CNN analyst pours cold water on Scott Jennings' Trump bombing celebration

CNN conservative Scott Jennings got a reality check on Sunday morning after he outdid himself by praising Donald Trump for putting the U.S. on the precipice of another war in the Middle East.

During the panel segment that concludes CNN's "State of the Union," Jennings was given first shot by fill-in host Kasie Hunt to discuss the surprise attack on Iran that has infuriated Democrats and a handful of Republicans who believe the president overstepped his authority.

According to Jennings, "Why would you be surprised? I mean, Donald Trump has been clear-eyed and full of resolve about the Iranian threat for 20 years. He has always said you can't have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon."

He added, "I would also say that my observations of him over the last few months are that things are running quite smoothly over in the White House."

"We have a commander-in-chief right now who is decisive and who. knows how to operate a government and operate a military operation with absolute precision," he gushed.

Former DOJ official Xochitl Hinojosa was quick to pop his celebratory balloon.

"I think there are a lot of questions here," she remarked to the conservative Jennings. "First of all, why did Trump –– the whole reason why we're in this situation is because he withdrew from the nuclear deal in the first place, and now he's trying to bring Iran back to the table and they wouldn't do that and so he decided to move forward with these strikes."

"But this was his doing in the first place," she lectured. "Obama had a deal, he [Trump] withdrew from it, he withdrew from the deal and now he's trying to get back into it, into something very, very similar."

"The second piece of this is, I think there's two real questions about where are we going next?" she suggested. "Whether or not this is going to lead into a war and whether or not Iran has already indicated that they do plan on retaliating. And Trump has said and threatened that he will then escalate as well."

"I think the third question is a legal part of this, which is whether this was constitutional and whether or not they needed approval from Congress," she pointed out.

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