MSNBC political analyst and former Obama administration official Rick Stengel questioned why the United States is aligned with Israel rather than Iran, which he called "the most Western nation" in the Middle East. Though Iranians chant "death to America," Stengel said, they also "love American movies." "Why is it a foundation issue for Trump that Iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon?" Stengel, who served as an undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs under former president