Jake Sullivan believes President Trump thinks he can go to war against Iran, potentially including regime change, without Iranian response, and therefore doesn't need to prepare to protect the Strait of Hormuz.

Jake Sullivan was part of the team President Obama sent for secret negotiations with the Iranians for several months, paving the way for the Iran nuclear deal.

Jake Sullivan states that just a few days before the U.S. started bombing Iran, the Iranians put a proposal on the table in Geneva that went a long way towards resolving the nuclear issue.

Jake Sullivan finds it interesting that President Trump initially sought to avoid foreign entanglements, and President Biden ended the war in Afghanistan, yet Trump is now running in 2024 as a "peace candidate" but also advocating for renewed military involvement.

Jake Sullivan received a cell phone number from an Iranian official to connect President Obama with President Rouhani.

Jake Sullivan states that the intelligence community would have warned President Trump that waving the possibility of regime change in Iran would be considered existential by Iranians, prompting a strong response.