After watching the clip, Scarborough torched Slotkin's response as the wrong answer and said he was surprised that she'd agreed to go on television to discuss the video without preparing a clear response to that question. Scarborough first took aim at the senator's use of Caribbean strikes and Venezuela to justify herself, arguing that the president has wide latitude on actions such as that:
Scarborough expressed outrage that the Secretary of Defense paused weapons transfers without informing the commander in chief, questioning the internal coordination within the Pentagon.