 20 years,’ she said. 

‘He cannot do that. Everything he built, the entire coalition we were all part of, will be ruined.’ 

Kelly noted that while MAGA remains almost universally behind Trump, he will never run again.  

‘You cannot win an election with just the people describing themselves as MAGA, especially when Trump is not going to be on the ballot in 2028,’ she said.

‘And we’ve seen before that he doesn’t necessarily have the coattails for other people who say they’re like in his mold to get them over the line. You need Republican Party support and independents to win elections, and that is still a golden rule.’

She also criticized the president after recent reports that the new goal of the war is to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  

‘You mean the strait that was open before we began the bombing campaign? It was open. There was no problem with the Strait of Hormuz. It was fine. The reason it’s closed is because we decided to start a war, and this is the only thing these guys can control, and they know it, and they’re doing it rather effectively,’ she said.

Kelly also warned the president against putting troops on the ground in Iran, citing a Reuters poll from several years ago.

‘You know what percentage of the American people support a quote, “major ground invasion” by any standard, five to 17,000 American troops is a major ground invasion? Seven percent of Americans would support a major ground invasion.’

Trump is reportedly considering the deployment of 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give Washington more military options as ​the president seeks peace talks with ‌Tehran. 

The president has repeatedly insisted on a strategy of ‘peace through strength’ in his foreign policy while giving Iran ten additional days before his threat to destroy their energy hubs unless Tehran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. 

The additional troops would likely be sent to a US military base within striking distance of Iran’s Kharg Island. Trump has threatened to seize its energy assets.

Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning told The Wall Street Journal the deployment would likely include infantry and armored vehicles.

Already, around 5,000 Marines and several thousand paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division have been sent to the Middle East to bolster defenses. 

The troops are meant to provide Trump with leverage as his envoys negotiate a peace deal. 

White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said that no decision about the ground troops has been made yet.  

‘All announcements regarding troop deployments will come from the Department of War,’ she said. ‘As we have said, President Trump always has all military options at his disposal.’

One of the possible roles for US forces could be to potentially take over Kharg Island, a key target for the US since the war began a month ago. 

Also known as Forbidden Island, the speck of land 16 miles off the coast of Iran is the Islamic Republic’s main hub for oil exports.

By invading it and seizing control of its terminal, storage tanks and pipeline, the US could shut off the flow of money that supports Tehran’s economy and funds its military. 

Kharg handles 90 percent of Iran’s oil output, up to 1.5 million barrels a day.

The island has a deep water tanker port, an airport and a host of military installations including the Matla ul Fajr radar station.

Despite heavily bombing the island last week, the US Air Force has so far avoided hitting its oil infrastructure.