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With the midterms around the corner, Democrats and their media allies are racing to spin President Trump’s Iran campaign as a failure, declare defeat, and resume appeasement.  They insist he lied about the threat, dragged America into an “endless war,” and somehow made Iran stronger through his campaign.  That’s nonsense: America is winning and Iran is reeling.

This is No Time For Surrender

  • Iran is still chasing nuclear weapons–and America must do what it takes to stop them.  This regime is led by religious fanatics that would use nuclear weapons on Israel and us if it had the chance.  A nuclear Iran would be catastrophic for the world.  
  • This campaign carries costs, but letting Iran go nuclear would be far more devastating.  It would be a dereliction of duty for the President to fail to tackle this generational threat for gas prices.  He deserves credit for putting America’s security first.
  • Waving the white flag now–as Democrats argue–gives Iran exactly what it wants: time to rebuild, resources to rearm, and proof that America can be worn down.  President Trump’s historic successes over Iran will only last if America ups the pressure.   
  • America cannot let Iran rebuild its war machine.  Even with its economy battered and military decimated, the regime is trying to rearm and restore its nuclear infrastructure.  The regime must understand its only path to relief is to stand down.
  • The media wants to pretend Trump’s only options are surrender or invasion.  That’s a false choice.  He already demonstrated the U.S. can impose massive pressure without an open-ended ground war–and he has plenty of options to escalate.

America Controls the Strait of Hormuz 

  • Hormuz is open for business–and it’s operating on America’s terms.  Despite Iran’s best efforts to terrorize ships, the U.S. military is ensuring more oil is leaving the Persian Gulf than before Epic Fury even started, with LNG shipments also on the rise. 
  • America’s blockade is crushing Iran’s regime.  For over 100 days, Tehran has completed zero exports or imports by sea.  The U.S. military has stopped them from exporting crude oil worth $25 billion–funding that would be used to attack Americans.
  • Democrats want to surrender the Strait back to Iran.  A Democrat-led Congress would squander the wins generated by this campaign, push America to retreat from Hormuz, hand Iran control, and let the regime resume its energy extortion.

Iran’s Regime is On Its Knees

  • Trump’s military campaign against Iran was a massive success.  In just six weeks, Epic Fury succeeded where decades of policy failed: crushing Iran’s combat power, crippling its nuclear program, and leaving the regime hanging by a thread.
  • His economic pressure is accelerating those gains.  Operation Economic Outcast is starving Iran’s regime of funding, plunging the rial, and sending their economy in freefall.  Every day makes the regime more desperate and brings it closer to collapse.
  • Tehran can’t even pay its troops now.  Instead of bankrolling its terror proxies like it did under Biden, Tehran is doing the opposite and begging them for cash.  That’s because the U.S. has cracked down on digital finance and cut off Iran’s oil revenues.
  • The “endless war” narrative is nonsense.  This isn’t a war–and it’s far from endless.  We have no boots on the ground, major combat operations ended six months ago, and strikes since have been sporadic.  That’s nothing like Iraq or Afghanistan.

Trump Is Ending Iran’s Energy Blackmail

  • Iran is still causing pain at the pump, and there’s no question Americans are understandably concerned.  But the best way to insulate the U.S. from price shocks like this is stopping Iran’s energy extortion, not letting them continue it.
  • Gas prices will keep falling, because these price increases are temporary.  What’s not temporary is Democrats’ war on energy and everything that makes gas cheap: domestic production, pipelines, refineries.
  • Democrats’ only Iran strategy is surrender.  They appeased Iran, made the regime flush with cash, and now blame Trump for daring to meet the threat they helped build up.

What’s At Stake In The Midterms

  • On 9/11, Americans saw what happens when we let threats grow.  President Trump is determined not to let the U.S. make the same mistake again.  That means tackling Iran’s nuclear program now before this terror regime can strike America.  
  • Iran is openly rooting for Democrats to win the midterms and control Congress, and it’s obvious why: They know Democrats will try to shield them from pressure, call for America’s retreat, and push for a return to appeasement.
  • Regime officials admit they’re trying to inflict pain on Americans before the midterms to propel Democrats to victory.  Iran wants to weaken Trump and make the costs of confronting them so high that future presidents are too afraid to do so.
  • Tehran is holding out hope that Democrats can help it survive by securing relief and that Trump will walk away.  He must keep shattering that assumption, ramp up pressure on the regime, and empower Iran’s people to take their country back.

Bottom Line: President Trump’s campaign has America winning and Iran losing, but Democrats want to squander those gains and hand the regime a lifeline.  By tightening the economic screws and keeping energy markets moving, President Trump is proving America won’t back down and Iran’s defiance will end in defeat.