President Trump’s remarkable half-hour news gaggle covered so much ground and was so expert. I doubt there is another similar president in my lifetime who could have done that.
Mr. Trump’s message, as I heard it, is that the war in Iran is over. We destroyed them militarily and the brilliant blockade strategy is destroying them economically and financially.
Iran as a nuclear and terrorist power is over.
All the critics have been proven wrong. Mr Trump has been proven right. He is probably our greatest commander in chief since World War II, when FDR and Eisenhower, Marshall and Churchill defeated Nazi Germany.
What we have here is a miracle.
Actually, it’s an Easter Passover miracle. Let us not forget our great Israeli ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
This is a remarkable personal triumph for Mr. Trump and his steadfast vision for peace in the Middle East and around the world.
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And it is also a remarkable triumph for Mr. Trump’s policies, especially the phenomenal implementation of these policies by our mighty military.
That Mr. Trump is able to bend the arc of history toward his vision of peace and destroy Iran is remarkable.
And yes, I believe in miracles. And I believe Iran’s victory was providential.
Now let’s move on to the blockade, which is so important and will lead to Iran’s economic and financial collapse. A brilliant decision by Trump.
As Mr. Trump put it, “the blockade has been unbelievable. They’re being held down and they’re not doing business. They can’t do business because of the blockade. And so the combination of having no Navy, having no Air Force, and having no anti-aircraft equipment, they have nothing. Everything is gone, including their leaders.”
He added that “the blockade may be more powerful than the bombing, if you want to know the truth.”
Without oil and money, Iran no longer has anything to rely on in negotiations. And I hope the embargo continues for a while.
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Iran will have to close its oil fields, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards will not even make payroll in a few days, the Rial currency is worthless, without trade there are no foreign currencies to replace, and it is the end game.
By the way, that’s why the stock markets are doing so well.
General Jack Keane is right when he says there should be no concessions to Iran, no lifelines, no aid at all until they prove their behavior is actually changing. That will take a while.
It is essentially an unconditional surrender that requires the enriched uranium in Iran to be turned over to US forces and, to be sure, the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
Still, the United States will keep Hormuz under control for a while. When Trump doubled down on the blockade, it was game, set, match. He also found time to implement his pro-growth tax cuts.
“What happens,” he said, “is people find out that they’re going to get a big refund on their tax returns that’s much bigger than they thought. So it’s no tax on tips, no tax on Social Security, no tax on overtime.”
Mr. Trump added, “I think it’s wait, wait, wait. I think it’s going to be great,” and “if you look at what they’re doing in New York and California, they’re raising taxes and driving people away.”
And for heaven’s sake, the Pope should be happy that peace is breaking out in the Middle East.
In fact, the entire word should salute Mr. Trump for his vision and his faith.
