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Trump and Netanyahu have ‘hard feelings’ as GOP debates escalation vs. diplomacy on Iran: Byron York

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Miller, B., & Chase, M. (2026, November 12). Trump and Netanyahu have ‘hard feelings’ as GOP debates escalation vs. diplomacy on Iran: Byron York. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4801921/trump-netanyahu-hard-feelings-gop-debates-iran-byron-york/

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-11-12 · by Britta Miller, Mackenzie Chase

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Byron York reports on the internal debate within the Republican party regarding whether to escalate military action against Iran or pursue a diplomatic solution through continued pressure. The reporting highlights a split between supporters of "major combat operations" to end the conflict and those who believe existing economic sanctions and blockades are successfully forcing Iran to submit. York notes that while there is tension between the perspectives of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, the core of the disagreement centers on whether current non-kinetic measures are sufficient.
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Britta Miller
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“There is a debate between the ‘finish it off’ crowd, who wants more major combat operations for some period of time to finish the conflict, and the ‘let the sanctions, let the blockade work’ crowd, which is saying that the economic measures and military measures the United States has taken are working very, very well on Iran, and they’ll eventually come to heel,” York said Wednesday on Fox Business’s Kudlow.
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Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York highlighted division over whether to escalate military action against Iran or pursue a diplomatic solution. asserted
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“There is a debate between the ‘finish it off’ crowd, who wants more major combat operations for some period of time to finish the conflict, and the ‘let the sanctions, let the blockade work’ crowd, which is saying that the economic measures and military measures the United States has taken are working very, very well on Iran, and they’ll eventually come to heel,” York said Wednesday on Fox Business’s Kudlow. asserted
York → be → Kudlow
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