James Carville delivers mic drop history lesson after smoldering Trump attack

According to co-host Joe Scarborough, the president’s refusal to listen to Pentagon experts has cost him dearly.

“You know, not to labor a point here, but everybody knew from 1979 that if you went into Iran, the strait was a problem,” the former GOP lawmaker began.

He continued, “And then you have the United States stumbling into Iran instead of listening to some of the smartest people, not only around now, but also throughout history on military strategy. He listened only to Pete Hegseth, Benjamin Netanyahu and Lindsey Graham –– I mean, really, that's a triumvirate.”

“That's really why we're here,” he elaborated. “As far as the people in his ear saying this is something that needs to be done. And we have reports that there were many close to him, many military leaders saying, ‘Don't listen to these guys. Don't believe these guys. They're making this sound easier than it actually is.’ And yet here we are."

"I mean, we're right now, we we are in a bit of a quagmire as it pertains to the strait, because the Iranians know they can play hardball," he added.

Co-host Jonathan Lemire offered, “Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outlined this could happen. But no, no advocacy was made and that's not necessarily his job. But no one else there did either. And, you know, [Vice President JD] Vance said that he had some reservations, but also made clear, 'Hey, boss, it's your decision. We'll just do it.' And this was a rushed war and it was shortsighted. They thought it was going to be over in days, a couple of weeks at most. And now it is no doubt a bit of a quagmire.”

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"Well, I actually want to pick up on what was already spoken about," Dubke said. "I mean, the job that he had was procuring additional ships for the Navy, building out new ships for the Navy, doing all of those things, which you don't necessarily need. You basically need to have a better understanding of how to procure things, put things together than actually when they go out onto the sea, and our Navy is in need of a serious retread. So I don't really have a problem with that."

"What this looks like more to me is again, and we talked about this a few weeks ago, this is more Hegseth consolidating his power," Dubke added with a heavy sigh. "He doesn't like anyone else in the building to be able to talk to the West Wing to talk to the president other than himself."

Phelan reportedly leveraged his close relationship with Trump to speak directly to him, and national security expert Alex Plitsas agreed that was an unusual arrangement for military officials in a time of war.

"Yeah, I mean, it undermines the chain of command," said Plitsas, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. "I mean, the service secretaries report up to the secretary of war, secretary of defense, who then reports the president, the direct relationship and kind of going around is very unique to the Trump presidency. That is not something that is traditional in any White House, to be honest with you."

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“The fascists weren’t in it for the money, right? And these guys are in it for the money," said Snyder in an interview with Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty. “It’s like, they have fascist moments, but they’re distracted by their desire to die incredibly rich.” He added, “Fascists understood they needed to win wars, right? Whereas these guys don’t. I mean, they like to talk about winning, but they don’t have the wherewithal to think about what it actually means to win a war.”

This comes as Trump's war in Iran has been floundering with no clear objectives or endgame.

Iranian officials have not budged on key issues the United States needs to get out of the situation, and have been swatting aside false claims the president has made to put the war in a better light.

"Despite countless claims of victory from administration leaders such as Trump or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the war on Iran that the president initially said would last no longer than four to six weeks has entered its eighth, with no immediate end in sight," noted the analysis. "After threatening to attack the nation with 'lots of bombs' once the ceasefire ended on Tuesday, Trump chickened out and initiated an indefinite ceasefire until Iranian delegates come together with a 'unified proposal' to end the war. Iranian representatives refused to attend peace talks in Islamabad until the U.S. removed its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz."

Ultimately said Snyder, Trump and his allies "are failed fascists. They want somebody else to do the work of fascism for them — they want to delegate it. Like, they want to do the prancing and the preening part, but they don’t want to do the other part."