Sheehy also said Tuesday that he thinks the Trump administration will soon request additional funding for the war: “That’s where the real debate will happen; it won’t be the authorizations or the resolutions, it’s going to be who’s going to pay to … finish this campaign.” He predicted that only Republicans would vote for the funding.

“For all of the negativity that I think is driven by a lot of the political distaste for our president, I think it’s been a very unfair characterization of what our military has executed,” Sheehy said.

Iran’s decision to shutter the Strait of Hormuz is “the equivalent of them going nuclear,” Sheehy added: “It’s their only move.” He said the US’ own blockade of the waterway, which began Monday, is “a pretty awesome judo move.”