Byron York on Trump Iran deal: ‘Why don’t you call me when you get something settled?’

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said Americans are feeling increasingly frustrated with the Iran war timeline, while stressing that the country should not be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

“I think a lot of people may have the attitude of kind of, ‘Why don’t you call me when you get something settled?’” York said Monday on the Hugh Hewitt Show.

York criticized President Donald Trump for repeatedly adjusting his timeline for closing a deal with Iran.

“The president has seemed a little desperate to get a settlement here,” York said. “But I think the one thing to do is to go stick with the core goal here, the core demand here, which is that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

York argued that Trump wants to open the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible. He said Trump estimated that blocking the strait is costing Iran