Megyn Kelly on Wednesday criticized Iran warhawks who, she says, are trying to pin responsibility for a controversial memorandum of understanding on Vice President JD Vance rather than President Donald Trump. She reacted to Trump’s comments at the end of the 5
In Évian-les-Bains, France, the moment came at the end of the 52nd G7 Summit. President Donald Trump stood before reporters and, with the Palace of Versailles as a backdrop, described signing the Iran deal in front of President and First Lady Macron.
He didn’t just deliver a statement. He offered a joke that landed like a dare.
After Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked whether there was “some element” to the deal process where “you send the vice president” and. if it fails. “it’s the vice president’s fault. ” Trump answered: “I like that idea. sure.” He went on. prompting laughter from the audience. “What?. This way, if it works out, I’m going to take the credit. If it doesn’t work out, I’m blaming JD. You better be careful, JD. He’s going to turn his plane around and get the hell out of here. Yeah, I like that idea.”.
Megyn Kelly, speaking to After Party host Emily Jashinsky on Wednesday’s episode, took that exchange and used it to attack critics who, in her view, are trying to push blame away from Trump and toward Vice President JD Vance over the controversial memorandum of understanding.
Kelly said Trump was joking, but she argued that the political point behind the joke is unavoidable: “Trump knows that the buck stops with him, and everybody on earth knows that the buck stops with him.”
Her frustration sharpened when she turned to the people she says have been aiming their criticism at Vance instead of the president. Kelly called the approach “actually been very amusing” and then escalated her language. attacking critics who. she said. can’t bring themselves to admit what they really think. “They’re p*ssies, sorry. That’s the problem here.”.
She framed the argument around consistency and fear of being seen as contradictory. If there’s a problem with the deal, Kelly said critics should say it outright. Instead. she argued. they are refusing to name their true position because it would make them look inconsistent with how they acted earlier. “They were so like. ‘Get ’em Trump. stick ’em. launch the war. do it. do it.’ And now they’re like. ‘Oh sh*t. we hate this. ’” she said. describing what she believes is a sudden turn from backing a tougher line to rejecting the agreement.
Kelly also pushed back on what she described as a broader pattern of attacking Trump supporters who disagreed with Trump on “this war.” In her telling, the criticism of Vance is tied to that earlier conflict rather than a straightforward evaluation of the memorandum itself.
Then she directly challenged her critics on the heart of the blame game. If they hate the deal. Kelly said they should be willing to say it and. crucially. to blame Trump rather than shelter behind comments about Vance. “They’re so scared to be like. ‘This sucks. we hate it. ’ because they don’t want to look like hypocrites. but we can all see right through it. ” she said. “We totally understand what you are doing. You are not fooling anybody. Have the balls to say. to actually feel. that you hate it. and good luck not blaming it on Trump if you hate it.”.
The exchange, anchored by Trump’s own joke about who gets credit and who gets blamed, turned into a test of political nerve—one Kelly says critics are failing to pass.
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