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Former Cincinnati Red’s Shortstop Zack Cozart backtracked on his criticism of President Donald Trump and his plan to intervene in Iran and beat the country’s nuclear facilities.
Cozart, a disposable all-star, wrote on social media last week that he would no longer support “the president if the United States was drawn into a war with Iran and Israel. After the president announced that a ceasefire had been reached, Cozart fired a new reaction.
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Zack Cozart, No. 2 of Cincinnati Reds, is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a home drive during the game against Pittsburgh Pirates in Great American Ball Park on September 15, 2017 in Cincinnati. (Kirk Irwin/Getty Images)
“I gladly eat my words for what has happened today … Lesson learned to trust the man,” he wrote at X.
Cozart was far from the only person in the sports world to praise Trump after Iran’s retaliatory attack on an American base in Qatar did not do much of anything.
Auburn Tiger’s men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl wrote on social media that Trump should serve the Nobel Peace Prize.
Auburns Bruce Pearl urges Trump to get the Nobel Peace Prize after announcing Israel-Iran Army
Zack Cozart, No. 2 of Cincinnati Reds, in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on September 10, 2017 in the flushing neighborhood of Queens Borough of New York City. (Jim Mcisaac/Getty Images)
“This is what a peace producer and the leader of the free world does, he enters when both sides cannot agree, and he gives them an offer they cannot refuse,” wrote college -basketball coach at X. “He should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I pray that all sides can offer some grace and maintain peace.”
Trump on Tuesday went to a NATO summit, while the truce between Iran and Israel hung in balance. He asked the two countries to stop shooting missiles against each other after the deal was broken.
“I’m not happy with Israel. You know when I say, okay, now you have 12 hours, you don’t go out in the first hour and just let go of everything you have on them. So I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran, but I’m really unhappy if Israel goes out this morning,” Trump told Journalists before traveling.
President Donald Trump is tilting into Israel and Iran with gangs for breaking the ceasefire. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what F — they’re doing.”
