It unfolds quietly behind the scenes through President Donald Trump’s policy secretary candidate Elbridge Colby.

Colby, who? Provided by During the first Trump administration, the Department of Defense (DOD) was a stubborn advocate for the US president’s first foreign policy goals, but some of the Republican establishments were because he was not wary enough. Apparently working against his nomination towards Iran for their preferences.

“There’s no Gunnart’s whiskers between Bridge Colby’s worldview and President Trump,” former Secretary of Defense Morgan Murphy told the Daily Caller. “The heartburn over his appointment comes from DC Blob’s refusal to abandon the neocon smolgas board of unchecked military spending and endless power.”

Republican Minnesota Sen. Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is Roll Call The Senate has concerns about some of Colby’s views where there are less takis towards foreign enemies than Republican property.

“That’s a concern for many senators,” Wicker said. (Related: National Security Advisor Mike Waltz knocks down “Breathless Exchange” over Trump Defense nominated Elbridge Colby)

Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton is reportedly opposed to Colby’s nomination. A sauce that is close to cotton said Breitbart News The cotton is discussing his policy concerns with the White House.

A source with knowledge of the situation told the speaker that despite Cotton’s publicly quiet about his opposition, Cotton is “trying to fight backstage to nominations behind the scenes.”

The senator will meet with Colby to discuss his concerns, a close source with Cotton told the caller.

“Senior Cotton and other members are concerned about statements on nuclear Iran’s acceptance, rather than stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in the first place,” the source said. “Senator Cotton meets with the candidates and discusses the issue, like all other defence candidates.”

Sources also pointed out the callers some of Cotton’s official statements, including an interview with Glenn Beck.

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman @sentomcottonlooking at foreign enemies like Hawk, he places emphasis on discussing Elbridge Colby confirming as Secretary of Defense for policy. He spoke to friendly critics who believed they had to check on Colby.

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– Glennbeck (@glennbeck) February 17, 2025

“I think it needs to be tailored to all presidential candidates, especially important national security positions. [President Trump’s] Position… like stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons,” Cotton said.

“[Bridge] In the past he has shown that he sees containment as a plausible, practical scenario,” he said, adding that he and Trump disagree with that position. “But I look forward to meeting him and all the other candidates and moving forward at the hearing to see where they are now.”

Reported campaign against Colby spills into the online world along with Charlie Kirk Condemnation X’s cotton works personally to prevent Colby’s nomination.

Fox News host Mark Levin I was pushed back Kirk and defensive cotton.

“It’s a clear stand for President Trump and all sane people, and Iran should not get nuclear weapons,” he wrote to X.

Sorry, Charlie. It’s a clear stand for President Trump and all sane people, and Iran should not get nuclear. If this guy is not a problem with it, he is a problem, not a cotton one. He is not cotton and is out of sync. He is undermining national security, not cotton. https://t.co/aktvwypkw1

– Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) February 17, 2025

Vice President JD Vance said tablet writers have come to defend Colby Called He came out for his relationship with the new American Security Center (CNAS), which dubbed him the “Democrat.”

Victoria Nuland, who worked at Obama’s State Department, praised Colby in a 2018 CNAS press release. welcome He returns to the think tank.

“Bridge has been consistently correct about the big foreign policy debate over the past 20 years,” Vance retorted.

“He was critical of the Iraq War and lost his job in the conservative movement of the 2000s. He was one of the few institutions that even hired foreign policy realists, and he was the CNA. I have built a relationship with him.”

This is a very bad idea from a normally thoughtful person.

Bridge has been consistently correct about the major foreign policy debate over the past 20 years. He was critical of the Iraq War and lost his job in the conservative movement of the 2000s. he… https://t.co/3roqqdf8cy

– jd vance (@jdvance) February 17, 2025

Vance also defended Cotton from an online attack on Colby’s nomination. To alleviate concerns from the Senator, they were unable to connect with Cotton over the phone, said three officials familiar with the situation. Politics.

Two of these sources told the outlet that “phone tag games” were not intentional.

“Collby’s views are usually well received by the military,” Murphy told the caller. “The thing that scares him most is the hill. Fighters tend to prefer to come home from conflict, and the essence of Colby’s view is to set up a strategy that either wins or avoids war entirely.”

Donald Trump Jr. is also getting stronger Approval Colby calls him a “realist” and advances the president’s first American foreign policy agenda.

In 2012, Colby co-authored the title work “Why don’t they attack Iran?” He details the potential dangers of a military strike against Iran, claiming that “attacking Iran without provocation is a dangerous course.” (Related: Morgan Murphy: For permanent bureaucrats, things get worse from bad to bad.)

“A serious effort to suppress Iran’s nuclear program will be very, very demanding and consumed,” Colby said in a 2023 post, adding that Iran is “terrifying in self-defense.” .

I think Iran is more frightening than you can see. Iran has a massive, traditional, asymmetrical force that poses a threat to its US allies. But you’re right, it’s limited.

But what is the logic to attack it if it is as negligible as you suggest? 1/ https://t.co/nhj0hdcdvh

– Elbridge Colby (@elbridgecolby) October 19, 2023

That’s what his view on Iran was Characterized Colby advocates in his favour of “dovish.” support With Israel focus About the threat of China. He wrote Wall Street Journal In 2019, China argued that it was a greater threat to US interests than Iran.

Colby also appeared in Tucker Carlson’s Show Inn Novemberthere he pushed back to his Hawkish critics.

“Iran is a bad regime,” Elbridge said.

“We don’t want them to have nuclear weapons… We don’t want to support groups, such as Israel, etc…. But we have learned lessons about the disease over the past 25 years. I have never learned – the announced nature of a very important conflict in the Middle East with clear goals and no clear connection to American interests?”

In early February, the Presidential Conference of America’s leading Jewish organizations sent a letter to the Senators. Senate Armed Services Committeeurges Colby to ask questions about Iran. (Related: Tom Cotton wants aggressive cuts to China’s privileges and wants to strip China from its “most preferred national status”)

The letter pointed to his appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast. However, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) – an organization listed as supporting letters – I insisted We never approved the decision.

Zoa’s president later wrote that Colby was “a Israeli alliance, a strong supporter of the United States.”

Some Republicans who met Colby have not said whether they would support his nomination, including Iowa Republican Joni Ernst, South Dakota’s Mike Round, and Hill. It has been reported.