Rep. Sheri Biggs, responding to a taunt from Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei about Presdient Donald Trump’s call for his country to surrender, told Newsmax Saturday that she believes the president will continue with his push for peace through strength.

“In my personal opinion, I think President Trump has laid out a new game plan,” the South Carolina Republican, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard, told Newsmax’s “Saturday Agenda.” “It’s exciting to see someone with the strength and courage that our president has. I think it’s set the tone for a new atmosphere, and I think people respect him.”

On Thursday, Khamenei responded to Trump’s call to surrender in his country’s ongoing conflict with Israel, posting on X: “The US President stated, ‘Iran must surrender.’ Needless to say, this statement is too big to come out of the US president’s mouth.”

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