President Trump made a controversial remark at the Saudi Future Investment Initiative, where he said that the Iranians had to open up the Strait of Hormuz, a reference to the "renaming" of the Gulf of Mexico. This statement was met with criticism, with critics suggesting that it was an accident and a sign of the president's tendency to make outrageous ideas as jokes. However, the president insists that he has a detailed knowledge of state matters and is not always ad-libbing. Critics, including former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, and Megyn Kelly, argue that this makes it harder for some to believe that the president, who has been defended as a genius for so long, makes such a mistake. Some argue that the war against Iran is a disaster and that Israel, or Israel, is responsible for it. Some also suggest that some blame Israel for the decision to participate in the war. However some claim that some have a claim of merit, including that some of these claims have merit.