Republican commentator and operative Janelle King took to Newsmax Sunday with a blunt message for Americans opposed to the Trump administration’s war against Iran that has left 13 U.S. service members dead: “calm down” and “enjoy Netflix.”
King joined the far-right news network Sunday to respond to criticisms of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli siege on Iran, a conflict that a majority of Americans said they oppose in a recent Quinnipiac Poll.
“You cannot be a superpower – which we are, as Americans – and not engage in some form of war from time to time,” King said.
“As Americans, what we need to do is to calm down, enjoy our Netflix, get our popcorn, grab our wine, relax a little bit, allow President [Donald] Trump to do what he is supposed to do: kill this off and allow us to be the strong superpower that we are.”
The U.S. war against Iran – labeled by the Trump administration as Operation Epic Fury – has sent “tremors” through the world economy and rocked global stability, sending oil prices skyrocketing as Iran vows to attack U.S.-aligned sea vessels attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil trade passes.
The war in Iran has also done little to ease the growing affordability crisis in the United States, with seven in ten Americans rating the economy as “only fair or poor” according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted at the end of January.
GOP commentator @IAM_JanelleK's message to Americans opposed to Trump's Iran war:
"We need to calm down, enjoy our Netflix, get our popcorn, grab our wine, relax a little bit."
She also argues: "You cannot be a superpower and not engage in some form of war from time to time." pic.twitter.com/1MfU851c8s
— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) March 15, 2026