Bill O’Reilly said President Trump is not "flailing" in his handling of Iran, arguing instead that he faces difficult choices as he seeks to pressure Tehran into a deal that would end the conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and address the regime’s nuclear program. Speaking on NewsNation’s "On Balance," O’Reilly said Trump should inflict "more pain on Iran than Iran is inflicting on the world" and later argued that the U.S. would have to "change the game plan" because Iran’s leaders "aren’t going to stop." He called for destroying Iranian infrastructure, including uranium facilities at Pickaxe and the capital, Tehran, and said he would warn residents to evacuate before attacking water and power systems. The exchange came as Leland Vittert suggested Trump looked "paralyzed" between avoiding new attacks and failing to bring Iran back to negotiations. Trump’s latest demand is that Iran pay compensation to the U.S. for damages tied to the 2000 attack on the USS Cole, with Trump saying the requirement would be part of ongoing negotiations and that compensation could go to families of protesters killed in Iran over the last 50 years, including "the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months." Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baqaei said Monday that no talks are currently taking place between the two countries, while Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said early Tuesday that Tehran had shown itself to be "resilient" and an "invincible power against the U.S."