Republican Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says President Donald Trump prefers conducting frequent, daily U.S. strikes on Iran. In interviews aired Sunday, Kennedy argued that the United States should not pause the attacks to facilitate negotiations, characterizing the approach as a way to increase pressure on Iran. He referred to a recent pause in strikes going into the weekend after nearly two straight weeks of attacks on Iranian infrastructure, according to reporting from The Hill. Kennedy made the comments on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” with Margaret Brennan, and multiple outlets repeat the same framing of his remarks. He urged the United States to continue what he described as a blockade-like strategy and “starve” Iran, and he used a proverb, saying “Sometimes you have to kill a few chickens to scare the monkeys,” to support the idea that strikes should be maintained despite costs. The accounts agree that Kennedy is calling for intensifying U.S. pressure rather than using a temporary halt to allow talks to proceed.